We got out mid morning today. What with the wind and the storms that rolled through yesterday, didn't see much need to rush.

Started out slow. A lot of boats were off the monument on the east side, but after 20 minutes there, we realized it was just to get out of the wind. Headed through the chop to just south of Green, where several head boats and charters were. No luck there either. Moved to just east of Green and started picking up a few perch, but nothing great. Moved north to just SE of Rattlesnake and there was a good crowd of boats there, including most of the head boats from Drawbridge, Tibbels, etc.

We got there I'd say about 2:30 after having messed around at the other locations and in 2 hours had 45 perch in the boat for 3 guys, with the other 10 being caught off Green earlier. I'd imagine if we had gotten there a little earlier we'd have limited out. Then again, it might have had as much to do with the wind dying down as it did with location. Bite died off around 4:15, and by 4:45 we headed in.

Bite was fairly good, with many taking it like a walleye would on a drift rig... a long slow pull rather than the usual tap tap. Size was in the 7-9" range with a few smaller throwbacks and a few larger ones. Got one 11" fish, several in the 10" range, but 90% were 7-9s. Only one sheephead, and two small walleye in the 10-12" range that hit the perch rigs. Golden shiners.

About 80% swallowed the hook, so they were definitely sucking it in rather than just biting. Lots of minnows visible in the fish's mouths.