We are nearing the end of September and closing fast on the month of October.  After a hot and dry summer here in the northeast, the weather is finally delivering cooler temperatures and much needed rainfall.  As Lake Erie water temps begin to drop so do the river temperatures.  Cool night air temps have dropped down into the low 50's and even mid 40's which triggers the genetic makeup of migrating fish.  The migrating fish can sense this and begin to gather at the tributary entrances.  This is prime time to fish the pierheads and in the surf, and up to the first riffle when the river flow allows it.  This transition time period is probably the best time to hook into fresh run chrome fish that can offer the strongest fight of the year.  You will see these fish cruise the shoreline and ride the surf searching for baitfish to cure their appetite.  You will also witness fish porposing on the surface as they try to adjust to their newly confinded quarters as they swim up stream searching for spawning grounds or winter layover places until it's time to spawn.  Stripping minnow pattern streamers in the surf can be very productive. Swinging these same patterns with sink tips or even dead drfiting under a float has all paid off in the past. This is prime time for this style of fishing because the leaves have not begun to clutter the river as experienced in the later weeks of Fall.
  Start with a fresh dressed flyline and a new leader & tippet.  Use the Double Haul Cast when on the beach and surf fishing into the wind.  If the lake fishing is rough, move onto a tributary that has good flow and be prepared for the furious fight.  Good fishing to you.
 


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    Steven Vorkapich

    Fly fishing since 1970 and enjoying every bit of it. Targeting steelhead trout & salmon in the Great Lakes Tributaries, and traditional trout fishing in the Mid West and Mid Atlantic states.

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