Perch fishing on Flathead Lake awesome

The Flathead Lake Fishing Report

By the Mac Man, Dick Zimmer

With hunting season and the Mack Day contest in progress people forget fall perch fishing in flathead lake.

Perch activity level is heightened close to what it is during their spawning season in East Bay in the spring. In fact, a fisherman who has been fishing in a 35 to 40 feet depth in front of the North Elmo Access said he thought it was every bit as good as the spring fishery. 
Keith Ryland and I headed out there yesterday, October 8, late in the day knowing we’d only have a couple of hours to fish at most. 

Once in the water I began watching the fish finder for depth mostly.  At 36 feet I saw a school of fish.  So we dropped the anchor as quickly as possible.  Nonetheless the wind blew us back into a 32 foot depth which seemed not to hold fish. 

Casting up wind into deeper water brought immediate results. 
We lifted the anchor and motored up wind beyond where the fish were and reset the anchor.  From then on it was non-stop action with multiple doubles.  (If you hesitate, when you first feel a bite, instead of setting the hook right away it increases your chances of bringing in two rather than one fish at a time.