Water Dogs~ Perch Report

[waterdog]

Fishing the afternoon (1-4 pm), started NW of Lakefront Marina in 17 fow.
No takers in the two drifts, so moved to Clinton Reef in 19 fow.
Caught one sheep head, and managed 5 keeper walleye with one throw back (see photo).
Using the bright green jig tipped with a shiner.
Had 4 hook ups then they were off~!
Spreader did not catch anything`! Using shiners and dragging just off the bottom.
be safe
~Water Dog

[waterdog]

One sheep head today!
Fished NW of Lakefront, east, west and south of "H" can.
Wind was moving the dog .8 to 1.2 mph.
Water was colder than the last time I was out by about 2 degrees.
Using night crawlers and a gold erie dearie and a spreader tipped with night crawlers.
Will watch the wind and try again soon.
~Water Dog

[rickerd]

Thank you Water Dog for your reports.
I fished South area of Clinton reef last weekend. One time I noticed we went over what appeared to be a school of perch. A few minutes later my friend brought in a 12 inch perch. I'm going to try dragging a spreader like you do for a while also.
Rickerd

[itsbob]

Island trolled posted on Ohio game and fish website that he had a 50" muskie to the net when he lost it yesterday.

[waterdog]

tuff day for the dog
north of Bessie in 18-19 fow, stained.
many boats working it today , did see plenty of nets in the water, just not mine.
one walleye in the boat and lost one at the boat, several hook ups but did not hold
using the bright green jig with a shiner and stinger hook
spreader did not produce any fish ~ ( my yellow perch search )
charter captain working the area did well with the crew he had, could not see the color of the jig they were using.
nice day on the lake,
be safe
~Water Dog

[waterdog]

Two walleye "Clinton Reef" area, one on a gold erie dearie tipped with a night crawler and the other on the spreader using golden shiners.
Foggy today, and when the wind changed from the North it got real foggy again, I would of had big time problems getting back to the Portage River without my gps. The white perch were beating up my night crawlers and I hooked 3 of them on the erie dearie. No sheep head today. And there were two head boats working the area today.

~back soon
~Water Dog

[waterdog]

Using golden shiners, spreader and no bling with a light bite.
30 yellow perch and 8 pounds at the cleaners, 5 sheep head and 3 white perch.

I have the gps numbers noted, SE of G can.
Back at it soon, these perch were burping up gobies FYI.
~Water Dog

[island troller]

Yes that was me. I have caught one in the 30s and seen other caught in the western basin. But never seen one that big. It was rough and I was solo. Just could not get him on the boat. Yes really wanted a picture. He was sitting on the edge of Clinton Reef eating those tasty walleyes. Today was a beautiful day out there Waterdog, Nice Catch.

[waterdog]

2 hours today, NW of Lakefront in 17-18 fow, 6 milking males.
I caught 2 of the walleye on shiners, bright green hair jig with stinger, and then tried the night crawler and caught 3 on that.
The spreader produced one keeper walleye and a white bass, dragging shiners just off the bottom.
Windy and cold today, but the fish did not seem to mind.
This area has been good to the dog.

~ back soon
Water Dog

[Congo]

This area has been good to the dog.

I know you mean it when you into third person!!!!!!!!! I love it LOL
Nice touch
GO DOG GO Awesome report!