Aug 16 and 17

[BLACK PEARL]

Perch are still going strong east of bumping grounds off cedar point. Nice size also. Lots 9"-12" perch there. Look for pack of boats.

Ok that sounds pretty good! Channel 79

[limitlypps]

Ok that sounds pretty good! Channel 79

a 30 fish count at Pt Pelee yesterday, darn fish would not turn on until noon, hard fishing looking at a stacked graph of non active fish for so long during the morning, that's the nature of the bite I guess.

but... when they turned on it was bedlam.

[rscotfish]

yesterday we went perching left dock at 630 meinke west back at 1.00 4 guys 120 nice perch. started at intake fished till 10 there moved 3 times had 20 fish lake was calm so we picked up and moved to turn around and the bite was not fast and furious but steady lots of white bass doubles of big bass some huge sheapheads fun on 6 pound test. ended up with limit by 12.30 8-12 inches 34 pounds at cleaners the best bite was with the shinners cut in half. fresh fish tonight from the lake to the plate. going Saturday will report then have a good day weather looks great for the next week so fill the coolers

[Green Hornet]

Went out to g can from 530 to 730 and managed about 15. Lots of whites and 2 small drums.

[BLACK PEARL]

just got home from the dumping grounds got 77 nice perch or 20lbs at cleaners started slow but ended with a nice steady bite! Back out for walleye in da morning!

[BLACK PEARL]

Guess I'll be out again in the morning! Perchin! hit me up on 79! -Dave

PS I can't help myself!

BTW 10 Beautiful Walleyes in da box west of NORTH BASS ISLAND!

[PatSea]

BLACKPEARL, did you get those walleye by drifting or trolling?

[BLACK PEARL]

BLACKPEARL, did you get those walleye by drifting or trolling?

Trolling with dipsys and lead core

[Root beer float]

the sandusly area dumping grounds on erie from eriedude #11072 1/4/2009 4:56:54 PM
consist of harbour and canal dredgings. they are usually 1 or 2 miles out from the mouths of the bays, harbors and rivers.these areas are furtile with oxygen and nutrients which draw the baitfish and are good "perch fishing grounds".UNLESS they are dumping in them ,which is pretty common these days,then they are a muddy mess.there is one marked dumping ground that holds some of the biggest smallies around but youll have to find that one on your own.

[Root beer float]

Found this and it sounds like other things that I've heard in the past.
Rock debri from jyarb #11210 1/4/2009 9:44:04 AM
From Michigan Sportsmen:

When shipping channels were blasted into Lake Erie's lakebed, the broken rock was loaded aboard large barges and towed away. Much of this material was used to develop breakwalls and harbors along the Detroit River, but a portion of the debris was simply dumped some distance away from the blasting sites. This created a type of "smallmouth heaven." Smallies congregate and hold in large numbers among these dumping grounds, most of which are located one-half mile east of the Banana Dike off Gibraltar. Bass aren't the only species to take advantage of this hotspot. Walleyes, pike and perch all call this area home and can be regularly caught here throughout the summer months. Also contributing to this location's good fit into the smallmouths' needs are the schools of baitfish that are drawn to these rocks. In all, the rock-infested dumping grounds may just be one of the top locations for smallmouths in our state and certainly in Michigan's portion of Lake Erie.