| The Edward John is a 52' vessel built right | | | | yellow perch of the day. He won a really nice |
| here in Erie, Pa. The boat is equipped with | | | | Edward John t-shirt. Thanks Gary and Todd for |
| all the state of the art equipment needed to | | | | a super day fishing Lake Erie. We will be |
| operate a boat on the Great Lakes. The Edward | | | | going again before the end of the perch |
| John can take up to 40 fishermen out on the | | | | season. Lake Erie is famous for the Walleye |
| lake at a time. If you are over 16, you will | | | | and Perch fishing.If you are coming up to |
| need a PA. fishing license. The license is | | | | Erie, or for that matter a resident of the |
| available onboard the Edward John.On the day | | | | area like my son and I, you can't go wrong |
| we were onboard, the Captain was Gary and the | | | | going out with the Edward John Head Boat. |
| First Mate was Todd. We had a great crew for | | | | It's super fun and the crew is top-notch. |
| our trip out onto Lake Erie for Perch.We left | | | | They even have fishing rods you can rent, or |
| the dock in Erie, Pa., near Dobbin's Landing | | | | you are welcome to bring your own lucky rods |
| a little after 7 AM and ran east toward North | | | | and reels. Minnows are FREE and they are the |
| East, Pa.. We ran for about 1 hour and 20 | | | | bait that perch enjoy.Our trip ended somewhat |
| minutes to an area where the perch have been | | | | earlier than expected, due to a fast |
| hanging out. We were looking forward to | | | | approaching thunderstorm. We did get a little |
| loading up the buckets with two limits of | | | | bit wet on the way in, but due to the |
| Jumbo Perch. We are having a fish fry at the | | | | diligence of the crew, we were off the lake |
| campground in September and everyone will be | | | | before the lightning and thunder hit. NOW |
| donating fish.I think the perch have an | | | | that's what I'm talking about!Be sure to |
| aversion to the frying pan and were all over | | | | bring the appropriate clothing for the day |
| the lake. I believe this was due to an | | | | along with the cooler for your catch and a |
| approaching storm. We did start catching some | | | | camera to remember the day!You can reach Poor |
| perch. Others were also catching fish, just | | | | Richard's for info at 814-881-7611 .Dave |
| not the numbers we were all hoping for. This | | | | Martin is the owner of Pine Lane Campground |
| was my first time out fishing for perch and I | | | | and also the publisher of He has a SUPER |
| had a GREAT time. I even caught a double of | | | | Erie Fishing Page located at => There is a |
| two jumbo-sized perch.The BEST part of the | | | | lot of Lake Erie fishing info and also many |
| trip was my son Danny catching the largest | | | | photos of successful fishermen and women. |