Erie Perch, Thursday May 12

[Bondar]

Headed out on a glass calm Lake Erie yesterday with my girlfriend in search of some fish sandwiches. Headed out to my way point from the weekend and it didn't let me down. Fish were there but moving quick with the calm crystal clear water. So we'd find them and get a few and have to move 20 yards or so and get on them again. Had to repeat that all morning. We ended the day with just under 70 fish before I had to leave so I'd have time to clean fish before work. We fished for about 3-1/2 hours . Was a great day to be out. Moving away from the other boats was key to getting bites

 

Edited May 13, 2016 by Bondar

[crappieperchhunter]

Some good eats there. Enjoy the fish fry

[Dutch01]

Those are huge perch! I thought we catch some pretty big ones in Simcoe but I haven't caught any quite like those. Great job!

[wormdunker]

Great job! I was there Thursday as well. I wasn't so fortunate - only 3 keepers for 7 hours fishing. I was also moving constantly, couldn't find a decent school, just small pods of fish.

[can u fish]

At $13.00 a pound it is a lot cheaper to go out and catch them and having fun while doing it enjoy the fish fry.

 

Cheers

[Rod Caster]

Those are tanks. Nice shooting!

[spincast]

must have been one heck of a big fish sandwich . Nice haul

[Fish Farmer]

Way to go Jeff, We ended the day with 46, what a struggle to stay on top of them.

Thank goodness on the new ipilot, I don't think we would have caught as many as we did.

After you left we had a big school under us but had lockjaw, maybe because the storm moving in had shut them down.

What a beautiful day, water was like glass till we left at 6pm.

See you out there another day.

[Fish Farmer]

Great job! I was there Thursday as well. I wasn't so fortunate - only 3 keepers for 7 hours fishing. I was also moving constantly, couldn't find a decent school, just small pods of fish.

Brian, let you in on a little secret, bite your minnows in half, keep one half in your mouth till you need another piece.

[Old Ironmaker]

Great job! I was there Thursday as well. I wasn't so fortunate - only 3 keepers for 7 hours fishing. I was also moving constantly, couldn't find a decent school, just small pods of fish.

Moving in the same direction as the fish are is the tough part. Do you or anyone else have a trick to move in the same direction as the fish?

 

See Brian, they haven't all been caught.

 

Dave, with that method with the minnows you don't need to bring a lunch.

[Bondar]

Thank goodness on the new ipilot, I don't think we would have caught as many as we did.

The Terrova is the best piece of equipment I own on the boat. There's no way I would have got the fish if I had to haul an anchor up every ten minutes. I'd look like Popeye or my GF would haha.

 

I run tight circles when the fish move on me an gradually make them wider and wider I leave the electric down and drive with the big motor. As soon as I mark fish I hit the spot lock and shut the boat off. The boat will keep moving but give the spot lock a second to kick in an bring you back to where you hit the button and start fishing again. Then repeat and repeat.......

Edited May 14, 2016 by Bondar

[Tom McCutcheon]

The Terrova is the best piece of equipment I own on the boat. There's no way I would have got the fish if I had to haul an anchor up every ten minutes. I'd look like Popeye or my GF would haha.

 

I run tight circles when the fish move on me an gradually make them wider and wider I leave the electric down and drive with the big motor. As soon as I mark fish I hit the spot lock and shut the boat off. The boat will keep moving but give the spot lock a second to kick in an bring you back to where you hit the button and start fishing again. Then repeat and repeat.......

 

That is a great tip....

[Old Ironmaker]

The Terrova is the best piece of equipment I own on the boat. There's no way I would have got the fish if I had to haul an anchor up every ten minutes. I'd look like Popeye or my GF would haha.

 

I run tight circles when the fish move on me an gradually make them wider and wider I leave the electric down and drive with the big motor. As soon as I mark fish I hit the spot lock and shut the boat off. The boat will keep moving but give the spot lock a second to kick in an bring you back to where you hit the button and start fishing again. Then repeat and repeat.......

Thanks for the great info, all I need now is a new Hood Ornament with anchor lock. Not in this years budget. I let 100 feet of rope out and pull it in to move, hopefully in the right direction. I never set up inside the Wolf pack.

[ehg]

Great report! Those Erie jumbo perch are the size of Kawartha walleyes. Looks like good time and great feed. Awesome!

[Old Ironmaker]

Those big fat ones had to be packed full of eggs. I would let them go, just my opinion only.

[Bondar]

Those big fat ones had to be packed full of eggs. I would let them go, just my opinion only.

63 fow releasing is not an option, would be seagull food. Everything I catch is used. I prefer fall perch but it's spring and I like to eat fish. I'm barely putting a needle in the commercial fishery.

Edited May 16, 2016 by Bondar

[RDR]

Atta boy Jeff!!! Great report!

 

Eat'm up yummmm.......

[Rizzo]

those are ridiculous, nice catch

[Old Ironmaker]

63 fow releasing is not an option, would be seagull food. Everything I catch is used. I prefer fall perch but it's spring and I like to eat fish. I'm barely putting a needle in the commercial fishery.

Yes of course.