Lake Erie Fisheries Director on Perch, Water Levels, Walleye & More - Bigwater Podcast Episode #105

About this episode

Travis Hartman discusses current issues affecting Lake Erie fisheries, including perch populations and water levels.

Lake Erie Fisheries Program Director, Travis Hartman is no stranger to the Bigwater Podcast or Videos, and on this episode he talks about the current topics of Lake Erie, water levels and what it really means. We also discuss the hot topic of what is really happening with our perch population as well as travel down some other great lakes rabbit holes too! Capt. Ross Robertson has made his complete living chasing walleye as a full time professional angler for more than 20 years. Through the years he has worn many hats including time as a fishing guide, boat salesman, TV host, outdoor writer, product designer, tournament fisherman, speaker, radio host and podcaster to name a few. Ross fishes ice-out to ice-up on the Great Lakes. He spends the majority of the year walleye fishing on Lake Erie’s Western and Central basins. Follow Bigwater Fishing Onlinehttps://www.facebook.com/BigwaterFishing/https://www.instagram.com/bigwaterfishing/ Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOT9X8REPiDS3yYZ0iqKhWw/join Download and Listen to the Bigwater Fishing PodcastiTunes…

People in this episode

Host: Ross Robertson

Guest: Travis Hartman

Topics covered

• Lake Erie fisheries
• walleye fishing
• perch population
• water levels
• Great Lakes

Keywords

• Lake Erie
• fishing
• walleye
• perch
• water levels
• Travis Hartman
• Ross Robertson

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lake Erie, Great Lakes

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