(Orleans)– Although there is a little over a week left in September, Iowa anglers have already pulled a record number of yellow perch from Big Spirit Lake.
According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the lake has seen more than 41,000 yellow perch harvested from its waters this month. It’s the best yellow perch fishing since record keeping began in 1956.
Natural Resources Biologist Mike Hawkins calls what’s happening at Spirit Lake “special”.
Hawkins says anglers have been harvesting eight to nine inch perch, but lately, the average size has been increasing. Because of the sheer volume of perch, growth is slower than in some other years.
Hawkins says now is the time for the fishing trip you take kids on because it’s fun and there is plenty of action.
Hawkins says walleye, white bass and small mouth bass will start to more actively feed as water temperatures drop.
