Panfish Hitting Fairly Well.

Today was sunny and quite warm (around 75) for a September day. I tried to fish for crappies anyway and bought some minnows from a bait store. The minnows were all extremely large and I thought that I would not catch any fish on them. I headed out to the North Pier on Presque Isle around 5:00 p.m. and fished until dark. The bite was late, as I expected, and I managed to pull in a few crappies and a couple nice bluegills. A gentlemen came up to me and told me that they killed the crappies yesterday and that he too thought my minnows were way too large.

It all depends on the weather. The crappies are now staged along the piers and the fishing will be best on dark overcast days. No perch showing up along the piers yet but I look forward to catching some pretty soon. Good luck fishin'

Fishing Improves for Local Panfish.

The cooler temperatures and more stable fronts have the fish biting pretty well. Last Friday my cousin and I caught 15 nice bluegill and 1 crappie off of the south pier. Other fisherman were doing equally well and the past couple days the fishing is improving. On Monday, there were a few fisherman catching quite a few crappies during the evening hours. I saw a gentlemen with about 15 average sized crappies.

The North Pier at Presque Isle is heating up. Yesterday, I watched a couple fisherman reeling in crappies one after another. And the best part is that they are pretty big. One fish caught was about a 12 incher. As the water temperature drops a couple of degrees, the fishing should remain good to excellent. If you are fishing the piers and not catching any fish be sure to move around and try to find a school. Some people are not catching any and 50 feet away they are killing them. Good Luck! It's time for me to go fishin'.