Looking forward, Haffley said Erie’s walleye fishing should continue to have strong numbers in the future. “We may have peaked, but I think it’s going to stay phenomenal for years to come.

One of them was Sammy Cappelli, who has fished for over 30 years and won a national title in bass fishing. He showed WTOL 11 at the lake his total haul for the day: nine walleye. But, in order to ...