This was more of a trip to get the boat de-salanized after fishing the Sound on Friday. Of course once I was on the water I naturally spent a couple of hours fishing and found that the perch seemed to be less effected by the Seafair weekend than the cutts and kokes were. I tried trolling for some kokes and cutts along the I-90 bridge and did not see many fish on the finder. During the hour I trolled I has no takers so I packed it up and headed for the weedlines in search of some perch. As is the case this time of year, the perch were plentiful on the fringe of the weedline and gladly took my dropshotted 2" grub. Sizes ranged from 6" to 11" and I kept just a few smaller fish for bait. I'm hoping that the cutts and kokes get back to normal by next weekend when the weather is supposed to cool down.

Archer0705

8/16/2010 4:47:00 PM

I've been really wanting to catch some perch out there. I'm going to have to get out there and try it. how much longer do you think I have before they head out to deep water?

G-Man

8/16/2010 9:15:00 PM

It won't be until October before the waters cool down and singnal the perch to head deeper. Once that starts it is a blast to troll the drop-offs in about 35 feet of water and pick up the big ones, with the bonus being hooking into a cutt once in a while. If you aren't a total perch slayer, check out Brian Lulls tips that he posted on this week's Salmon University site under the Lake Washington reports. Lake Sammamish is also good for perch and what works in Lake Washington will work in Sammamish as well.

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