Perching 95th St. 7/16

[DonDz]

Rich Komar and I got out on the south side of Lake Michigan today. We launched out of 95th Street. New docks on the north end. Now its two ramps with a new dock in the center instead of three narrow ramps.

Perch fishing was very good. We used Mini Mite IIs and minnows. We stayed relatively close to the rock wall and fished the weed bed that's between the ramps and the point going toward the river.

All in all, we probably caught 40 to 50 perch. Many were let go but we each kept an IN limit of 15. Many of the perch were 10 and 11 inches but we did keep a good amount of 12s, 13s and 14 inchers.

Surface temp was 69 degrees. Started at 9 AM and fished till 2 PM. Consistant action all day, even with the loud explosive blasts that were coming from just north of the Park. The noise didn't bother the fish at all.
Good news... No Gobies.

We had to keep the baits above the weeds. Lots of those long stringy weeds out there. Weeds came up 3 to 6 feet of the bottom. Had to keep an eye on the depth finder to ensure we were fishing over weeds.

This is a reciprocol area where you can fish with an IL or IN license. in that Illinois is closed for July, we fished using our Indiana licenses. IL perching opens Aug 1 but kids under 16 can fish and keep fish here in Illinois. Their limit is only 10 perch.