Perch 9/15/23. South of Kellys Island

Started north of lakeside today in 26 ft of water with several other boats. 8 jumbo perch in 1.5 hrs. Moved east to 35 ft of water off the southeast corner of Kellys. Large pack south of us. One other boat at our location. Had a slow bite for the next 4.5 hrs but managed a 2 person limit of 60 really nice perch. 26 lbs at cleaners. We had 2 fish the broke the 12 inch mark and numerous in the 11 inch range. Emerald shiners cut in 3 on crappie rigs. We had to keep the rig moving up and down to trigger a bite. Ran an engine at times also. Definitely the best grade of perch we have caught this season. Reading some other reports; we were lucky to find these fish.

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Wow! Very Nice yellow gold!
With the cooler nights they should head west soon.
Good Report,
~Water Dog

Hey Water Dog,

By 'heading west', do you mean moving from central basin to western basin? I'm hoping to get out a decent amount over the next 6 weeks around Kelleys, off Cedar Point and off Marblehead...

Thanks,
Stox

[QUOTE=Stox;78600]Hey Water Dog,

By 'heading west', do you mean moving from central basin to western basin? I'm hoping to get out a decent amount over the next 6 weeks around Kelleys, off Cedar Point and off Marblehead...


For sure and the eyes too!
Cooler nights bring the hogs back.
Fish On,
~Water Dog

9/20/23: Fished same location today this time with 4 fisherman. 8:30- 2pm. 59 perch (26 lbs). Same grade of big perch but a slow bite. 2 of our fishermen had trouble generating bites or we may have done better. Goldies and vodka shiners on crappie rigs caught the most. Be advised: Commercial nets now set on a line 2 miles from SE corner of Kellys to Cedar point.

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