LAKE ERIE - Man Made Reefs??

[RANGER]

Does anyone know if there has been any studies on this? How about your own opinion(s)?

The Western Basin has the islands and reefs. Central and Eastern Basins have featureless (for all intense and purpose) bottoms. Yeah, the Central has the "Mountain" and the "Trench" but that's it, basically!

What if the DNRs, or whoever, dumped huge piles of good, clean construction material in these areas to build artificial reefs or submariner islands for habitat?? Now, I'm not talking about pollution or toxic elements! I'm saying concrete, brick, stone, rock (if there is a difference), gravel - NOT asphalt, steel etc. Fish LOVE structure and I would think that this could only enhance the fisherie. Possibly increase the potential for fry-of-the-year to have a greater survival rate due to the nooks and crannys to hide in.

Not just Erie - Michigan, Ontario etc.

What do you all think?


RANGER


"KEEP YOUR LINES WET, YOUR POWDER DRY and THE BEER COLD"!

[cisco]

Ohio Sea Grant Institute has done extensive studies of the artificial reefs -- long and short of it is "they're good" for the lake, they're good for the fishery.

[RANGER]

cisco,

Thanks. Now, since you said that, I wonder why there is not more utilization of these reefs in Central and Eastern Basins? It would be a good way of disposing residue from implosions (like Three Rivers Stadium) and Highway construction, to name a few! I think it would be a benefit to all concerned!


RANGER


"KEEP YOUR LINES WET, YOUR POWDER DRY and THE BEER COLD"!

[groovymoe]

Being from Ohio, I think the best thing they can do with Three Rivers is bury it along with years of horrible memories of Bradshaw,Ham,Lambert,etc. breaking our hearts. Remember folks, kickoff is in 54 days. GO BROWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[war-n-peace]

BROWNS?? He must be refering to the trout.

[ohio]

I thought they did but the fish went on them like a magnet in the featureless bottoms... the fisherman did as well...and it ended up being a fishtrap. I just remember reading something on this a couple years ago. I thought it was west of Cleveland.
Not sure on this though.

[Buckeye]

I think there are 2 man made reefs. One off Lorain and the other off Cleveland. I believe the one off Cleveland is the old Browns stadium. I think they tossed it in the lake hoping Modell was still in his office.

[Smitty]

Now those were the Steeler glory days.. Don't forget Harris, Swann, Stallworth, Mean Joe, and the rest.

They just as well dump Three Rivers on Cleveland, the Steelers dumped on them for years!!! :)

[HOWSWEETITIS]

Check OHIO SEA GRANT TWINE LINE sg.ohio-state.edu A NEW LOOK at LAKE ERIEs Artificial Reefs.

[bob oh]

Ranger, anything you want to know about Erie reefs - manmade or natural, can be answered by Sea Grant's Fred Snyder [seagrnw@postoffice.ag.ohio-state.edu]. He posted something on here a while back about the artifical reefs and I asked him about the natural Western Basin reefs and he recommended that I get a copy of Ohio Sea Grant publication GS-001, Guide to Fishing Reefs
in Western Lake Erie. To get it send a check for $4.00 made to the Ohio State University, to:
Ohio Sea Grant Publications
1314 Kinnear Rd.
Columbus, OH 43212-1194

Bob

[RANGER]

bob oh,

Thanks! I'm going to look into it.


RANGER


"KEEP YOUR LINES WET, YOUR POWDER DRY and THE BEER COLD"!