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8/10 - Fished from 8 until about 2:30 from 25 - 35 FOW around Black Ditch. Caught somewhere between 30 - 40 fish between 2 guys, burning through 6 dozen minnows by the time we headed in. Kept 8 fish; smallest was 9.5", biggest was 12". Best bite came in about 28 FOW from 12:15 until about 1.

8/11 - Fished from 7 until around 1:30 from 25 - 35 FOW around Black Ditch again. Caught 40 or so fish between 3 guys, burning through another 6 dozen minnows by the time we headed in. Kept 11 fish; smallest was 9.5", biggest was just shy of 14". Best bite came in 33 FOW from about 12:30 until we ran out of minnows around 1:30. We were able to get on anchor just over the edge of a pile of fish we had marked and managed to get a quick bite which seemed to draw them in to the boat. Got to the point where they were hitting our setups on the drop down or within a couple seconds of the weight hitting the bottom. Watched clouds of small fish follow the rigs up as we'd reel in fish. Graph was lit up consistently for the hour we were catching. They moved up and down in the water column quite a bit which initially made me think we were marking alewife or some other small prey fish.

Definitely lost a lot of minnows to light bites / drive-by's both days. Sunday was proof that you should buy heavy on the bait... Definitely frustrating when you run out of bait in the middle of a hot bite!

Nice catch, thanks for sharing!

Nice job! Thanks for the report.

Fantastic! I'm new to the area. Where is "Black Ditch" Can it be seen on Google Earth? I only know of the Washington Park beach and then Mt Baldy and the "condos", in the MC Area.

jsheroan wrote:

Fantastic! I'm new to the area. Where is "Black Ditch" Can it be seen on Google Earth? I only know of the Washington Park beach and then Mt Baldy and the "condos", in the MC Area.

Black Ditch is just west / south west of Mount Baldy. You can see it on Google Maps but it isn't doesn't appear to be labelled.

This should drop a pointer on Google Maps where it's at: goo.gl/maps/a6EE3xhcbFrnmz1U7

There are a good amount humps and troughs in this area, as well as transitions from sand to clay bottom.

This is what it looks like from the water.

Nice fish congrats

nice report Thanks