Cloud from horizon to horizon today, with a steady WNW wind as pressure builds. Give any hard bottom among the soft the first hour at Little Perch Lake. The day holds up well from night into morning. Let the water tell you when to move. The pre-winter feed makes autumn days generous.
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Little Perch Lake sits within Luce County in Michigan. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 8 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Luce County list holds plenty of bigger water. Newberry sits 20 miles from here and is the nearest stop. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 193 miles away. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.
Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Luce County, recorded fish include yellow perch, white sucker, walleye and pink salmon. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The shape of Little Perch Lake decides where the fish sit.
Expect July to average close to 64°F, with January the cold end at about 16°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near early December in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Little Perch Lake more years than not.
Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Homestead Lake is 1.1 miles off. Check the position on Little Perch Lake before loading the car.
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| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 6.7 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 6 | 6.4 | 7.1 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.75 | 29.75 | 29.75 | 29.76 | 29.78 | 29.79 | 29.81 | 29.83 | 29.84 | 29.86 | 29.88 | 29.89 | 29.9 | 29.92 | 29.94 | 29.94 | 29.94 | 29.96 | 29.96 | 29.97 | 29.98 | 29.98 | 29.98 | 29.99 |
| 86 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 82 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 |
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