Friday night rains brought the rivers up and probably brought in a fair push of fresh steel along with a good push of Smallmouths. If you are looking for some great fishing on the Ohio tribs without the crowds this will be your week. The Steelhead bite has been excellent on the Grand and Conneaut and the recent rain and cool temps will keep the bite going strong through the next week. Remember the Lake temp. is only around 44 Degrees which means there are still plenty of steelhead waiting to enter the East side tribs.

Grand: 793 cfs with about 2 feet of vis as of 1 pm Sat. with fresh fish moving upstream. Holding good number of steel and many smallmouth in the lower stretches.

Chagrin: 510 cfs with about 8 inches of vis. Should be prime by Sunday and the lower stretches are still holding some fish. Would not be surprised if this rain brought in some fresh steelhead.

Conneaut: the lower river has plenty of fish with the numbers decreasing as you head above rt 90. and in excellent condition for the weekend.

Vermilion: Still a good amount of steel and worth hitting for lake run smallies.

Rocky: 442 with a foot of vis from recent rains. Some steel left but turning to smallies and carp.