Perch

**spoontang** · 07-12-2009, 12:50 PM

Oak Harbor would be closest if there is a launch and would put you within 8 miles of Niagra. I use the Portage River and it is 10.5 miles at 346 heading. The West launch from catawba would put you abou the same distance or a little closer. 9 miles or so at a 325 roughly but check that one out before you run it.

waterdog · 07-12-2009, 02:58 PM

Fished by E can and caught 12 7-8 inch perch. There was this green floating chunks of algae in the water. Went out south of Niagara and drifted. Caught sheephead and one throwback walleye 14". Was using may fly rig tiped with a night crawler. Waves were 1 foot or less and the drift was .5 mph. Nice!

waterdog · 07-21-2009, 05:26 PM

Got 12 perch today, did it drifting. Put a spreader out with two minows and casting a mayfly rig in 20 fow. I started out east of round reef. Caught one 15" walleye, and 12 sheephead. Several sheephead were 22 ".

great drift .5 mph then by noon wind picked up.

**dreamcatcher** · 07-23-2009, 12:02 PM

fished b can and east of the can, picked up 3 perch in two hours, moved to L can no luck there, pulled the boat moved to catawaba, picked up 2 fish in the first 5 mins off the green bouy, picked up no more fish, called it a day, just a bad day on the lake anyone else??

waterdog · 07-24-2009, 05:23 PM

caught 25 perch, 8-11" in 30 fow nw of rattlesnake island.
Was using a spreader tiped with minnows, atached to a 2 oz bottom bouncer, it was windy for most of the am, then it settled down. I was drifting for the most part of the day, was trying to catch walleyes.
For the walleye I was using a golden mayfly tiped with a night crawler, I caught perch on it, some nice 11" ones, on that rig.

waterdog · 08-15-2009, 04:40 PM

Fished just east of the green buoy at Niagara Reef in 29 fow and caught a two man limit of nice yellow perch. Caught a few white perch but no sheep head and no walleye. A real soft bite! Caught some nice jumbos! A few throwbacks. We were using minows and a spreader and no bling.

waterdog · 08-16-2009, 04:24 PM

Fished just east of the green buoy at Niagara Reef in 29 fow and caught a two person limit of nice yellow perch. A soft bite, with some more agressive hits mixed in! Caught some nice jumbos! A few throwbacks. We were using minows and a spreader and no bling. Most fish were 8 inchers. Got the limit in two hours!

Labshavit · 09-13-2009, 04:28 PM

caught 42 west of rattlesnake weight 11 lbs. Big pack of boats just North of us off of North Bass and west of west reef. Big pack south of of us off Green. Not sure how the others faired. We were in 32 feet of water