That weed cover may also include unsavory stuff along shore

That weed cover may also include unsavory stuff along shore Perch and bass schooling in Great Lakes waters can be inviting. Inland, panfish may have gone deeper, but their feeding forays haven't gone south. Algae bloom and other floating weed seed coats surfaces of many inland lakes with minimal current flow and wide, deeper, open-water areas for wind dispersal. But fish often seek the shade that surface clutter affords them and forage well in deeper water.

One caution: That weed cover may also include unsavory stuff along shore. Some communities suggest keeping kids and house pets out of waters where shoreline weed seed and goop have collected.

For boaters able to get over deeper areas along and away from however shoreline weed masses, many inland lakes could provide work-free fishing this Labor Day holiday.