Presque Isle lake side (Presque Isle Light to Gull Point)
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.
WaterPennsylvania
Depth10-30 ft
BottomSand with breakwaters and shore protection structures (Coast Pilot); sand/gravel (GLAHF)
CurrentNo
River plumeNo
Well-known spotNo
Position42.170, -80.062 (approximate center)
Keep 500 ft off the shore protection structures (Coast Pilot); slow, no wake within 500 ft of the peninsula shore (58 Pa. Code 111.25)
Run from each launch
| Launch | Run | Open water | Crossing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Harbor State Park boat launch (New York) | 77.0 mi | 77.0 mi | Yes |
| Erie Basin Marina boat launch (New York) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 77.3 mi | 77.3 mi | Yes |
| Sturgeon Point Marina (New York) | 63.1 mi | 61.5 mi | Yes |
| Sunset Bay State Marine Park (New York) | 54.7 mi | 36.5 mi | Yes |
| Dunkirk Harbor boat launch (New York) | 43.1 mi | 37.6 mi | Yes |
| Barcelona Harbor boat launch (New York) | 26.7 mi | 4.1 mi | No |
| Presque Isle State Park, Niagara Boat Launch (Pennsylvania) | 3.9 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Presque Isle State Park, Lagoon Launch (Pennsylvania) | 1.8 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Presque Isle State Park, West Pier Launch (Pennsylvania) | 2.9 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Lampe Marina public launch ramps (Pennsylvania) | 1.7 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| East Avenue Boat Launch (Port Erie) (Pennsylvania) | 1.8 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Shades Beach Park boat launch (Krupinski Launch Facility), Harborcreek (Pennsylvania) | 5.3 mi | 1.1 mi | No |
| North East Marina public launch (Pennsylvania) | 14.9 mi | 3.1 mi | No |
| Walnut Creek access (PFBC) (Pennsylvania) | 11.2 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Sugarloaf Marina public boat ramp, Port Colborne (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 63.8 mi | 62.2 mi | Yes |
| Esplanade Park boat ramp, Port Maitland (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 53.5 mi | 52.2 mi | Yes |
| Port Dover Harbour Marina boat ramps (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 43.5 mi | 36.8 mi | Yes |
| Port Rowan Harbour Marina public ramp (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 37.3 mi | 31.5 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
- Old Milwaukee Bass Trek Challenge - Erie (Bassmaster, Mark Hicks, 2014-10-15) Wed, Oct 15 2014One-day team event at Presque Isle, 2014-10-11, one largemouth and one smallmouth per team. The winners took a 4.5-lb smallmouth on a drop shot from a community hole just outside the bay at 10-12 ft (EE-PA02 or EE-PA06; not located); the report says the bay's spawning smallmouth summer in the lake and few had come back by mid-October; the second team's lake smallmouth came from rock piles topping at 19 ft and dropping to 25 ft (not located). Facts from the copy of 2026-10-04; bassmaster.com is not fetched automaticallySource
- NOAA U.S. Coast Pilot 6, chapter 6 (Lake Erie), edition of 27 Sep 2026, paragraphs 220-231 Presque Isle Bay about 4.5 mi long and 1.5 mi wide, 12-22 ft with mud bottom in the centre, Misery Bay 5-10 ft; numerous shore protection structures extend lakeward from the lake side of the peninsula (keep 500 ft off); Gull Point grows east each year and depths shoal quickly within 1/4 mi of itSource