Lake Erie
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Great Lakes · Lake Erie (central basin) · Erie, PA
Erie fishing conditions
Erie, Pennsylvania, behind the Presque Isle peninsula, offers deep-water walleye in summer, perch in fall and a famous steelhead run in the tributaries. This page shows live wind, waves, water temperature and lake level from NOAA stations, the National Weather Service forecast, and a rough daily bite estimate for walleye, yellow perch, steelhead.
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Bite estimate
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Lake Erie
Yellow perch
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Steelhead
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Lake level
NOAA CO-OPS Erie, PA (9063038), feet above Low Water Datum (chart datum). The Great Lakes have no real tides; level swings come from wind setup, seiches and the seasons.
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NWS forecast
National Weather Service point forecast for Erie, PA.
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Stations used for Erie
| Source | Location | Type | Distance |
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| NDBC 45167 | Erie Nearshore Buoy, PA (Regional Science Consortium) | nearshore buoy · seasonal (pulled for winter) | 3 nm |
| NDBC WCRP1 | Walnut Creek Marina, PA (NWS) | marina station · year-round | 8 nm |
| NDBC BARN6 | Barcelona Harbor, NY (NWS) | harbor station · year-round | 25 nm |
| CO-OPS 9063038 | Erie, PA | water level (ft above Low Water Datum) | near spot |
| GLERL GLSEA | Daily satellite lake-surface temperature at 42.2, -80.1 | water temp fallback | on the lake |
| NWS forecast | Point forecast for Erie, PA; gridded wave forecast on the lake | forecast | at spot |
| NWS LEZ149 | Nearshore marine forecast: Conneaut OH to Ripley NY | official marine forecast | zone |
Where they fish: Walleye trolled in deeper central-basin water; perch off Presque Isle; steelhead in Presque Isle Bay and the creeks from October.
FAQ
Where does the Erie fishing data come from?
Wind, waves, water temperature and pressure come from NOAA NDBC stations 45167, WCRP1, BARN6 (first station with a recent reading wins; seasonal buoys are pulled for winter). Lake level is from NOAA CO-OPS station 9063038 (Erie, PA). When no station reports water temperature, Swelldex uses NOAA GLERL's daily satellite analysis (GLSEA). The forecast and wave forecast come from the National Weather Service.
What does the Erie bite score mean?
It is a rough 0–9 estimate of how good conditions look for walleye, yellow perch, steelhead, based on wind and waves, surface water temperature, the time of year, the barometer trend and forecast storms. It does not count fish and it is not a safety rating.
Why is there no tide table?
The Great Lakes have no meaningful tides. Instead, Swelldex shows the lake level against chart datum and how much it moved in the last 24 hours; fast changes usually mean strong wind setup or a seiche.