Perch/Walleye Combo

Fished with Joe and John H. Temperature was in the upper 70s to the lower 80s. The wind was out of the West / Southwest 10 to 15 knots. The waves were 1 to 3 feet on the ride out and by the time we quit fishing the lake laid down to less than 2 foot waves.

Our game plan was to perch jerk for awhile until we caught enough perch and then start fishing for walleye. Well, the plan worked today. We perch fished about 1/2 mile East of Sputnik and we caught 62 perch between 7 3/4 and 11 inches with most of the fish in the 8 inch range. While we were perch jerking we noticed that the boats fishing for walleye were just about 1/2 mile South of us (41 49 000 / 083 08 500). After we were done perch jerking we started to troll with crawlers towards the pack of boats. We long lined 4 poles with 2 ounce weights from 80 to 140 back. We picked up a couple walleye running this program so we fished for about another 30 minutes and caught 2 more walleye. Had we used the planer boards we would have caught more fish. The total tally for the day is 62 perch and 4 walleye.

Next Planned Trip: Sometime this week with Daryl