Yellow perch
Good
The ice season where the ice is safe: small spoons and tungsten jigs tipped with minnow heads, moving hole to hole to find the school.
Erieau Fishing Report
Updated Mon, Nov 9, 2026 from live weather and water data
Erieau on Lake Erie: walleye trolled on the central basin and perch in spring and fall, from a harbour at the mouth of Rondeau Bay.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~8 °C est.
Air / High
5 °C / 11 °C
Wind
WNW 17 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Erieau is in its winter rhythm: slow, deep and around the brightest hours. Today brings clear skies, wind WNW around 18 km/h, steady pressure near 1015 hPa and a high of 11 °C. Water sits around 8 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:09 PM-1:09 AM and 11:29 AM-1:29 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Walleye (pickerel)
Good
Through the ice where it is safe: jigging spoons and a dead-stick minnow near the bottom at first and last light. Open rivers: slow jigs in the deep holes.
Tie on: Jigging spoon through the ice · Dead-stick minnow · Tip-up with dead bait · Tungsten jig and wax worm. Prime windows: 11:09 PM-1:09 AM, 11:29 AM-1:29 PM, 7:24 AM-8:24 AM. Warmer at 16 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Ontario requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from C$12.21. Ontario fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing yellow perch here? Check the size and bag limits with Ontario MNR before you keep anything; the Yellow perch page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Erieau today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (07:11), sunset (17:11), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:09 PM-1:09 AM and 11:29 AM-1:29 PM; minor 7:24 AM-8:24 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Conditions here are modelled from weather, season and the nearest stations.
No live gauge on this water
Water readings appear when a Water Survey of Canada station covers it. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp5 °C
High / Low11 °C / 5 °C
WindWNW 17 km/h, gusts 44 km/h
Pressure101.45 kPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:11 / 17:11
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~8 °C est.
The level of the whole lake, live at both ends: Lake Erie water level today.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Erieau
The best day on Erieau this week looks like Thursday Nov 12, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, Nov 12 — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, Nov 9 — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:09 PM-1:09 AM and 11:29 AM-1:29 PM
- Minor period
- 7:24 AM-8:24 AM
- Sun
- 07:11 to 17:11
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Erieau: seasons written for the Canadian year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Yellow perch
Year-round; the ice season at Lake Simcoe and Long Point
Open all year Walleye and sauger, yellow perch and northern pike are open all year in Zone 19. Rule as read from Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 2026-09-27.
The ice-fishing fish of Lake Simcoe, Long Point Bay and Lake St. Clair, and a summer staple on every Great Lakes shore. Schools move constantly. The ice season where the ice is safe: small spoons and tungsten jigs tipped with minnow heads, moving hole to hole to find the school.
Walleye (pickerel)
Spring opener to fall, and the ice
Open all year Walleye and sauger, yellow perch and northern pike are open all year in Zone 19. Rule as read from Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 2026-09-27.
Called pickerel in much of Ontario and Manitoba. The fish of Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg and the Red River, Lake Diefenbaker, Tobin Lake, Lake Erie and the Bay of Quinte. Most zones close in spring for the spawn. Through the ice where it is safe: jigging spoons and a dead-stick minnow near the bottom at first and last light. Open rivers: slow jigs in the deep holes.
Smallmouth bass
Opens late June in most of Ontario; best July to October
Open now Closes Dec 1, 2026. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are open from the fourth Saturday in June to 30 November. Rule as read from Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 2026-09-27.
The rock-and-current bass of the Great Lakes shores, the Bay of Quinte, the St. Lawrence and Lake St. Clair. The Ontario bass season opens in late June in most zones, after the nesting period. Closed or out of season in most waters.
When to come: the Erieau calendar
Activity by species and month for the Canadian year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 8 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataSun, Nov 8
2/5 Slow. The wind owns today. 37 km/h gusts make boat control the real battle. Yellow perch led the card at good. High of 13 °C, wind to 37 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Yellow perch led the card at good. High of 9 °C, wind to 27 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Yellow perch led the card at good. High of 10 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Outdoors Card and Ontario fishing licence, from C$12.21 for a resident adult, with higher prices for other Canadians and visitors. Details and where to buy → Except on a one-day licence you also need the Outdoors Card.
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and protected areas are set by Ontario MNR and, in salt water and for salmon, by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Ontario licence page before you keep anything. The zone-by-zone seasons and limits are on Ontario fishing seasons.
Access
Ontario requires an Outdoors Card and a sport or conservation fishing licence at Erieau, for residents aged 18 to 64 and for all non-Canadians.
About this water
Erieau is a coastal town in Ontario, Canada, covered from the Ontario reports and listed in all Canada waters.
Fishing Erieau: the full guide
Fishing Erieau
Erieau is a village in Chatham-Kent on a narrow spit at the mouth of Rondeau Bay, with Lake Erie on one side, the bay on the other and Rondeau Provincial Park across the water. Chatham-Kent points visitors to fishing spots behind the fire hall and along the lighthouse pier, and to boat launches at the Erieau Marina. There is no live public level gauge used on this page: Lake Erie’s levels are published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The report is built from the weather and the season.
Species and seasons
Walleye are the summer fish, trolled with crawler harnesses and crankbaits over open water once they leave their spring spawning areas, and yellow perch are fished on the bottom in spring and again in fall. Rondeau Bay, shallow and weedy, holds largemouth bass, northern pike and panfish. The whole area is in Fisheries Management Zone 19, where walleye, perch and pike are open all year and bass open on the fourth Saturday in June.
Where to fish it
From the harbour, boats run out into the open lake and follow the walleye as the summer goes on; the pier at the harbour mouth is the shore spot. On the bay side, Chatham-Kent’s free boat launch at Shrewsbury takes small boats only, and kayaks and canoes reach the marsh edges. Rondeau Provincial Park lists fishing and ice fishing among its activities, alongside camping and old-growth Carolinian forest.
The central basin
Erieau faces the central basin of Lake Erie, not the western one. A NOAA survey of the lake floor gives the western basin depths of 10 to 11 metres and the central basin 24 to 25 metres, and describes the Erieau Ridge, a morainic ridge, off this shore. Deeper water means the walleye spread out and suspend in summer, so trollers work a range of depths rather than one reef.
Wind and waves
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, and a strong southwest or northeast wind raises short, steep waves quickly off Erieau and shifts the water level along the shore. Watch the marine forecast and come in early if it builds.
Reading this report here
The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, follows the lake’s quick spring warming and fall cooling, and the wind panel matters more than usual on this exposed shore. Pressure and cloud are the other inputs to the score.
Licence, access and rules
Ontario requires an Outdoors Card and a sport or conservation fishing licence at Erieau, for residents aged 18 to 64 and for all non-Canadians. Two lines may be used from a boat in open water in Zone 19. The zone rules are linked below, and the fees are on our Ontario licence page.
Common questions
What can I catch at Erieau?
Walleye trolled in summer, yellow perch in spring and fall, and bass and pike in Rondeau Bay.
Can I fish from shore at Erieau?
Yes. Chatham-Kent lists fishing along the pier and behind the fire hall.
Is Erieau on the western basin of Lake Erie?
No. NOAA’s survey of the lake floor places this shore on the deeper central basin.
Is fishing good at Erieau right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Fish stocking
- Ontario fish stocking report
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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