Bullheads and perch thru the ice sat report

[wayne johnson]

Capt, Mike and friend fished sandusky bay sat afternoon, fished for perch, ended up with two man limit of perch plus five gallon bucket of big yellow bullheads, lures of choice ice jigs with wax worms, and single hook with minnows, something different to do. ice was in excellent condition. Today back chasing them walleyes. The Reel Sport team 419 265 2736.

[3labs]

Where do they go out in Sandusky bay? How far out are they running?

[wayne johnson]

whites landing area 3 spring out roughly less than 1/4 mile hope this helps,

[Hoytman86]

Are they eating catfish out of the lake? I was under the impression you weren't supposed to because the cats eat the mussels.

[mibek]

Are they eating catfish out of the lake? I was under the impression you weren't supposed to because the cats eat the mussels.

Don't know if you perch fished lately but many of them I caught in the late fall have zebras in them.

They're all eating gobies which eat zebras as well.

[Hoytman86]

Oh well. I reread the advisory. They just recommend not eating the larger channel cats because they've been eating them for so long. I threw back a 6-7 pound channel cat last year because of it and my wife, being the hillbilly that she is, about chewed my head off until I told her about the advisory.

Edit: I guess I haven't checked the updated advisories lately. It just had channel cats listed as a "once per month" species with no special instructions based on size. So the wife was right to be pissed about the catfish throwback apparently. Now I know for the next time I catch a catfish on Erie, probably 5-10 years from now.