Mayflies

[Billy Boy]

Clearing up a bit. Marked a bunch on the bottom in places. Some looked like a perch school on the fish finder. Mostly tight to the bottom. I did anchor up a couple times to check. No perch to be had! Other places total screen of fuzzy marks. Looked like a huge bait ball. Many mayflies in big slicks floating. Definitely clearing up. Fish would bite if you can find them.

[nickpaolini81]

We casted Friday, Saturday and Sunday and per suggestion, ran all the way out to the Vermillion dump on Friday afternoon and Saturday AM to get away from these. Dead mayflies were sparse out there. Friday we got 6 in the heat of the day at the V dump. Saturday AM bite was good (6 in the boat in an hour) up to the point where I had a terribly sick man and had to run him in and wasnt going to repeat that 20 mile jaunt after getting him to the dock to fish the heat of the day....again. So we ended up with good marks about 6 miles ESE of Kelly's. We ground it out til 3 and picked up 4 more keepers. Lots of junk and shorts. As expected, the mayflies were not as sparse as the Vermillion dump and echo was showing a few blocks here and there of dead flies. Sunday AM, we repeated the same spot off Kelly's and picked up 6 more keepers, lots of junk and shorts.

I was told by a neighbor @ the marina that west of the islands the dead flies are "thicker than theives but give it a few days and I'll be back to the west side." He was running to the V dump and further to avoid the flies and getting them all.