No. I don't trust the wind. It is a hundred mile trip for me and I have already been out twice this year when I had to turn around and come home. Might go to Cayuga tomorrow and get some landlocks. They are fairly easy to catch, but small. Good practice to hone in my walleye trolling techniques.
A few of my friends went out of Dunkirk today. The waves built up pretty good making for a tough trip but the guys who made it 8 miles west did good. Didn't kill them, but they were there. On another note, one of the groups saw a big school of what they thought were perch on the bottom in 72' about two miles west. If anyone else spots them let us know and I will make a perch scouting trip.
Actually, if you copied Greenheads cooler picture from a few posts above, its would double as a picture of mine. Fish were the same size. I think the two biggest were around 7 lbs. Not that size matter
Had a good day today out of Sturgeon. Headed NW to 70-75' and found the fleet. Fish were from 55-70 down and we got a dozen on a variety of baits and techniques. No real pattern. Harnesses and reef runners, dipseys, lead line and riggers all worked.
You guys certainly know how to catch them. I think we will give it a try Wednesday. I have all the gear but I need some of the luck! We will either head out of Sturgeon or Dunkirk.
Made a decision to try one more time yesterday. The lake was as flat as it could ever be so I ran down to Meyers. Scanned and fished for an hour with a couple other boats. Nothing. Scanned and fished around Seneca with the same results. So now I have looked hard from Buffalo to the Cat. Did these fish forget that it was May and they should be in large schools everywhere?
Tried again out of the Cat today. I scanned and fished 4 miles from the Cat east. Looked anywhere from 50-60' Just some scattered small bait schools on the bottom, a few bass marks and zero perch. I have another theory about the perch schools. It involves 7 kilometers of gill nets at Port Abino.
Hello, Been watching the site and since I am a nutcase perch fisherman I thought I might contribute. I was one of the 12 boats out there Tuesday also. Never seen it like that before. We marked good schools of perch right out front probably around mostlmuskies, moved a half dozen times scanning and never caught one. That's a first for us. I have caught plenty of perch before in this lake and others right through the post spawn, just can't figure.