August perch

[tmwtrfwler]

will be up the first week of August at our camp in milton. stupid question time....

consistently catch perch off the grass bed in front of camp in 10-20' of water. safe to assume i need to go deeper that time of year to catch larger perch?

i am always using worms and hooks... try jigs deeper? thanks in advance.

[mudchuck]

Lake is really low! About 3-4 feet below normal. What grass beds there were the last time oyu were up are either gone because of the flood/Irene or are so overgrown because of the low water and loads of sunshine that they'll be unfishable.
Some good small mouth and perch are around, you might have to search for them some. The cowbanks has been producing small to medium sized white perch all year, and the sandbar was unitl the water level dropped so low. If you have a boat, you might want to try to find you way to outer Mallet's or some of the deeper holes in Niquette's.
Good luck!