Finding hints of perch and getting itchy for ice fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Sam Eble emailed the photo at the top two weeks ago, then I screwed up and lost track of ...

Fish were caught by anglers anchored or “spot-locked” using minnows on perch rigs across from Kipling, in the narrows, and by the Days River. Walleye anglers reported mixed results ...

using minnows on perch rigs and either drifting or vertically jigging. These fish were caught in the “narrows”, Saunders Point, near the mouth of the Escanaba River, and at the “mud flats”.

Others perch on the roofs of old wooden homes around ... When the bay used to freeze, Mathæussen and other fishermen would rig their dogsleds and go ice fishing ten miles up the fjord.

Big plastic worms dragged on the bottom on a Carolina-rig, Keitech swimbaits ... and it is expected to blow 25 knots on Wednesday. This will limit rockfishing trips until the weather calms ...

The top technic has been diving planners while trolling spoons, but trolling crank baits and nightcrawler-spinner rigs are still popular. The muddy near-shore waters have been quickly cleaning up ...

jighead or an Umbrella rig retrieved slowly could be the ticket ... tuna 2 Striper 2 Halibut 2 White seabass 1 Sand dabs 3 Surf perch 3 crabs 3 Bluefin tuna chasers continue to find a few big ...