Beautiful day out there today Dog. First trip of the year. Left the portage at 8:15 and was back by noon. 6 fish with 5 over 19". 13 down off Bessie. 5 of them on Black hair jig with white eyes.
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Beautiful day out there today Dog. First trip of the year. Left the portage at 8:15 and was back by noon. 6 fish with 5 over 19". 13 down off Bessie. 5 of them on Black hair jig with white eyes.
2 19" milking walleye, lost one at the boat and had 4 hook ups, but they did not hold.
perch spreader did not produce on the bottom with emerald shiners and no bling.
(perch spreader is looking for yellow gold) seems like the limit of 30 yellow perch may be in question soon.
NW of Lakefront Marina in 15 fow.
Using a green hair jig with stinger hook tipped with shiners.
I cast the jigs and bounce them on bottom back to the boat, not always easy with a fast drift, next time the drift sock goes out.
9 am to noon, not many boats in the area.
wind did pick up and went from a .7 mph drift to 1.4 mph drift.
back at it soon weather permitting.
Be Safe,
~Water Dog
NW of Lakefront Marina again today (14 fow), 4 more milking male walleyes.
Spreader drag for perch did get a bite today but did not get a hook set.
Green jigs for the walleye tipped with a shiner.
Head boat worked the area but did not stay long and headed north west.
5 other boats were working the area and I did see some boats netting fish.
I did not see any trollers in the area, just jigging.
Camp Perry red flags were out and they were firing today.
3 hours today, most bites were early and noting in the last hour.
back soon,
~Water Dog
Saw you out there today water dog, I was the pro line just south of you with 3 guys, finished with 8 and lost about another 4 at the boat left about 20 minutes after you purple seemed to be best color for us todayQuote:
Originally Posted by waterdog
3 more walleye (males), NW of Lakefront Marina , 13 fow close to H can area.
1 head boat working the area, and 4 other boats.
did have two hook ups but they did drop off quickly.
green jig, stinger, tipped with a shiner.
perch spreader did not have any hits today.
stinger hook was the champ, all were caught with the stinger hook.
some rain and the wind did vary.
Camp Perry had the strobe light out and the flags, did not see any can (H can) soon maybe.
back soon
~ Water Dog
fishing NW of Lakefront and east of Camp Perry 14 fow using a spreader and a shiner and a green haired jig with stinger and tipped with a shiner.
6 sheep head, 2 walleye and the spreader scored a nice hog yellow perch.
many boats in the area and a lot of head boats working it too.
looks like all were jigging except for a few trolling.
next trip I will bring all my perch poles and see what happens at H can or G can.
back soon,
~Water Dog
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going to try try to get up Friday and finish the repairs on the old boat and if all gets done will head out and fish a little then be back Monday to fish some more thanks for the report
Good job Dog. My last trip up I did good in that area. Was going to come up this weekend but my 2nd Maderna shot Friday did me in. Hoping to get up this week if the wind dies down a bit.
fished at H can today (18 fow) and caught 2 yellow perch, at it for a few hours, had other bites but no hook up.
headed in to work the area in 14 fow where the head boats and other boats were working it.
picked up a hog sheep head and one 20 in walleye.
using green hair jig tipped with a shiner.
next time it is G can.
~Water Dog
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Went to G can to try my luck with the yellow perch using shiners, no bites.
Headed to the spot NW of Lakefront in 14 fow and started drifting, calm day 3-5 mph drift.
Put out the spreader with a shiner and a night crawler combo.
The spreader, scored a small mouth bass (returned unharmed) and one walleye, no yellow perch or sheep head.
The bass took the shiner and the walleye took the night crawler.
Using the green haired jib, tipped with a shiner and a night crawler, 4 walleye , all males, some still milking others not.
All the walleye were taking the main hook, must be hungry.
Back soon,
~Water Dog
I'm assuming you meant to say 3-5mph wind?
Good catching thanks for report.
Rickerd
SE of G can in 23 fow on both days.
May 13th I did drift with a spreader with shiners and using a gold erie deerie and a night crawler.
Caught 2 white perch on the erie deerie, and a nice yellow perch on the spreader, so went to the honey hole SE of G can to see if the Yellow Gold was there.
Plenty of sheep head, 10 yellow perch and some young walleye (released unharmed but educated).
May 14th same set up as May 13th, a few sheep head, so back to the honey hole SE of G can in 23 fow.
Caught 30 yellow perch, 11 pounds at the cleaners.
Two keeper walleye, 2 nice white bass, 2 small walleye released and plenty of sheep head.
The cleaners told me the yellow perch were all spawned out~! So these were some real fatty hog's.
Several head boats working the area on both days for walleye, other boaters were drifting and not many trolling.
Did not see anyone fishing for perch, other than this dog.
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~back soon
~Water Dog
Nice catching WD any suggestions on the west end of the lake I was checking for areas close to Meinke Marina cooley canal area there is hump straight north from channel north west of water intake that I was going to try next trip up
16 more (hog) yellow perch using spreaders, shiners and no bling.
plenty of sheep head, some white bass and 6 too small walleye (returned to get bigger)
7 pounds at the cleaners, no white perch, however the sheep head filled in to get plenty of this dogs bait!
many boats and head boats west of me and some trollers.
very nice day on the lake.
back soon,
~Water Dog
Nice to see a few being caught. Any pics of the 16 hogs? That would be a nice sight to see.
