Water Dogs~ Perch Report

[waterdog]

Got 30 yellow perch in 29 fow just east of the bouy at Niagara reef. I was done in 2 hours! Using minows and a spreader on the bottom with no bling!
I did have about 5 throw backs, 3 sheep head and a few white bass.
I get 3 dozen minnows per person when I fish.
There were about 25 boats a "D" can.
Nice day on the lake, a little warm, but still nice!

[Panfisher1402]

That's not very many minows. I usally get about 5 dozen. How do you do it?

[waterdog]

That's not very many minows. I usally get about 5 dozen. How do you do it?

Put the hook in the minnow(from head to tail) and watch your pole tip..as soon as it moves....pick up the plole and set the hook! I usually lay my poles down..and they must be on the bottom. (also, when you go to any "good bait store" a dozen is usually a scoop and there are more than a dozen if you would count them. However, when I get into a lot of white bass, sheep head and white perch your minows can go purdy fast...so then cut them in half. Hope this helps you ~fish on

[Panfisher1402]

Thanks for the info waterdog

[waterdog]

30 yellow perch in 29 fow just east of the green bouy at Niagara reef. Using spreader, minows on the bottom. 9#'s at the cleaners very few through backs and one fish ohio sheephead ~nice day on the lake and the breeze helped with the heat!
p.s. a lot of boats at "D" can at least 40 ! and a lot of boats west of Niagara around "C" can.

[waterdog]

Got 23 keeper yellow perch before that storm went through this afternoon. 7#s at the cleaners (had about 4 throw backs). Caught sheephead & white bass too. Started at Niagara reef, the water was stained and the that green bloom looked like split pea soup. I could not get one fish~! Nothing, my honey hole was no good, so I went north to the North West Reef (some call it the kidney) That is where I caught my fish, spreader on the bottom no bling and minnows. Seems like we are going to have a minnow shortage too with the full moon. Talked to some folks at the cleaners and they said they did well around Green Island. I attached a photo of the green bloom.

[waterdog]

15 yellow perch! tuff day for me. Lake was a bit rough this morning, so I headed for the south side of an island for some cover. Set up just south of green island, then east of green island, caught about 5 yellow perch and some sheephead. Then headed to rattlesnake island, there were about 30 boats just east of the island. Caught 10 more keeper perch and about 5 throw backs and some white perch too. Hope for calm weather to get the perch on again~!