Snoopy23 Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 So I decided to take another kick at the can and see if I can figure out the elusive Erie perch. Launched out of Crystal Beach around 8am and fought the waves all the way out. Took me a while to figure them out but I finally got into some decent fish. When I started, I was fishing with the little 1 1/2" minnows from Dominion Bait but was only getting the odd dink. Then I decided to put out a second rod with some BIG minnows I caught the other night. I figured maybe a crusing walter might like a 6" minnow dragging along the bottom. As soon as I got the second line down to the bottom, fish on and it's putting up a decent fight. Turns out to be a 14" perch and then I thought bigger bait equals bigger fish. Ended up with 21 keepers all 10-15". The key was the giant minnows right on bottom. I was fishing 10km out just west of Crystal Beach right at the Canada/US border in 65'. These were the biggest but most them were just as big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Whoa, nice perchies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marth11 Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 holy perch mike those are nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkEdge Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 There's perch in Erie? Kidding or course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Nice carp Mike ......ha ! Funny they are in water that deep . I have caught some big perch on biiiig minnows while float fishing the rec.canal . I was hoping to catch pike ,but the perch just happened to be first in line . New doors eh Mike ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denis Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Looks like you made it back safely, to think you did all that by your self good job on the jumbo's, we got into the bass pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilborn Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 nice fish. Where are you catching your bait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy23 Posted October 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 nice fish. Where are you catching your bait? I caught the big minnows at a boat launch on Chippewa Creek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ketchican Kid Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Wow those are some relly nice perch minnow mike, looks like you found the honey hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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