Mon 9-30 West Sister

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09-30-2013, 09:40 PM
LEfriend

Mon 9-30 West Sister

Mon morning two of us dropped anchor mile N of W Sister, 27 feet water. First pole in a 12 and 3/4 perch. Second pole in, 9+ incher. Its on we thought! An hour or so and a handful of keepers later, we thought not! Moved north to 29 feet of water and a few other boats. More slow pick and lots of sorting! A big spurt at noon. Its on we thought! Well it was for about 15 minutes. More slow pick and lots more sorting. By about 2 we had 30 keepers between 2 of us. By 4 PM we still had same 30, and hot flat lake. Made one more move east, to 31 feet of water, about 3 miles NE of west sister. Same deal. Nothing. At 4:30 I tidied up boat, stowed my pole and was climbing up front to pull anchor and head for dock. Got one John hollered. Drop it back in I told him. Got a double John hollered. Well, before I could re-rig and get my pole back in, John had his fourth. In the next hour and a half, we caught our needed 30 and filled our second ticket. Decent grade of fish - 17 lbs at cleaners for 2 tix. Beautiful balmy evening out there, great way to finish day.
09-30-2013, 11:53 PM
Fishin Crazy

Think I am going to fish around that area Wednesday. I have 2 way points saved in that area that we caught Nice perch but when we went back the next day they were not there. Some bigger perch out there if you can find them and get them to bite. I am going to try the 2 spots I have saved if they are not there or wont bite I will be on the hunt like the last time I went. We had 60 perch that weighed 20 lbs. at the cleaners last trip. But it took us awhile to find them.
10-01-2013, 06:51 AM
BLACK PEARL

Perch move about 1 mile a day you would need to move about 8 times to be on top of them again!
10-01-2013, 05:51 PM
rscotfish

nice fish

we got our 240 perch 74 pounds at cleaners turn around buoy spreaders and crappy rigs shinners light bite dead on the bottom then slow lift average 8-10 inches
10-01-2013, 06:17 PM
Fishin Crazy

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Originally Posted by rscotfish

we got our 240 perch 74 pounds at cleaners turn around buoy spreaders and crappy rigs shinners light bite dead on the bottom then slow lift average 8-10 inches

Thanks,:) I will check it out if I cant find them again.
10-02-2013, 07:04 PM
Fishin Crazy

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Originally Posted by Fishin Crazy

Thanks,:) I will check it out if I cant find them again.

Went to the 1st waypoint I had marked from our Saturday trip and the perch are still there. 2 of us got our limit in 4hrs. They weighed 20 Lbs. again at the cleaners. I caught one 13 incher the others were between 10 and 12 inches, Nice perch.
We were at first all alone but when we left 15 boats were around us. We were fishing Northwest from west sister about a mile. Bad thing was we caught a lot of trash fish, so if you go out there take a lot of bait!

Just wondering if anybody from this forum was out there?
If so how did you do?
10-02-2013, 08:35 PM
LEfriend

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Originally Posted by Fishin Crazy

Went to the 1st waypoint I had marked from our Saturday trip and the perch are still there. 2 of us got our limit in 4hrs. They weighed 20 Lbs. again at the cleaners. I caught one 13 incher the others were between 10 and 12 inches, Nice perch.
We were at first all alone but when we left 15 boats were around us. We were fishing Northwest from west sister about a mile. Bad thing was we caught a lot of trash fish, so if you go out there take a lot of bait!

Just wondering if anybody from this forum was out there?
If so how did you do?

Great job. Nice looking grade of fish! 13 inchers are nice but you got the best eaters! Wanted to go back today but had doc appointment and some honeydo's. Looks like should have canceled those and gone. How long? Was it morning or afternoon bite?
10-02-2013, 10:33 PM
Fishin Crazy

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Originally Posted by LEfriend

Great job. Nice looking grade of fish! 13 inchers are nice but you got the best eaters! Wanted to go back today but had doc appointment and some honeydo's. Looks like should have canceled those and gone. How long? Was it morning or afternoon bite?

We started fishing at 9am and was headed for the dock at 1pm. The bite was best 10 till 11.
10-03-2013, 06:31 AM
ChumLee

I was 1 mile NW of West Sister yesterday and the action was steady. It took me about 3 hours to hit my limit. Most fish 7-9", biggest was 12". Caught at least 1 white perch per yellow. I'm heading back out this morning..
10-03-2013, 09:29 AM
Daddyhags

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Chum, how is the water looking in the 18 to 20 FOW . Grass/Mud? Thanks, Jon
10-03-2013, 11:17 AM
LEfriend

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Originally Posted by Daddyhags

Chum, how is the water looking in the 18 to 20 FOW . Grass/Mud? Thanks, Jon

Jon... When we were out Mon had to get about a mile N of West Sister to get into good looking water. Even then there was some algae. Everything south was plenty muddy and algae, mean looking water. But that was Mon... for sure the mud has settled some since. Doubt if algae has changed much yet. Miss the satellite photos.....
10-04-2013, 07:40 AM
ChumLee

The mud had settled within a few mile radius of West Sister on Wednesday, and the algae in that area was mild. Fished 26 FOW and water temp was 70 degrees. Anything west of Toledo Lighthouse is dirty, combo of mud and algae. Yesterday, I fished 1 mile north of the lighthouse for 2 hours and caught 3 yellows (all over 10"), but the action was very slow. Still a lot of white perch. On another note, I'm seeing and marking a ton a baitfish. I'm hoping this draws the walleyes from the east.
10-04-2013, 09:08 AM
Daddyhags

Heading out this afternoon and Saturday looking for some eyes, will report back.
10-04-2013, 12:11 PM
Fishin Crazy

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Originally Posted by Daddyhags

Heading out this afternoon and Saturday looking for some eyes, will report back.

Last trip when I was at the cleaners 3 guys came in with 17 walleyes they told me they were fishing around the kidney. Just thought I would let you know. I would have tried them but I cant troll yet. I just did a repower in the boat and cant troll with it till I get 20hrs on the engine.
10-11-2013, 01:47 PM
Fishin Crazy

Went perch fishing all around west sister Wednesday and didn't do as well this trip. Move 5 times and caught perch at every place and mark a lot of fish. We just couldn't get them going good. The bite was slow and a lot of small perch. We caught our limit but didn't keep anything under 8 inches and only kept 90 perch. They weighed 30 lbs. at the cleaner. 4 of us on this trip fished from 9am till 3, it was really slow compared to last week out there.