The Lake wide 2024 hatch trawl survey indexes have been released. Both walleye and yellow perch hatches were down from recent years. The Walleye hatch was down over 50% while yellow perch were only slightly down.
A few surprises caught in the trawls included Burbot, sturgeon, trout perch, and silver chub.
Details in the following three online articles.
ODW:
Lake Erie Walleye, Yellow Perch 2024 Hatch Results.
Great Lakes Now:
Walleye Numbers are Down in Lake Erie | Great Lakes Now
PDF with last 14 years of hatches:
https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/up…WAL_and_YP.pdf