Page 4 - Fishing Report | 11-09-2016

North and South Pier; East & West Pier; Waterworks;
Dobbin’s Landing; Border Patrol Dock. Size should pick
up soon as water continues to cool. Also had report of
several walleyes taken off North Pier.

Paul Stewart (Butler)

- 10-31: Went up for perch in PIB Saturday morning.

We did pretty good with 15 keepers apiece and Noah Gula ‘gill success Marina docks
threw back three times that many small ones.

- 11-7: Went perch fishing to PIB this weekend – with similar re-

sults to last weekend. A lot of hookups but we threw back a lot

of smaller ones. Still had a decent number of keepers. For bait

we were using a mix of emerald shiners, flatheads and golden

shiners. Surprisingly the golden shiners worked best maybe

because they looked a little like gobies which were abundant

where we were fishing. The cooler weather should bring big- Paul Stewart perchin’

ger perch into the Bay soon.

Lake and Tributaries
Dave @ Poor Richards; filed 11-8: The creeks are low and clear making for tough steel-
head fishing success. Most steelheads are coming from Elk from the Legion to Seritannia.
The Marina Basin at Walnut Creek opened to shoreline fishing the other day, but the North
Wall on the stream remains closed. When you can get out on the lake, perch are being
caught in 30 to 35 feet of water off Walnut.

Becky @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 11-8: With the nice weather, the lower sections of the trib-
utaries are flooded with anglers. There are lots of fish, too. But with the water low and
clear plus all the angler commotion, the bite is tough. We’ve been stressing to everyone
that the steelhead have moved upstream with the last rain and anglers don’t need to
crowd into the lower sections. Because there are so many anglers, some steelheads are
being caught – but the ratio of fish to angler is low. To improve your chances of success,
fish higher in Elk or take a little walk off the beaten track on the other streams. Hopefully
with the rain forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday, the streams will get a little color
and the increased flow will bring in more fish.

John @ Uncle John’s Elk Creek Campground; filed 11-6: We’ve had a great week on our
section of creek. Lots of guys catching fish such as ones in the photo. We had a group of
Canadians stay with us this week – boy can they ever fly fish! They had a lot of fun with
steelheads and even caught a big brown trout! (See photos on Gamma’s Salute to Steel-
head Country Page)