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Two of us caught 17 nice Perch on Saturday in a short time before the wind and waves became a bit much. Tried off Marblehead and a couple other spots...nothing.
On Sunday we fished off the runway on...

Two of us finished with 17 nice fish off the airport on Kelly's. They were calling for less than 2 ft. waves. It was more like 4-5 ft. waves. It was very slow fishing on Friday.
Today three of us...

I clean all my own fish as well. Pretty much keep them 8" and up. Just too hard to clean them much smaller.

Three of us fished about a .5 SE of Middle on Friday and only ended up with 22 keepers. Also tried Kelly's Shoal and Lakeside with 0 results.
On Saturday two of us kept 42 Perch caught in 48 of...

Roger has been cleaning fish a long time.

Yes I was on the Miss Cindy. I believe their pulling the boats very soon. I just put mine in storage today.

Went out yesterday. 18 people on board. Tried 5-6 spots from Catawba to Niagara. Ended up with 40 Perch for the boat. Time to put the gear away.

I never tried their jig hooks but I snell the regular sickle for Perch and they are excellent. My go to Perch hook.

It's not uncommon for the paint to come off under high pressure washing. Did you use a hard epoxy based paint or ablative paint-which slowly washes off as the season goes on?
Like any other paint...

Fished the airport off of Kelly's and south of the shoal on Friday and the 3 of us ended up with only 17 nice Perch. Winds strong out of the east. Lots of trash fish and hard to anchor.
Saturday the...

On Saturday morning we first tried off the red nun buoy N of N Bass. The water was clear and nice but it was really slow but nice fish. Started towards Ennis but the boats were leaving there. Ended...

60 Perch NE of the island about 1/4 mile offshore to get out of the wind. Very few throwbacks and not many White Perch. Headed back in at 11:05am. Nice grade of fish for this time of year. 31 fow

2 of us took our limit of ok sized Perch about a mile NW of the island in 31 fow. You have to do some sorting and White Perch/Bass to deal with. Perch rigs right on the bottom. Also took some on Ole...

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The ramp at Catawba itself was ok, but about 100 yds. from it I stirred up some mud. Pulled the boat at the Ottawa county ramp which is in between Midway marina and Marine max on Rt. 53. Nice ramp,...

We started off of Clinton Reef-zilch, Mid-Harbor Reef-zilch, then close to the entrance to East Harbor-zilch. Thanks to Captain Kirk we ended up on the E. side of Kelly's in 41 fow. They bit fast and...

We started off of Clinton Reef-zilch, Mid-Harbor Reef-zilch, then close to the entrance to East Harbor-zilch. Thanks to Captain Kirk we ended up on the E. side of Kelly's in 41 fow. They bit fast and...