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By Jim Morris, Staff Writer 1:18 AM Thursday, October 29, 2009

Rush Run Lake: Anglers have been pulling some nice bluegills while fishing from the banks. Use waxworms and look for brush or fallen trees. The stocked trout are still going strong, hitting white Roostertails, waxworms or Berkley Trout Bait.

Acton Lake: Crappie fishing has been very good. Fish brushy areas with waxworms and minnows at 6-8 feet deep. For saugeyes, try casting or trolling with crankbaits.

Indian Lake: Saugeye fishing continues to be good, especially from shore. Anglers have been casting Husky Jerks and Rat-L-Traps off of the south bank, Moundwood and around Dream Bridge. Boaters have had limited success with Vibra-max and Vib-E’s. Crappie fishing has been good around lily pads, mostly with minnows. Lucy’s pond has been a good spot. Bluegills have been hitting waxworms around docks.

Grand Lake St. Marys: Crappie fishing has been good around brush in the channels. Use minnows at varying depths. Bluegills have been around docks and brush near the banks. Use waxworms or redworms. Use cut bait or nightcrawlers to catch catfish all over the lake. A few trout are still being caught from the northeast corner of the lake.

Caesar Creek Lake: Some 13-14-inch crappies have been caught recently in about 10 feet of water. Use minnows or chartreuse jigs and fish around brush. A few muskies have been caught with jerkbaits or bucktails fished in shallow water. Saugeyes have been hitting nightcrawlers and bass minnows jigged over the flats and around the island. Bass have been caught on plastics fished close to the banks and around points. Bluegills have been hitting waxworms around the stickups and brush in the coves.

C.J. Brown Reservoir: Anglers have been trolling with worm harnesses over the humps to catch walleyes. Crappie fishing has been good around the marina with waxworms and minnows. Try the cove behind the marina for catfish, fishing with nightcrawlers or cut bait. A few perch have been hitting pieces of nightcrawler and waxworms off of the rocks.

Paint Creek Lake: Crappie fishing has improved around the channel banks in 5-8 feet of water. Look for wood and fish with minnows or black/chartreuse jigs. Bass fishing has been good off of lake points in 3-7 feet of water. Look for white bass in shallow water. Try chanteuse twisters on lead-heads. A few saugeyes have been caught by trolling with Shad-raps between the beach and the island and through the hazard zone.

Rocky Fork Lake: Anglers have been fishing for yellow perch with some success around South Beach. Use pieces of nightcrawler or redworms and fish close to the bottom in 12-16 feet of water. A number of perch have also been caught off of the docks near the old restaurant. Crappies are still deep, 10-15 feet. Look for ledges and fish with minnows. Use crankbaits and fish the points for largemouth bass. Saugeye fishing has picked up a bit, mostly trolling or casting small crankbaits.

Lake Erie: Yellow perch fishing remains good with the size of fish mostly from 7 to 8 inches, with a few up to 12 inches. The best areas have been the gravel pit west of West Sister Island, the Toledo water intake, around Niagara Reef, west of Green Island and Rattlesnake Island, east of Kelleys Island, around Catawba and off of Cedar Point.

There were very few walleye fishing reports from the Western Basin over the past week. Migratory walleye will return to the Kelleys and Bass Islands area as water temperatures drop. Walleye is better in the Central Basin from Huron to Cedar Point in 30 to 42 feet of water.

For Lake Erie information, call (888) HOOK-FISH or visit wildohio.com. To view the predicted weather forecast for Lake Erie, visit weather.noaa.gov.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2409 or jmorris@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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