Steelhead Showing up on East Side.

On Thursday I went out steelhead scouting and ventured out to 12 mile Creek on the city's east side.  The water was running low and clear but I did see a few fish in the creek.  While I was walking up and down the creek, I did not run into any fisherman and the 8 or 10 steelies that I saw in the creek did not appear to be spooked.  In the picture below you can see a few steelhead at the tail end of a pool.  Today is Sunday and we got quite a bit of rain.  The steelhead fishing should improve by Monday afternoon when the stream levels go down.  Good luck fishin'

Fall Perch Season Showing Promise.

On Friday, I decided to head out to the North Pier to try my hand at fall perch fishing.  The weather was partly cloudy with temperatures around 60 degrees.  I cast my line in the water and less than a minute later reeled in a small perch.  The small perch were abundant and I ended up catching 2 dozen that I threw back in to grow larger.  They were all running around 6 to 7 inches. 

I did manage to catch 1 jumbo 12 incher and a very large bluegill that I kept.  The big perch should be showing up again very soon.  Good luck fishin'