Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Millette

Walleye bonanza on Lake Erie - Greg and Brenda proudly display a fine catch Of Lake Erie walleye, caught July 18 aboard the Erie Quest: Drifting-n-Casing With a slow moving cold front passing over Lake Erie this past weekend, we looked forward to casting our gold bladed, Colo more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye fishing is getting hot - If hooking a big Lake Erie walleye is in your plans, spring or fall are the best times of the year to go. While walleye are rather active and usually much easier to find during the spring, it still takes some tactics to reel them in. With the jig more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye Jig-n-Minnow action is HOT - Thump...thump...thump...bang...Get the net! Snap-jigging isn't a finesse sport and jig-fishing on Erie today proved highly effective for Mac, AlgaeKilla and Graham, along with Frank, and friends....aboard the Erie Quest. We used various hair more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye report - April 11 - I went to the Lake Erie on Friday evening and she was howling. I spent the night at my trailer next to the Big Pond and I could hear the wind whistling through the trees and the distinct sounds of waves crashing against the shoreline all night long more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye fishing walleye in the Maumee Bay - The early spring snap jig bite on Lake Erie has put it on the map as the Walleye Capital of the World and for good reason. About 80% of the Lake Erie walleye population spawns on the south shore in Ohio waters from the Lake Erie reefs just off of t more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye fishing - Favorite Lures of the Walleye Guides Walleye are tricky fish. They can hold tight to the bottom at 60 feet, or cruise the shallows in less than five. When you need to get hooked up in any situation, lure picks mean everything. So here are the lure more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye fishing forecast and report - more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Lake Erie walleye fishing, Jig fishing - The jig-and-minnow fishing action for walleye on western Lake Erie in recent years has been so hot you might scald yourself if you put your hand in the water. Just ask Lake Erie walleye guide Rick Millette of Erie Quest Charters Pardon the exagge more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie

Fall is prime time for trophy smallmouth bass on Lake Erie - Smallmouth bass are pound for pound one of the strongest fresh water fish anywhere. Lake Erie smallmouth bass are some of the biggest you will find in North America. They're big, powerful fish with a fighting disposition. They're just as likely t more...
Capt. Rick Millette - Lake Erie