Water Dogs~ Perch Report

[waterdog]

caught my limit of walleye and went to the honey hole at "H" can, it is too early, no bites and not even a gobie~!
~they are shooten at camp perry so look out for the range rangers.....

[soldier67]

Waterdog,
That will be going on weekends for the next month and a half. Easter weekend will be clear. National Guard Units are doing weapons qualifications. Should slow down by June.

[waterdog]

Caught really nice perch at H can on Sunday.
Spreaders, shiners, no bling and on the bottom.
Biggest was a 13 1/2 incher
Some sorting but not much.
A very soft bite, I had to watch the tip closely to get them set.
Windy to start the day with some big waves, then it settled down in the afternoon.

[waterdog]

39 Perch ~ 15 pounds at the cleaners... yes they are nice.
The wind really pushed us around at times but it may have help with our spreaders and the big swing.
Spreaders, shiners, on the bottom and never any bling.
Anyway.... this looks to be my last day on the lake.
I have not been able to fish as much as I would have like because of a death in the family.
So until next year I hope you and yours will be safe and get ready for another season in the spring.
~until then~ "FISH ON"

[waterdog]

90 yellow perch before noon just east of "H" can.
using a mix of chubs and shiners, spreaders, crappie rigs, no bling.
18 pounds at the cleaners.
Very nice time on the lake.
~fish on

[LEfriend]

18 lbs for 90 is 5 to a lb. Those fish look bigger than that...unless you put all the nice ones on top. Right now I would take a limit of most any size!

[wakina]

18 lbs for 90 is 5 to a lb. Those fish look bigger than that...unless you put all the nice ones on top. Right now I would take a limit of most any size!

This year has been the pits for fishing weather wise, period! I say if you want some perch for the freezer or just a meal or 2 then you best take what the lake is willing to give you when you can get out fishing. Who knows what this algae situation is going to become.

Later this year when they do the trawls for the young of year walleye I look for poor results, not because there was a bad recruitment of YOY walleyes (and that certainly is a possibility) but because the dead and dieing algae would have forced the YOY eyes to move to locations that are not normally part of the areas surveyed. They simply will not remain in areas that they cannot breath in, they will move to survive, they are not suicidal.

[waterdog]

Thursday, August 6, 2015
55 yellow perch just west of Rattlesnake Island.
Just could not get that last 5, 11 pounds at the cleaners.
Using spreaders in 32 fow, and no bling.
The chubs seem to work ok, I put a hook tear in their belly before I put them on the hook.