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I went out Trick or Treeting on Saginaw Bay on Halloween morning looking for some Gold. I was one of first boats out there. I Set up n marked not much. I went to same spot where I was a couple days earlier. I was marking something about every 3-5 minutes, looked like perch marks hugging bottom or just off it, but only caught a couple small walleye after a hour. I noticed As other boats got out there everyone would set up n start moving. Boats were scattered. Where there were a couple small groups of boats they broke up soon. After a hour of still no perch I started scouting n not marking anything. I’d go to where a few small groups were n still nothing. I eventually decided to go back where I started which was in 24.5 fow by spark plug n decided to just grind it out as I was at least marking something every few minutes. Eventually I caught a few biters including a nice 13 inch pig that got the last laugh on me and finned me n gashed my thumb open pretty good. Overall it was slow but they were decent size n enough for a good meal. Might be my last trip as it’s time to focus on bow hunting. When I got to marina i talked with a couple other boats that were out there n pulling in same time as me n 1 boat had 3, another boat had 1 and another boat 2. I had 7 plus a white bass, so I didn’t feel that bad. So looks like perch might’ve slowed down at least for me n people I talked with. Most boats I seen were from buoy 3-4 to spark plug n everyone was scattered. Water temp was 54.4 degrees. Good luck n tight lines! Capt Brian 🎣💪
Saginaw bay is still producing some nice perch. I did a cast n blast last 2 days. Wednesday was calm weather n I was able to get out n get some jumbo perch. (And a few small walleye) For those that been going to buoy 1,2 the perch have moved a few miles from there as of several days ago n kinda scattered. Go more towards spark plug is where I found these ones on edge of channel. Biggest one was 13.25. I didn’t get many but the ones I did were slabs. Then I got 1 more duck hunt in Thursday in Flooded corn fields of Nayanquing. Lots of birds in refuge, but they really weren’t flying n leaving refuge. I did get this nice drake Mallard that set up nice over my decoys. It might be time to focus on bow hunting here starting next week. Temps are stopping to drop n I can let my deer hang so that I can process it myself. My cell cam been going off with lots of deer movement while I’m down here duck hunting n fishing so I might be going back up north n switching up n focusing on that. But man I do love these jumbo perch n Duck hunting. We are Blessed here in Michigan!! I love fall here in our state!! Too much to do, too little time!Get out and enjoy the great outdoors while you can! 💪🦌🦆🎣
Saginaw Bay has been on fire for perch lately. I went out the last 2 days. Yesterday I went out scouting for my clients for today n they didn’t really bite until 1:30 pm and I ended up with some nice ones including a 13.5 incher. Today they started biting as soon as we got out there. My first fish was a crappie!!?? I’ve never caught a crappie way out in the bay in 27 ft of water before so that was a cool surprise??!!My guests Mark n Ron got some nice fish n I even got a 14 incher today!! I took a pic, the bottom fish is a 12 incher which is a rock solid fish n this 14 incher just dwarfs it. So they were biting on minnows n worms last couple days. It’s not fast n furious but slow n steady. Yesterday I put about 40 miles on boat searching as it was a slow bite early on n I ended up where I started the day n they ended up turning on in afternoon. So I think the key is just wait em out that’s what we did today n picked away at em vs moving. But fishin in deeper water seemed to be where there are at right now. Very thankful for my guests Mark and Ron n the great time we had today getting some white Gold out of Saginaw Bay!!🎣💪
