No pointers on last fishing report, haven't been there in a month but can tell you some tips for catching perch at burnstick.
You need to be in 25 - 28 FOW. Location doesn't seem to matter as we've been all over and caught many perch. I prefer the west side near the cabins and boat launch. You can access the lake there. Usually lots of people in this area. Perch bite the best at first light and then again late afternoon, but we've pulled them out consistently all day long. Size can be an issue, but a good moto is "where there are little ones, there are big ones". There can be good sized ones found.
Basic lures to start out with are:
- small spoons like a forage minnow shown
here
- or small sweedish pimple, silver
- small size 5 of diamonds (red not black diamonds)
- Hali jigging spoon shown
here
**Tip these with maggots, shrimp (cooked), mealworms or perch eyes
- if you are getting lots of bites, upsize lure to try to discourage little ones and target big ones.
- a rig with a 1/64 or 1/32 oz jig head or bro bug or mud bug jig head and tie a small shrimp style fly under the jig head (4-6" below) seems to work well.
- tip jig head with shrimp or mealworm, fly can be plain or with a maggot
- for the bigguns, the best bet is a 1/32 oz jig head with a small minnow. You can get perch sized minnows at some fishing store, these seem to work well for me. The small ones will be attracted but it will bring in the big ones. Bounce off bottom lightly and slowly. For best results, use a fish cam and pull it away from the little ones.
Pike: Not a lot of big pike in burnstick, but there is quite a few smaller ones which can be fun to chase. I don't know of a particular place, but west or east side along the flats in 5-15 FOW should produce.