Pretty Good Bite Today

Fished with Joe and Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 50's. The wind was out of the west northwest 7 to 15 knots with waves less than a foot. The water temp is 57 Degrees. The wind chill was cold in the morning but around 10:00 am it started to warm up. Turned out to be a great day on the lake. We bought our bait at Anglers Landing and again they had emerald shiners from Wisconsin that were really nice. When we came out of the harbor the lake looked pretty clean so we headed for the swamp. We set up in the same spot that we fished the last time we were in the swamp in 10 feet of water. Had some nice marks on the graph so things were looking good. Started catching a few fish right out of the gate and the catching was just steady. We were keeping some nice fish so we just stayed put for the rest of the trip. We would have a flurry of bites and then it would quit for a few minutes. Finished the day with 110 perch with the largest one measuring just over 11 inches. Caught only three white perch and no small walleye today.

A little Better Than Yesterday

Fished With Joe and Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60's when we started fishing and it was in the lower 70's when we quit fishing. The wind was switching from the northwest to the southwest less than 10 knots with a little chop on the lake. The water temp is 60 degrees. The water cleaned up a lot from yesterday. We picked up our bait from Anglers Landing and they had nice shiners again that were trucked in from Wisconsin. Started fishing in our old spot in front of Brest Bay and there was a pack of boats when we arrived. We hung around here for a little while and we only caught a couple of small perch. Decided to head to Sputnik and we set up just north of Sputnik in 28 feet of water. Started to catch some nice fish but the action was pretty slow. I did not feel like moving again so we just stayed put and picked away at the perch. By the time we quit fishing there was a pack of boats around us. Kept 50 perch and the largest one was 10 1/2 inches. We also caught seven small walleye between 6 and 8 inches. When we were coming back to the harbor there was a large pack of boats around the W Buoy.

Fishing After the Big Blow

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 60's. The wind when we started fishing was out of the northeast 10 to 14 knots with waves around two feet. By the time we quit fishing the wind was switching and the waves were laying down, and we quit fishing fairly early. The water temp is 58 degrees. Made the ride into the swamp and the water is very dirty. We rode around and tried to mark some fish but we could not find any. Left there and headed out in front of TBM and setup and fished by Huey. Had no bites here so we moved again out to the E Buoy. Caught a hand full of white perch and a couple of small perch. Things were not looking very good in this part of the Lake Erie so we went and gassed up Daryl's boat and winterized it. We just had a major blow out of the east for the last 5 days and the lake is pretty torn up. We saw a 55 gallon drum floating and a few logs. Hopefully some calm weather will clear the lake up.