Steve VanDerLaan is a busy guy this time of year. As the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ statewide fish-stocking biologist, it’s VanDerLaan’s job to get the annual hatchery production – in the vicinity of 18 million fish weighing 395 tons – out to the state’s lakes and streams during a roughly eight-week window. Stocking events […]
Jeff Tyson, head of Lake Erie fisheries management for the Ohio Division of Wildlife stated – “This year’s Western Basin perch hatch is the fourth best since we began keeping records in 1987.” With two back-to-back good perch hatches, the perch fishing should keep getting better over the next couple of years.” There were lots […]
Perch fishing has been good around Stoney Point in 25 ft of water with some really nice fish. The trick is finding them! One day you catch them, then go back to the same area and they are gone only to be found again a 1/2 mile away. Up off the Raisin River has been […]
Perch fishing is finally getting back on track this past week after the Labor day weekend blow. Perch are being caught from the Raisin River south and west. I looked for perch for two days to the North and found a a few but not enough for a good meal. Caught lots of junk fish […]
Straight off Stony Point and up towards the Fermi Power Plant in 24 to 26 feet is holding some really nice sized perch. The problem is finding them, the schools are scattered. If you fish up that way and do some searching you will be rewarded. Lots of perch were caught at the E-buoy but […]