Shore west of Sixteenmile Creek: Twelvemile Creek to Sixteenmile Creek
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
Depth12-35 ft
Bottomrock (GLAHF)
CurrentNo
River plumeNo
Well-known spotNo
Position42.228, -79.901 (approximate center)
Candidate area for review (Mike, 2026-10-05): the shore between EE-PA03 and EE-PA04, ranked third for smallmouth catch in the PFBC angler diaries of 2004 (grid 28); Game and Fish (2008) names the cliffs west of Sixteenmile Creek; bluff shore
Run from each launch
| Launch | Run | Open water | Crossing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Harbor State Park boat launch (New York) | 68.1 mi | 64.6 mi | Yes |
| Erie Basin Marina boat launch (New York) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 68.4 mi | 66.7 mi | Yes |
| Sturgeon Point Marina (New York) | 54.0 mi | 51.3 mi | Yes |
| Sunset Bay State Marine Park (New York) | 45.5 mi | 19.9 mi | Yes |
| Dunkirk Harbor boat launch (New York) | 34.0 mi | 25.3 mi | Yes |
| Barcelona Harbor boat launch (New York) | 17.5 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Presque Isle State Park, Niagara Boat Launch (Pennsylvania) | 13.1 mi | 4.0 mi | No |
| Presque Isle State Park, Lagoon Launch (Pennsylvania) | 11.0 mi | 4.2 mi | No |
| Presque Isle State Park, West Pier Launch (Pennsylvania) | 12.1 mi | 4.0 mi | No |
| Lampe Marina public launch ramps (Pennsylvania) | 10.5 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| East Avenue Boat Launch (Port Erie) (Pennsylvania) | 10.2 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Shades Beach Park boat launch (Krupinski Launch Facility), Harborcreek (Pennsylvania) | 4.1 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| North East Marina public launch (Pennsylvania) | 5.8 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Walnut Creek access (PFBC) (Pennsylvania) | 20.4 mi | 0.0 mi | No |
| Sugarloaf Marina public boat ramp, Port Colborne (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 55.6 mi | 54.1 mi | Yes |
| Esplanade Park boat ramp, Port Maitland (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 46.5 mi | 45.3 mi | Yes |
| Port Dover Harbour Marina boat ramps (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 41.9 mi | 37.6 mi | Yes |
| Port Rowan Harbour Marina public ramp (Ontario) crosses the U.S.-Canada boundary | 39.4 mi | 33.3 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
- Game and Fish: Lake Erie's May Smallmouth Bonanza (Mike Bleech, May 2008 issue, posted 2010-09-28) Tue, Sep 28 2010Best Pennsylvania smallmouth water from Presque Isle Bay east to the New York line, mostly rock bottom; in the bay, the east half between the Marina Lake entrance and the bay mouth; east of Erie, off the mouths of Twentymile and Sixteenmile creeks and along the cliffs west of Sixteenmile Creek; spring depths 5-35 ftSource
- PFBC Lake Erie Fisheries Status and Trends Report 2004 (prepared March 2005), Table S-6: grids with the greatest smallmouth catch in the Lake Erie Cooperative Angler Log Tue, Mar 1 2005Angler diaries (21 participants, 439 trips): smallmouth grids ranked 22, 27, 28, 24, 32. Grid 27 is the shore from just west of the Sixmile Creek mouth to the Twelvemile Creek mouth (EE-PA03), grid 28 Twelvemile Creek to Sixteenmile Creek (EE-PA05); grids 22, 24 and 32 lie west of Presque Isle (central basin). Most smallmouth catch by boat anglers came from near-shore water east of the peninsula. Grid limits read from the PFBC grid map; cited as a link (PFBC states no data licence)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