Being patient in late summer is key. Lots of sun and heat push fish deeper and have them waiting to eat during prime feeding windows. After sunset the topwater bite has been solid. Finding large schools of bait helps. Pike were successfully targeted today, but slashed lines like they like to do.

Perch was the initial target. Who would pass up a solid crappie spot though?! Not if you like fish tacos!

The mission today was to catch a big perch. One really big inland lake perch. It didn’t happen. It was a slow morning in terms of catching the target, but as you can see I still caught perch, and as always the largemouth were eating, including this double on almost legal bass. Fun on small tackle! Another day or two and the cold front will be evened out and the bite will resume.