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My wife Joan and I spent most of the day trolling in the inland sea. It started out foggy with calm waters. We arrived at the cowbanks area around 11:00. I had one good salmon throw the hook right behind the boat. I hate it when that happens. I ran a small mottled green / white honeybee down 35 ft. most of the day. Other than that the white perch were a force to behold. I must have brought in 50 of them. The perch hit every lure I put down within seconds it seems. I took some temperature measurements down deep. The temperature was 60 degrees with the probe sitting in the mud on the bottom at 140ft in the trench east of cedar island. I read about 68 on top. We saw a couple fish breach again just like last saturday. It's pretty cool when they go airborn. Lots of monarch butterflys were also going southwest in the fog.

-Joe

Thanks Joe for the report. We'll be in that area on Sunday. If the perch take over, and it sounds like they will, we'll head to Savage and try for bass and northerns. I don't mind a few perch. It's good practice with the downriggers and I do need it.

Thanks for the report!

Thanks for the report.

Yup...good down-rigger practice.
Sounds like no real temp break in the sea...Thanks for the details Joe.