As has been reported by several charter captains, local anglers, and then experienced first-hand in mid-July by this reporter, the channel catfish population in Lake Erie has swelled to numbers too big to ignore.
While fishing between Kelleys Island and Middle Island and other prime island-area walleye waters during July, a group of six anglers landed more than 25 channel catfish while tossing mayfly rigs baited with half-pieces of nightcrawler.
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