Numbers down, size up. Most of our fish came in 10-13′ of water and went from 15-21″ with most being 17-18″. Fectos point had a steady bite until about 9:30am and a decent evening bite. Not fast action, but only 1 fish caught there was less than 15″. We had about 1 fish every 20 minutes per person.
Evenings we fished the south western end of Pine Island-from Birch point side to the Lighthouse on Pine island. Decent numbers of 14 1/2 fish, but not many bigger. This was mostly an evening bite, but the some fish were active during the days.
Hit a bunch of other areas and picked up 1 fish per spot. No decent numbers. Caught 6 northern out of our boat that would all have fallen into the new slot. Historically, we would have probably caught 1-2.
Seems like each year the numbers of fish go down, but the average size is increasing about 1 inch per year. Anyone else seeing this? The fish were VERY active and hit when you marked them, just no big numbers anywhere. We caught 3-5 15+ fish for every fish under 14″. In the past, we would need to sort through 40-50 fish to get a limit of 15″+ fish. Any thoughts? Muskies? Indian Netting? Strong year class?
Most reported catching fish in deeper water-25-30′. Lots of people reported very few fish at all. We were the only ones I heard of that found a decent shallow bite.
