Jumbo Perch are Returning to the Bay!

Went to the south pier today to try for some perch. The weather was sunny but cold with the temperature starting in the upper 40's and then dropping after dusk. The bite was late today and many small perch were caught. The best part is that some jumbos are now mixing in with the small perch. My brother and I caught some nice fish today. We ended up with 9 fish in the bucket and a few of them were jumbos. The perch bit all the way up until about 8:30 pm and it was pitch black by this time. I normally don't catch perch after dark but today they were hungry. Now that the jumbos are moving back into the bay, I will be fishing a lot more. Steelhead were also jumping but I did not hook any tonight. Perch fishing pressure was light today but quite a few people saw us catching fish so I bet the pressure will increase. Good luck fishing!

Cold Day of Fishing for a Few Fish.

Today I headed down to Presque Isle Bay to try for jumbo yellow perch. The bay was calm and the skies cloudy. The temperature was pretty chilly. I would guess that it was in the upper 40's.

The fish were biting but I don't think the numbers are there yet. My brother and I caught 10 fish or so and kept three. One fish was nice but I would not call it a jumbo. It was around 9 and a half inches. The perch in the bay right now are running pretty small. The jumbos are still in 50 feet of water in the lake. The weather forecast is calling for real chilly nights so the lake water temperature will start dropping fast. By November, the jumbos should be showing up off of the piers.

Usually by now, steelhead are caught off of the piers throughout the bay. I have not seen any caught yet but did hear about a big steely caught off of the North Pier. Steelhead are entering the creeks now in good numbers but fishing pressure is pretty heavy. Nice fish are being caught in the usual spots like Elk and Walnut Creeks. Good luck fishing and I am going back out Wednesday!

Steelhead Should Be Running Tonight

Heavy rains over the past day have made steelhead fishing very difficult. All the local streams today were high, fast, and muddy. You can bet that the next couple days will be excellent steelheading. The chance of rain is down tomorrow so the streams will probably go down during the day and fishing should be excellent.

Last night and today should have sent the first major fresh run of fall steelhead up the steams. Get out there and catch some nice fat silver fish!

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