Perch

[Root beer float]

I had a good friend take their boat out of Lorain last Sunday perch fishing. Four of them caught 40 nice fish. When one of the guys handed his rod to the young girl to reel in, what he thought was a really big sheephead, she hauled in a 31" 10.5 lb Walleye. Not bad for a little perch spreader and a minnow. That just made their day. You just never know what's gonna happen out there, that's why we gotta get out there.

[Labshavit]

Waterdog where are you going out off to get to Niagra and how far of a run is it?

[spoontang]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.