Picked up 40 more perch today, and it was way too much work. Had a slow 20 in the first two hours out there, and moved out to the pack…..MISTAKE. Went back closer to the Raisin Channel, and turned out to be very hit n miss. Finally went back to the original spot, and although we caught the biggest fish of the day (tens n 12 inchers) we only put 9 more in the boat.
As for being done, its just for the perch, what I saw at the Park dock brought back the waleye bug. One guy from Jackson and his bud from Lansing had a couple of 8 lbers in the boat, plus they had landed 17 total for three hours of fishing, keeping their best 10. All came on cranks, a collection of Reef Runners (800’s), Original Storm Deep Thundersticks and the larger Cotton Cordell Walleye Divers. Although blue was common on most of the lures (metallic silver background), some were taken on gold/black combos. They said they were running 21 ft behind the boards, moving at 1.7 mph clip. All came in 15 to 17 ft inside the bay. If I dont make it back in the morning, will be out there on Sunday.