The smallmouth bass near Eastern Lake Erie harbor waters are often massive in size at this time of year, like this 7-pound, 3-ounce goliath that measured just shy of 23 inches in length. Photo by Captain Hans Mann

Young Andrew Frelock has been catching smallmouth bass, steelhead, rock bass, red horse suckers and sheepshead in Lake Erie tributary creeks using his fly rod for the last week or so. Submitted photo