06/25/2026
A REMINDER for all participants in this Saturday's NGTA Lake Erie Bass Open, there are several fish sanctuaries that must be avoided:
NO FISHING - June 1 to July 15
Town of Fort Erie - bounded by lines starting at Stonemill Road (42°52'31.47"N, 78°59'57.76"W), 750 metres south into Lake Erie to a point at 42°52'11.17"N, 78°59'57.11"W, 1.25 kilometres east to a point at 42°52'12.49"N, 78°58'46.02"W, north to Rosehill Road (42°52'46.83"N, 78°58'47.12"W) and following the water's edge back to its original point of origin
Port Colborne - bounded by lines starting at Cassaday Point (42°52'1.79"N, 79°13'4.8"W), 500 metres south into Lake Erie to a point at 42°51'45.71"N, 79°13''4.19"W, 1 kilometre east to a point at 42°51'46.72"N, 79°12'14.73"W, north to Weaver Road (42°52'17.66"N, 79°12'15.88"W) and following the water's edge back to its original point of origin.
Gravelly Bay - from the breakwall on the east side of the Welland Canal, eastward 500 metres to a point at 42°52'7.9"N, 79°14'9.87"W, straight northward to the water's edge at 42°52''32.48"N, 79°14'10.81"W, then following the water's edge back to the east side of the Welland Canal (also includes the inlet north of Nickel's Beach)
Gravelly Bay - the waters of that part of Gravelly Bay of Lake Erie (City of Port Colborne) lying northwest of a line drawn from the southerly point of Sugar Loaf Point in a northeasterly direction to the southwest corner of the H. Knoll Lakeview Park Marina breakwall
Please respect these sanctuaries, anyone caught in these areas will be disqualified!