Perchin' Joe, Happy Again.

Fished with Joe. The temperature was in the upper 50s when we started fishing and by the time we quit it was in the upper 60s. The wind was out of the Northeast at 15 knots when we headed out, which made for a bumpy boat ride, and about 10:00 AM the wind started to lay down. Waves were 3 footers on the ride out and on the ride back to port they were about 1 foot. The water temp is 71 degrees.

We made a pass through the second dumping grounds by McDonald's on the way out because I had a report that they were catching some perch in the area. We did not mark any fish so we headed out to the honey hole. The fishing was slow and we were catching a lot of small perch ( 6 to 7 inches ) so we moved a couple hundred feet and started to catch some bigger fish, but not a whole lot. We were about to move again, had the rods out of the water and getting ready to pull the anchor but the fish finder was full of fish, so we decided to stay put. Good choice. The fish started biting again. Kept 33 perch for the day and then we went to Trappers and had them fry up a couple of perch dinners.

Fishing After Ike.

Fished with Captain Daryl. The winds were less than 10 knots out of the Northwest. Waves were less than a foot and the water temp is 70 degrees. The lake is in good shape after the storms we had this last weekend from the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

We started fishing in our hot spot without much luck so we made a move to the South about 1/2 mile and caught a couple of perch, not enough to keep us there so we started heading back to the original area. Found a spot with a few fish and that was where we stayed the rest of the morning. The average size of the fish were in the 8 inch range but at least we caught some fish before I headed to work. Kept 33 perch for the day. After we got done cleaning the fish I left all my cleaning supplies in the cleaning station. Thanks to Mike, the Hi Lo driver, he retrieved it and placed it back in the boat. Thanks Mike.

Late For Work!!!

Fished with Daryl and Dale. Temperature was in the lower 60s when we started fishing and by the time we quit it was in the middle 70s. The wind was light out of the Northeast with waves less than a foot. The water temp is 73 degrees.

Started fishing in our hot spot without any luck so we headed towards a pack of boats about 3/4 mile to the west. Did not mark any fish and did not catch any fish so we headed back to the original spot. It took a while but we started to catch a few fish. The catching was slow and the talk on the radio was that people were just not catching any fish today. When I got home I checked the weather report and the barometer was on a steady decline during the time we were fishing. Our game plan was to catch some perch and go to Trappers and have them fry the perch for dinner. Well, we had to stay out fishing a little longer than we should have to catch enough for dinner so that made me a little late for work. We kept 28 perch for dinner.