Last Perch Trip of the Year

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 70's. The wind in the morning was out of the north northeast around 12 knots with waves 1 to 2 feet. After a hour the wind laid down and so did the waves. The water temp is 67 degrees. Started fishing at an old way point that has always caught perch for us. It's a long boat ride but very productive area. We set up and we started to catch a few perch, some were keepers and some we had to put back. We stayed here for a while even though the bite was very slow. The reports that we were getting on the cell phone were nothing but bad perch fishing. We decided to pull the hook and start looking for some fish making our way back towards port. After a couple of hours of stopping and not catching anything we called it a day. We kept 9 perch. My perch season ended with a total of 13 perch. Unbelievable. Because the perch fishing was so bad we both decided to put our boats away for the winter.

Perch Fishing Begins

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70's. The wind was very light out of the west and there were no waves, just a little chop. The water temp is 69 degrees. We picked up or minnows at Swamp Sally's and they had shiners of all different sizes but at least they had shiners. Started fishing in the swamp at some old perch numbers and we caught a couple of white perch. Made a couple of moves in the swamp and then we decided to head to some perch spots we use to fish by the Michigan/Ohio line off the River Raisin. Set up in first spot and we caught a nice perch right out of the gate. Stayed here for 45 minutes and we had 3 perch so we started to make some moves. After a couple of hours of fishing and we only caught one more perch we called it a day. Kept 4 perch. We waited until October to start perch fishing because we heard nothing but bad perch fishing reports. So far the reports are true.