Lake Erie Regulations

These regulations apply to the Lake Erie Sport Fishing District as described here: Lake Erie and areas immediately upstream in creeks, rivers, and tributaries. The following regulations for walleye, sauger, saugeye, yellow perch, black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted), and white bass apply to the waters of Lake Erie, its embayments including Maumee Bay, Sandusky Bay, East Harbor, Middle Harbor, and West Harbor, and from where Lake Erie tributaries enter the lake upstream to the following end points:

• Arcola, Wheeler, Cowles, and Indian creeks: U.S. Route 20 bridges;
• Ashtabula River: E. 24th Street bridge;
• Black River: State Route 611 bridge;
• Conneaut Creek: Main Street bridge (downtown to Conneaut);
• Euclid Creek and Chagrin River: State Route 283 bridges;
• Rocky River: Detroit Road bridge;
• Sandusky River: Waterworks dam in Tiffin;
• Maumee River: First dam upstream (Grand Rapids, Ohio);
• Vermilion River: State Route 2 bridge;
• Grand River: State Route 535 bridge;
• Cuyahoga River: Harvard Road bridge.

All statewide regulations apply to Ohio waters of Lake Erie EXCEPT for those listed below.

Lake Erie Regulations for Trout and Salmon

Lake Erie proper and the entire length of all Lake Erie creeks, rivers, and tributaries.

*Brook trout may not be taken or possessed from the Ashtabula, Chagrin, Conneaut, and Grand rivers and their tributaries

Exception To Above Regulations

For the waters of Cold Creek upstream of State Route 2 (Erie County).