Perch Bite - Western Basin

Hi all,

I am heading out tonight around 6:30pm out of Lost Peninsula Marina (Erie, MI). We are looking for perch and am hopeful any of you will have some relevant information. The last 3 times out it has been very slow... I have tried the Turn Around Buoy, Gravel Pits (NE of Water Intake), Buoy 17 off the shipping channel and all around the Toledo Harbor Light... Earlier in the year we were getting limits within 4 hours no problem at any of these locations but the last 2 weeks the fishing has been horrible for us.

Any hot spots or leads would be appreciated very much. My freezer is now empty and need a strong couple of months to stock up!

Please help!

-Tony

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Thank you good sir!

I would like to know too where we can get perch. Brother is here from Florida and would love to make it worth his while to buy a fishing license for just one day! Coming up Saturday to go out. We have not had much luck this season yet either and tired of spending the gas money and nothing to show for it :( Come out of Marblehead area so if there is anywhere close around there that would be great to know! Thanks!

luvfishin,

I will be heading out of Mazurik around 9am on Friday. I have a few ideas of where I may find the perch at, but all involve heading east of Kelleys Island. I have five new spots marked in the GPS and plan to try atleast those five and keeping an eye between spots to see if I mark them. If you are going on Friday and you have a VHF radio in your boat, hit me up on 79 during the day and if I am on them, I will let you know.

B-can-man in the Sunny Daze on 79


Hope to see you out there!

There is a good perch bite, about 3 miles east, north east of the bumping grounds north of cedar point. Nice size also. Been there for a week or so now. This is a big school of perch. May have to make a move or two but they are there. Look for the pack of boats. Hope this helps.

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Originally Posted by SPOONFEEDER

There is a good perch bite, about 3 miles east, north east of the bumping grounds north of cedar point. Nice size also. Been there for a week or so now. This is a big school of perch. May have to make a move or two but they are there. Look for the pack of boats. Hope this helps.

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Thanks spoonfeeder! That pretty much confirms what I had in my new gps marks. Although, most of my marks are more northeast than east of the dumping grounds. Two weeks ago we found the pack around the 41.35 82.35 line intersect. Are you saying that they are now more south than that?

Sorry for late reply. The perch are all over out there. North east and east on grounds. I have been little north and east of grounds. Here are numbers were we have been getting them.41_33.852
82_35.365

Tough day for us a couple miles north of the intake. Fished from 7-11:30 only 60 perch but we did catch some hogs! Our 60 went for 22lbs we had 5 over 11" and 3 at 12" and a lot of 10"s. Be back at it in the morning but going to try another spot good luck!

NO GPS on my boat but I would like to get to the "dumping grounds" where the perch are. Can you see pack of boats if I am at Kelleys Island Airport Reef on East side? Or any advice to get close enough to see pack of boats?

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Originally Posted by zharris05

NO GPS on my boat but I would like to get to the "dumping grounds" where the perch are. Can you see pack of boats if I am at Kelleys Island Airport Reef on East side? Or any advice to get close enough to see pack of boats?

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Highly doubtful to pretty much impossible without a really good pair of binoculars. Dumping grounds is 4 miles to the south by southeast from the airport. Heading from airport to dumping grounds is 156.47 degrees. If you know how to get to cedar point, the dumping grounds is 3.5 miles north (cheating slightly east at 13 degrees) from cedar point or directly north of the bell bouy off the cedar point break wall by 2.5 miles.

Was North of Niagra Reef today walleyeing! LOL saw a hughe pack of boats PERCHING will be there in the morning! 10 nice eyes in the box! Blow me gave me a shout out! Thanks Bud! 79!

Thanks so much B can and Spoonfeeder. Saw your posts too late before we headed out. Went to dumping grounds but it was so rough and brother from FL had sore ribs, so went on the west side of Put-in-Bay around Green/Rattlesnake and only caught 18#s for 5 of us but so much calmer over there and they were steady so no complaints! Will try the dumping grounds on a calmer day....thanks again!!!