She was a tough go the last couple days with the cooler weather. Got out Saturday briefly on the north end in the middle of the afternoon, the sunshine was welcomed and the perch were biting fairly steady. The bite was so light I had to just hand bomb the line and I missed quite a few. Never got any bigger than a 8" either, just using a small lead jig with a minnow head/tail. I took off work early yesterday and headed back to the Strap for the evening bite, I initially tried the North end but there was no way I was sitting there with no gloves on in that wind waiting for another 8" perch so I picked up and moved down the lake along the east shore. Right away I got a nice 2 lb walter , and after that a few bites but didn't land any more. I ended up fishing the Strap more often than I actually wanted but due to lack of time and convenience it just worked out that way. It took me well into the second half of the season to consistently find any fish on this lake. I found some nice walleye spots but never found anything of size, in fact the 2 lb I got yesterday was my biggest out of that lake all year. I found Evan's road to be the best spot for pike of all the areas I tried and landed a 38" pike there early in the season. I never was skunked on blackstrap but I had many cold days catching only 1 or two fish. Fun lake, definitely a tough bite but I enjoy exploring. Cheers to a great year boys.