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[subocto]

Hello all. Im interested in fishing erie tribs for steelhead in ohio. i work in monroe, mi and am thinking of heading down for the run this year, maybe a friday after work and saturday morning soon. Ive not fished ohio before and could use some help on what rivers to target. probably closer than heading north and ive heard youve got quite a fishery down there. I just caught my first salmon this year on the PM and am pumped to bend my rod again hear the drag scream and FISH ON!!! any info, or access directions for tribs near toledo that have fish would be appreceiated and/or...if anyone is willing to fish with a michigander in the next few weeks please say so. thanks in advance.:) :)

[Papa Smurf]

Subocto,

I'm from Toledo and I'm planning my first steelhead trip in that direction as well (although due to the unpredictabilty of my job and family life, I never know exactly when I'm going to have free time). Based on my research, it looks like the Vermillion River and the rivers eastward would be the places to try. I scouted the Rocky River (west side of Cleveland) last week and there is fantastic access all through the Rocky River Reservation Metropark area.

Go to yahoo.com, select "maps" and type in "Rocky River, Ohio". You can zoom in for better detail.

Also, check this out: www.ohiodnr.com (http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/Fishing/fairport/steelhead.htm)

Other members on this site have given me a lot of help so far. Now if I could only make time to try it all out!

[BuckeyeBill]

The steelies are really starting to run now. It will take a little while for them to get up river very far. Subocto, the closest river with any good steelie run is the Huron. It enters the lake in Huron Ohio, and good fishing can be found all the way down through Milan, Ohio. Ther is also good fishing on the Vermilion River. This is a smaller wadeable river once you get a few miles south of the lake. There is a good public access right under the Rt 2 bridge over the river. You would be looking at a one and a half hour drive from Toledo.

[Papa Smurf]

Buckeye Bill,

I'm excited to hear that about the Huron! Does it get a decent run of fish? How are the crowds compared to the rivers to the east?

Do the fish make it as far as the Milan Wildlife Area or is that too far upstream?

The Huron would definitely shave some time off the drive.

[subocto]

thanks for the replies. I dont know the erie shoreline enough to know where the huron is, easternmost of the rivers named?

i may be down there soon , I hope!
prbably vermillion just cause its so close - i think...

are the streams smaller/ wadeable or bigger water?

thanks

[Papa Smurf]

The Huron River is a short drive further than the Sandusky/Cedar Point area. The rivers are small and generally wadeable except for maybe their last sections before they join Lake Erie. Hopefully, all this rain we're getting won't make them unwadeable.

[Bubbahunter]

check your PM`s

Bubba