Little Bay de Noc Fishing Reports

catman · Guru

Perch Trip 10/20/2010

catman · Guru

Oh, the perch came on standard perch rigs using minnows in 23-24 feet of water north of Gladstone...

THE BAIT SHOP GUY · Senior Member

I know what I'm doing tomorrow afternoon!

UPHAWKEYE · Member

THE BAIT SHOP GUY wrote:

I know what I'm doing tomorrow afternoon!

Freezin your keister off... ashamed LOL.

Thank you guys for posting all the time. I dont reply much but like all of your updates and info.

Tomjohn - PERCHER · Guru

Does anyone wanna take me perch fishing?

THE BAIT SHOP GUY · Senior Member

Took my buddy Bruce out on the upper bay today. We were on the water by 3pm, and the weather was fantastic. For once, the weatherman was wrong - in a good way! Instead of strong, south winds, it was light out of the southwest. We decided to check out the area south of Saunder's Point first. Marked LOTS of fish in 27 to 33 FOW. Worked them for 20 minutes without a bite, and decided to head up to the upper bay.

Well, while we were heading north, the predicted south wind finally blew up. When we got up to all the anchored boats near Center Reef, it was pretty rough. We dropped an anchor and started catching fish right away. Nothing real big, but we ended up keeping 10 fish. Caught them on both worms and minnows.

On the plus side, the water in the bay has finally started to cool. After being in the upper 50's since early September, the temps are now down around 50 degrees. Everyone we have talked to lately has commented on all the fish they are marking that AREN'T biting. Hopefully the cooling water will finally start to turn them on again.