We offer private guided fishing charters for Smallmouth and Walleye, contact us lets go fishing! About Lake Erie Bass Fishing. The warmest of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie also freezes more. The 4th largest considered surface area, at 9,910 square miles but smallest by water volume. Four U.S. states — New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan — touches Lake Erie along with the province of Ontario. The eastern end has Buffalo, N.Y., with Toledo, Ohio, covering the western end. The southern shore has Cleveland, Erie Pa. The southernmost of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie’s water flows in by the Detroit River from the upper lakes — Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron — along with a few tributaries such as the St. Clair.