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.
Port Glasgow Fishing Report
Updated Mon, Nov 9, 2026 from live weather and water data
Port Glasgow in West Elgin: a Lake Erie marina with seasonal launches and a fish-cleaning station, for perch in spring and fall and walleye offshore in summer.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~8 °C est.
Air / High
5 °C / 9 °C
Wind
WNW 22 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Port Glasgow is a cold-water proposition today: small baits, slow presentations and a long soak. Today brings clear skies, wind WNW around 23 km/h, steady pressure near 1014 hPa and a high of 9 °C. Water sits around 8 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:08 PM-1:08 AM and 11:28 AM-1:28 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: 11:08 PM-1:08 AM, 11:28 AM-1:28 PM, 7:24 AM-8:24 AM. Warmer at 14 °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 Port Glasgow today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (07:10), sunset (17:09), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:08 PM-1:08 AM and 11:28 AM-1:28 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 / Low9 °C / 5 °C
WindWNW 22 km/h, gusts 51 km/h
Pressure101.40 kPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 1%
Sunrise / Sunset07:10 / 17:09
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 Port Glasgow
The best day on Port Glasgow this week looks like Friday Nov 13, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Friday, Nov 13 — 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
- 11:08 PM-1:08 AM and 11:28 AM-1:28 PM
- Minor period
- 7:24 AM-8:24 AM
- Sun
- 07:10 to 17:09
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 24 km/h
- Rain chance
- 1%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Port Glasgow: 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 Port Glasgow 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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Walleye (pickerel)
Smallmouth bass
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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
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Yellow perch led the card at good. High of 11 °C, wind to 29 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 8 °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 11 °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
Anglers at Port Glasgow need an Ontario Outdoors Card and a fishing licence unless they fall under one of the published exemptions.
About this water
Port Glasgow is a coastal town in Ontario, Canada, covered from the Ontario reports and listed in all Canada waters.
Fishing Port Glasgow: the full guide
Fishing Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow is a small lakeshore community in the Municipality of West Elgin, on the north shore of Lake Erie between Rondeau and Port Stanley. The municipality describes it as a spot for fishing, boating and swimming, with a marina and a Blue Flag beach side by side on Havens Lake Road. There is no live public level gauge used here; the lake’s levels are published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, and the report on this page is built from the weather and the season.
Species and seasons
Yellow perch are what most people come for, in spring and again in fall, when schools move within reach of small boats. Walleye are trolled farther out in summer, and smallmouth bass hold on harder bottom and rock. Port Glasgow is in Fisheries Management Zone 19, where perch, walleye and pike are open all year and bass open on the fourth Saturday in June.
The marina
West Elgin says the Port Glasgow Marina is run by the Port Glasgow Yacht Club, that its boat launches open seasonally from 1 May, and that a public fish-cleaning station is in use there. The beach beside it is not lifeguarded, and the municipality posts its water test results through the summer.
Fishing the open lake
Small boats go out from the marina on calm days, and perch are found by moving until the schools show on the sounder, then anchoring or drifting slowly with minnows or small jigs. Walleye trollers work the open water of the central basin, which is much deeper than the western end of the lake.
The central basin
Lake Erie’s central basin reaches 24 to 25 metres, against 10 to 11 metres in the western basin, according to NOAA’s survey of the lake floor. Deeper water warms later in spring, and the perch fishing here follows the water temperature, which is why spring and fall are the busy times.
Reading this report here
The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, follows the basin’s season. A south wind blows straight onto this shore and decides whether small boats go out; pressure and cloud cover also feed the score.
Licence, access and rules
Anglers at Port Glasgow need an Ontario Outdoors Card and a fishing licence unless they fall under one of the published exemptions. The Zone 19 summary, linked below, has the limits and sanctuaries, and our Ontario licence page lists the fees.
Common questions
What can I catch at Port Glasgow?
Yellow perch in spring and fall, walleye offshore in summer, and smallmouth bass on the harder bottom.
Is there a boat launch at Port Glasgow?
Yes. West Elgin says the marina’s launches open seasonally from 1 May; the marina is run by the Port Glasgow Yacht Club.
Where is Port Glasgow?
On Lake Erie in the Municipality of West Elgin, between Rondeau and Port Stanley.
Is fishing good at Port Glasgow 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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