Myers Reef (off Hamburg)
Ranked plans for Lake Erie (eastern basin) are not available yet: its tournament record has 2 events with a known winning area, too few to test the ranking. The areas are listed without a rank.
WaterNew York
Depth18-40 ft
BottomSpur of 30-44 ft on the corrected depth grid; sand/gravel (GLAHF)
CurrentNo
River plumeNo
Well-known spotNo
Position42.748, -78.970 (approximate center)
Named in the 2018 FLW Series Northern Division reports; the corrected depth grid shows a spur of 30-44 ft here
Run from each launch
| Launch | Run | Open water | Crossing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Harbor State Park boat launch (New York) | 8.9 mi | 6.9 mi | No |
| Erie Basin Marina boat launch (New York) | 10.0 mi | 8.7 mi | Yes |
| Sturgeon Point Marina (New York) | 5.5 mi | 2.8 mi | No |
| Sunset Bay State Marine Park (New York) | 15.0 mi | 2.3 mi | No |
| Dunkirk Harbor boat launch (New York) | 25.8 mi | 15.2 mi | Yes |
| Barcelona Harbor boat launch (New York) | 42.4 mi | 21.7 mi | Yes |
| Presque Isle State Park, Niagara Boat Launch (Pennsylvania) | 72.3 mi | 66.8 mi | Yes |
| Presque Isle State Park, Lagoon Launch (Pennsylvania) | 70.2 mi | 66.6 mi | Yes |
| Presque Isle State Park, West Pier Launch (Pennsylvania) | 71.3 mi | 65.8 mi | Yes |
| Lampe Marina public launch ramps (Pennsylvania) | 69.9 mi | 62.8 mi | Yes |
| East Avenue Boat Launch (Port Erie) (Pennsylvania) | 69.7 mi | 59.0 mi | Yes |
| Shades Beach Park boat launch (Krupinski Launch Facility), Harborcreek (Pennsylvania) | 63.5 mi | 55.4 mi | Yes |
| North East Marina public launch (Pennsylvania) | 54.0 mi | 48.4 mi | Yes |
| Walnut Creek access (PFBC) (Pennsylvania) | 79.7 mi | 65.4 mi | Yes |
| Sugarloaf Marina public boat ramp, Port Colborne (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 17.1 mi | 14.1 mi | Yes |
| Esplanade Park boat ramp, Port Maitland (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 31.6 mi | 25.9 mi | Yes |
| Port Dover Harbour Marina boat ramps (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 62.9 mi | 53.2 mi | Yes |
| Port Rowan Harbour Marina public ramp (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 75.8 mi | 73.8 mi | Yes |
Run: the distance along the water route. A crossing (the open lake, the border or a long stretch of open water) needs over-water wind under your crossing wind limit (default 15 mph), waves on the route within your wave limit and no small craft advisory.
Evidence
- Costa FLW Series Northern Division 2018 Thu, Jul 26 2018Neil Farlow: Six areas from Point Abino (Ontario) to Myers Reef (N.Y.) and back toward Buffalo; four produced the big fish, 20-40 ft; Drop shot (Reaction Innovations Flirt Worm).Source
- Lake Erie set for Costa FLW Series Northern Division event (Johnston preview) Wed, Jul 18 2018Preview, not a catch report. Chris Johnston expected about half the field on each side of the border, with the most boats from Buffalo out to the Myers Reef area and across; bigger fish at 20-45 ft; tubes dragged on drifts, then drop shots.Source
- Lake Erie/Niagara River (Bassmaster preview of the 2007 Empire Chase) Tue, Apr 17 2007Preview, not a catch report. Names Eighteen Mile Creek, Seneca Shoal and the rocks along Buffalo Harbor as known smallmouth spots, and Waverly Shoal farther out as a series of current-washed rocky humps. Tubes the most used bait, then jigs, spinnerbaits and jerkbaits. Eighteen Mile Creek mapped to EE-NY04 (Hamburg shore) and Waverly Shoal to EE-ON01 (Ontario water) as assumptions.Source
- GLAHF fish spawning and nursery sites (after Goodyear et al. 1982), smallmouth bass records in the eastern basin Smallmouth spawning or nursery records within about 5 km of the areas: Eighteenmile Creek (gravel and stone, 1-2 m), Big Sister Creek (gravel, rock, bedrock), Silver Creek and Cattaraugus Creek (early June), Dunkirk Harbor (prime spawning and nursery ground), Van Buren Bay, Point Gratiot (nursery, 9-18 m), Canadaway Creek and Chautauqua Creek (June, rock and gravel, 1 m), Sixmile, Twelvemile and Sixteenmile creeks (PA), Fort Erie, Abino Bay, Gravelly Bay, Rock Island and the Grand River shore (sandy beaches), Long Point Bay and Long PointSource