BlakeP
11/18/2013 8:54:00 PMGood to hear that the trout fishing is good right now. I'll have to go out there sometime soon after the Coho season dies down, and before the steelhead show up. As for perch, I think you were a little late. I don't really fish Leland for them, I target trout mostly. But I believe they start showing up around July-August, and it slows down towards the beginning to middle of October.
iwilfish
11/19/2013 6:05:00 AMthanks for the tip. I hoped that since I was hearing about perch being caught in some of the bigger lakes like american and washington that maybe I had a shot at it in Leland. what do you use for them when you go?
BlakeP
11/19/2013 4:32:00 PMFor perch? Well I've never really tried for them. I'm normally busy with the rivers around august-October. But I know people that fish for them often. And they use a half of a night crawler under a float, or weightless. Or a little crappie jig. Either one works. I only fish from the dock at Leland though, so not sure about on a boat. But all the perch I've seen caught from shore(I went once,the first week of october a few years back and saw about 40 perch or so caught from the dock), have been on the half a nightcrawler, with no weight, cast as far as possible off the dock...Which isn't very far with no weight.
Red beard
11/20/2013 11:00:00 PMAwesome! I always hit up leland when steelhead ends in february. A little secret is that if you wait until spring to catch the fall stockers they are almost like little salmon. For some reason this lake produces very fat rainbows with bright red meat and they are excellent when battered and pan fried.