I love your posts Waterdog! I can just envision you out there having a great time catching fish. Keep having fun and thank you for your reports.
Fished the area between F can east towards the Jet Express route. Dragging the spreader in search of Yellow Perch.
Using a spreader with shiners *no bling* and worm harness. No yellow perch, however the white perch were in the area including a few sheep head. All the head boats in Port Clinton were also working that area East and West of F can.
The head boats were spread out and working the area with no major moves, so they must have been picking at them.
Walleye were nice eaters had 5 that need a few more inches to be keepers.
Bring plenty of night crawlers, those white perch really put a hurt on your bait~!
I have been out working the H can and G can area, however this is the first time I had scored some fish to report.
Tight lines and back soon.
~ Water Dog
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Water Dog so glad you are back! Instead of fishies this spring my catch was a rare autoimmune disease. Not the spring nor the catches I had planned! In hospital now for 4th time and 21st day in last 3 months. So my boat is in storage and my fishing is is dreaming through everyone’s posts. Driving me up the walls. Off to OSU specialists next week and hope they have a treatment that will get me on the water yet this summer… and before the water fleas shut the bite down again! And get my boat in water some way since sat all of last year too due to Covid. Tight lines, following seas, and keep the reports coming.
Thanks for the good report Dog. I haven't been up in a few weeks but hope to be up this weekend.
LE Friend , I am Courious do you have a MAST CELL Disorder .
Diagnosis is Myathensia Gravis.
So sorry to hear about your illness.Quote:
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My sister was diagnosed with this years ago and she has been able to manage the illness.
Hope you can get back to fishing soon.
~Water Dog
We will Pray for you ....
16 yellow perch, SE of G can today in 22 fow.
using spreaders and shiner golden mix.
fished 9-12, and 5 pounds at the cleaners.
(2 cat fish and 3 sheep head ~ released)
there were 5 other boats spread out in the area perching.
hope this is the start of perch time!
~Water Dog
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Waterdog I have been waiting for a post and update about the perch. Im planning on coming up next saturday to try. Would love to get into them perch. Please keep this posts coming this week
Ive also heard some reports and friends saying out in front of catawba
Can't wait to get on some of that perch action. Im looking at my chart and I'm seeing 15 to 17 feet south east of G can. Is the water higher right now.
G can? Is it southwest of catawba? Making sure its the right one
According to my chart it's Southeast but honestly I don't fish the cans enough to know for sure.
G can is pretty much directly west of Carawba. Find Moore Point and look west.
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two tuff days for the yellow gold SE of G can 22 fow and I did move around to see if that would help.
on July 25 the fog keep me at the docks so a late start.
one yellow perch, one short walleye (returned) and a bunch of white perch, and some sheep head and 3 catfish.
on July 26, 12 yellow perch, 2 small perch returned, one short walleye (returned), and 3 sheep head, one catfish.
the perch have been good size 9-10 inches.
Gut pile report, they are eating gobies, spiney fleas and my goldens.
Back soon
~Water Dog
Thanks Mike for clearing that up. I meant to say the southeast side of the cans. Hey water dog is the water 22 ft deep southeast of g can. Just not sure if I'm looking at my chart correctly.
20 yellow gold, (2 throwbacks just too small and they were not hurt so back you go to get bigger), 4 white perch and 3 sheep head.
using golden shiners, spreaders and on the bottom.
gut pile shows they are eating gobies and spiny fleas.
these perch are very chunky and nice size.
put about 3 hours in to this harvest.
the bite was very light for some of them so watch your pole tip, it moves set the hook~!
the perch when processed produced 2 pounds and 5 oz of meat (I remove the skins because that's what mama wants)
many boats west of me and many boats north up by F can.
back soon
~Water Dog
30 yellow perch today and 4 hours to bag them
6 throw backs (good to see some young perch)
4 walleye these guys were small less than 6 inches (educated but unharmed)
3 sheep head and 2 white perch
Using pinhead shiners today, just big enough to cover half of the hook
these are nice perch 10 pounds at the cleaners
another fisherman at the cleaners told me they were at D can today and got 90 !
he said it took a while to find them.
the puke pile told me they were eating gobies.
come get yours soon
~Water Dog
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Did you catch yours at D can or G? I'm going out tomorrow morning. I haven't had any luck so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by waterdog
Read the bold header on his post
D can area was good to us today
24 yellow perch today and 9 pounds at the cleaners.
using shiners and still just big to cover half the hook.
4 yellow perch throw backs (educated but unharmed)
ran out of bait~! used some night crawlers to bag one more yellow perch.
many boats in the area.
the white perch were taking plenty of my bait, 6 sheep head and no walleye today.
be safe and back soon,
~Water Dog
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heading up to lake erie next weekend for some perch and walleye fishing will be around the kelley’s island area looking for pointers on where to start out fishing?Quote:
Originally Posted by waterdog
I cannot give you pointers around Kelleys, however the G can area and F can area are good places to start.Quote:
Originally Posted by tracewisecarver22
The yellow perch fishing is heating up~! Just need to locate a feeding school and you may score some walleye perch fishing.
I have read that east of Kellys is good too, if you go north of Kellys be careful there are some reefs that can hurt your boat (GPS maps are great if you have that).
Hope you have a safe and fun trip.
~Water Dog