THE PERCH FISHING ON GRAND LAKE IS STILL WONDERFUL. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL SPOTS TO CHOOSE FROM ON THAT LAKE. SOME OF OUR FOLKS HAVE COME FROM OSCODA, AND HAVE TAKEN HOME FIVE GALLON PAILS OF THESE BEAUTIES.

THE CHOICE OF BAIT HAS BEEN OUR PERCH MINNOWS, CALLED FAT HEADS OR MUD MINNOWS. THEY ARE A HEARTY SPECIES OF MINNOW, AND LAST QUITE WELL IN A PAIL OF WATER. THE BIG NEWS IS THAT THE PERCH LOVE THEM. SHINERS WOULD WORK WELL ALSO, BUT THEY DIE QUICKLY IN THE SUMMER, DUE TO THE HEAT. SEVERAL METHODS OF HOOKING THESE MINNOWS ARE BEING USED AND THEY ALL WORK. JIG HEADS, SNELLED HOOKS, SMALL TREBLE HOOKS, PERCH RIGS, AND EVEN CRAWLER RIGS.
NIGHT CRAWLERS WORK ALSO, AS DO LEECHES, BUT THE MUD MINNOW IS KING RIGHT NOW. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON ALL OF AUGUST, AND RIGHT THROUGH TODAY. SOME SAY THE PERCH CATCHING HAS SLOWED DOWN, SOME SAY YOU HAVE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SPOT AND FIND THEM. WELL, I GUESS THAT’S WHY WE FISH IN BOATS IN THE SUMMER ?
LORIE AND I FISHED LONG LAKE THE PAST FEW NIGHTS, AND QUIT AT 8 PM WHEN THE SUN DISAPPERED. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY BLUE GILLS AND PUMPKIN SEEDS, AS WE ARE NOW. WE WERE IN SILVER WEEDS, IN 9 FEET OF WATER, AND WE CAUGHT GILLS, SEEDS, BASS, ONE BIG CATFISH, AND A FEW PERCH. THE BASS WAS ABOUT 2 POUNDS. WE WERE USING CRAWLERS ON LORIE RIGS, LEECHES, AND BERKELY GULP ALIVE, AND MINNOWS. THEY ALL WORKED. THE BIG FISH CAME ON BABY SUCKERS. WE DID QUITE WELL, AND WERE SORRY TO SEE THE SUN GO DOWN, AND END OUR DAY.
CUSTOMERS TOLD ME YESTERDAY THEY WERE CATCHING BLUE GILLS AT SILVER WEEDS, AND THEY WERE USING LEECHES OR MINNOWS. WE DECIDEDD TO TRY IT ALL, AND THE OLD SAYING IS TRUE. WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY, THEY WILL HIT ANYTHING.
TIME IS RUNNINGN SHORT FOR SUMMER FISHING, SO GET OUT THERE AND GIVE IT A TRY.

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