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Such beautiful weather and busy times before us my wife and I decided to hit the lake rather late in the afternoon. We managed to catch a fair number of fish in a short time including what may be my personal best for a Perch out of this lake. We were after Crappie and they did not disappoint us none and we also got into more Bluegill than I think I have ever encountered in one day there as well. The Perch was only a little over 10.5" but it was the fattest one I can recall catching and it hit with authority, I thought it was a Bass for sure until it showed itself, wife caught a couple nice 10" Crappie to boot. It was a nice practice run for my upcoming trip to N. Minnesota for some REAL Crappie fishing and Walleye whacking. :) Klahowya! Just tried uploading photos, not sure why they are not working so I will post them to my page.

Natebg1

9/5/2011 9:43:00 PM

Hey BMGW,

Nice Perch and Crappie, so I have to ask about how far would you say Leland is from Seattle and what kind of Camping facilities do they have? I have been trying to get my family to a good panfish lake and so far Black Lake is the only one I have come across up to this point, which we had a blast on. Great Pictures, enjoy N. Minnesota, wish I could be back in the Good Old Mid-West for the final few months of fishing season. Right now is Prime Time for sure.

Nate

trimcat

9/6/2011 4:33:00 AM

Definately nice Perch and Crappie. I grew up in Illinois and we used to vacation in Detroit Lakes, Minn. every summer. Some great memories of catching big Crappie, Northern and LMB. Enjoy your trip...

'OL GREY DOG

9/6/2011 7:49:00 AM

YESSSS indeed ... verryy nice .. make'n this coasty jealous ... mmmm crappie ... how's Black do'n Nate ? musta missed your reports

BMGW

9/6/2011 8:33:00 AM

Heya Nate, I figure about 2.5hrs driving around through the Tacoma Narrows with a boat to the hwy 101 junction. There is a nice little campground run by the county and has volunteer hosts, I think it's $18.00/night right next to the lake.. Trimcat, my brother lives in Detroit Lakes, not far from where my granparents had a beautiful lake home that we kids, cousins and all have many a good memories of Strait Lake. Black lake just has not been kind to me, can't seem to figure it out. I for one would sure love to see more Crappie lakes closer to metro and on the peninsula. Hey 'Ol Grey, first Crappie in the cooler will be for you!

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