The perch are beginning to move back through the channel. Jumbo's have been reported, however, I have been doing quite a bit of scouting and have not seen too many caught. Today, the weather was sunny and warm for October and I fished the North Side. The action was fast and furious. In fact, I could only fish with 1 rod. I ran out of minnows well before dark. I caught roughly 50 fish and the vast majority were very small. I managed to catch 3 fish that were keepers in the 8 to 9 inch range.
Generally in the fall this is what happens. The small ones show up first and then in a couple weeks the size improves.
Steelhead fishing in the local streams has been very good with many fresh fish in the streams. I generally stick to panfish but after tasting my friend Bill's smoked steely recipe, I might have to go after 1 or 2.
Bill has the best recipe for steelhead that I have ever tasted. Thanks Bill! He said he got it from Gander Mountain and modified it a little bit. Hopefully, when I see him again I can get the recipe for you steelheaders.
Bass are in until the end of the year and are still being caught in good numbers around Presque Isle and the channel. Today, the gentleman next to me caught a largemouth about 15 1/2 inches. He put it in his bucket as it was a legal fish (15 inches).
The weather forecast is supposed to be great for the next few days so grab that rod and catch your favorite fish! Good Luck!
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Friday, October 7, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunny Weather Slow Perch Day
This afternoon I went out and netted minnows and then tried again for perch. I went down to the South Pier and there were a lot of fisherman today. The channel was calm but still had a strong current so I could not cast out far. I fished for nearly three hours and just caught 1 big goby. Right before dark, though, I caught a nice jumbo perch around 12 inches. My friend Randy caught a white perch and a big ole rock bass. We gave the rock bass away but decided to eat the white perch and compare it to yellow perch.
I cleaned the fish at my friends house along with about a dozen we caught the other day and then we made dinner. The yellow perch were fantastic like usual. The white perch I would say was very good. It tasted mild like haddock but not sweet like yellow perch. I would definitely keep them and fry them up again. My friend Randy said, "Heck, if I want fish like that I will just buy some Van de Kamp's fish sticks." He said he thought they tasted the same. Well, perch season from the shore is almost over. I got to fish with a couple of my friends and brother but some people are missing it. I won't put all of their names here but one is Mike and the other is my cousin Billy.
They missed out on one of the best shore spring perch seasons in a long time. My friend Rob slammed the fish almost every outing. I didn't do too bad myself. Thousands of perch have been in the channel for several weeks now and I have seen numerous limits of fish caught mostly by the old timers who get there sometimes before I even get to bed. I am usually not a morning person and it's pretty hard to wake up and go fishing at 4:30 in the morning. If you go to the pier this early, you will see quite a few people fishing and pulling them in one after another.
Having said that, during the day quite a few trophy smallmouth bass have been caught. I talked to one gentleman today that said he caught 7 fish all over 20 inches and put them all back. I saw several whoppers caught today on grubtails and crankers. I am not a big bass fisherman because I like to eat what I catch, however, this year looks like a banner trophy bass season.
The only fish that I heard is not being caught in good numbers is crappie. Maybe they will turn on soon but I talked to quite a few guys that aren't doing too well on them. A few nice ones were pulled out of the US Border Patrol pier a few days ago. I am going to go after them in a week or so when the water warms up a couple more degrees. The water temperature today is right around 50. Good luck fishin'
I cleaned the fish at my friends house along with about a dozen we caught the other day and then we made dinner. The yellow perch were fantastic like usual. The white perch I would say was very good. It tasted mild like haddock but not sweet like yellow perch. I would definitely keep them and fry them up again. My friend Randy said, "Heck, if I want fish like that I will just buy some Van de Kamp's fish sticks." He said he thought they tasted the same. Well, perch season from the shore is almost over. I got to fish with a couple of my friends and brother but some people are missing it. I won't put all of their names here but one is Mike and the other is my cousin Billy.
They missed out on one of the best shore spring perch seasons in a long time. My friend Rob slammed the fish almost every outing. I didn't do too bad myself. Thousands of perch have been in the channel for several weeks now and I have seen numerous limits of fish caught mostly by the old timers who get there sometimes before I even get to bed. I am usually not a morning person and it's pretty hard to wake up and go fishing at 4:30 in the morning. If you go to the pier this early, you will see quite a few people fishing and pulling them in one after another.
Having said that, during the day quite a few trophy smallmouth bass have been caught. I talked to one gentleman today that said he caught 7 fish all over 20 inches and put them all back. I saw several whoppers caught today on grubtails and crankers. I am not a big bass fisherman because I like to eat what I catch, however, this year looks like a banner trophy bass season.
The only fish that I heard is not being caught in good numbers is crappie. Maybe they will turn on soon but I talked to quite a few guys that aren't doing too well on them. A few nice ones were pulled out of the US Border Patrol pier a few days ago. I am going to go after them in a week or so when the water warms up a couple more degrees. The water temperature today is right around 50. Good luck fishin'
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