Monday was a blow day...Tuesday was a fun Perch Trip!
by Capt Juls on 09/18/13My crew of the "3 D's", Denny, Dan, and Dave, came down from Wisconsin to spend a couple days fishing on Lake Erie. Monday I called a blow day due to strong north winds that formed waves 3-5 feet. My guys were understanding and didn't mind one bit staying on shore that day.
We were going to make Tuesday a longer day with both perch and walleye fishing, but we ended up just doing the perch'n since the walleye reports for the island area were sparse and the lake was roughed up due to an East wind making it hard to run around and search for walleye. I didn't want to waste their time or money on a game plan I didn't have for walleye.
On the bright side, we did manage to get a 4 man limit of perch in 4 1/2 hours 2 miles west of the south tip of North Bass island. We were the only boat in that spot, but there were head boats about a mile or two north of me, and a pack of boats between Rattlesnake and Green islands. Not sure how they were doing. We didn't have a lot of trash fish either...mostly perch. I like those kinds of spots...:)
When the ODNR checked our catch at the ramp later that afternoon he said that we had the biggest perch he had seen all morning. That made my crew happy happy happy.
My charters that were scheduled for today through Friday were cancelled due to my customer being in the hospital with a staph infection from a previous hand surgery. However, I received a text from him this morning that his meds are working and he is on the mend. That's great news!
So, I won't be out again until this coming Sunday.
Capt Juls
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