Blade fishing report: 6/16

■ Lake Erie: When the wind loses its teeth and the lake settles down, the fishing bonanza is on all across the Western Basin. The pros at Netcraft report that the area from Mouse Island to the southwest corner of Kelleys Island has been a hot zone that has produced numerous limits of walleye. The areas around the A, B, and D cans of the Camp Perry firing range are also giving anglers plenty of keepers. The trolling contingent has had considerable success with crawler harnesses tipped with nightcrawlers, walleye trolling spoons or deep-diving Husky Jerks and Bandit Deep walleye baits. Netcraft also reports that drop-shot rigs and skirted tube baits are enticing smallmouth bass all around the Bass Islands. In Michigan waters, the MDNR reports walleye anglers have done well trolling crawler harnesses and bottom bouncers in 26 feet or deeper off Fermi and the River Raisin.