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09-15-2024, 12:35 PM
Thread: 8/17 perch
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Re: 8/17 perch
Riding the ferry home now. Lake is in great shape. 9 boats perching south of rattlesnake. Still about a 30 boat pack south of green!
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09-15-2024, 03:17 AM
Thread: 8/17 perch
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Well…it was what I expected. Very slow bite. Only 6 keepers all day. The only good thing was they were all 10-12”. Everything else was under 8. Finally got tired of that, and set up a troll with...
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09-13-2024, 03:15 PM
Thread: 8/17 perch
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Heading out in the morning. I don’t have a lot of confidence, but only a few more chances this year for me. We have to have the big boat out by mid October. With the blow I’ll be just west of middle...
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09-02-2024, 01:37 PM
Thread: 8/17 perch
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Saturday 8/31 tried south of rattlesnake. Didn’t catch much went over to the east of middle bass. Straight north of ballast. As soon as I dropped it was on. Constant bite, but nothing over 10 with...
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08-30-2024, 08:59 PM
Thread: 8/17 perch
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Thanks for the info. I did perch south of rattlesnake 5:00-7:30 this evening. Caught 10 9-12” keepers. A couple shorts. A couple farm also. Half shiners on crappie rigs. Nice quality fish. First...
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08-30-2024, 12:39 PM
Thread: 8/17 perch
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Re: 8/17 perch
Heading up today. Going to try for some afternoon perch. Won’t be on the water until 5:00pm. Not a lot of time, so just fishing around rattlesnake. Tomorrow I’m running east to try for walleye. I’ll...
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08-17-2024, 04:50 PM
Thread: 8/17 perch
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8/17 perch
Lots of wind, and waves. Fished north of rattlesnake to stay out of the waves. Plenty of marks…not many bites. Only ended up with 10 decent 9-11” fish. Frozen shiners on crappie rigs. No minnows at...
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Re: Perch
I would be interested.
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Re: Perch?
It’s been slow for me the last couple times out. I went yesterday. Only caught 9 keepers. Nicer fish 9-11”. They all came between 9:00-10:00. Lots of sheep early. Nothing at all after 10:00. South of...
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07-26-2024, 09:22 PM
Thread: Water Dogs yellow gold perch report
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Re: Water Dogs yellow gold perch report
I’m going out early. Probably try for walleye early, then switch to perch around 7:00 ish. Going to start in my regular spot south of rattlesnake. I will post a quick update tomorrow. Fingers...
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07-13-2024, 06:50 PM
Thread: Toddler time 3.0
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Re: Toddler time 3.0
Update…there is no update. It was horrible today! Went down to the big pack south of green island. I was marking no fish, but joined in anyway. Can’t believe that whole pack was on nothing. Caught 1...
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07-12-2024, 06:34 PM
Thread: Toddler time 3.0
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Re: Toddler time 3.0
I have a friend, and his son coming up. We are going out in the morning. If I can get them going early enough we will walleye first as the perch don’t really get schooled up looking to eat until...
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07-11-2024, 04:42 AM
Thread: Toddler time 3.0
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Re: Toddler time 3.0
Lately the pack of boats have been about 1/4 mile south of green. I have been fishing south of rattlesnake. The perch have been marking everywhere in that general vicinity. You will be in 29-32 fow...
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07-07-2024, 03:45 PM
Thread: Water Dogs yellow gold perch report
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Re: Water Dogs yellow gold perch report
I stayed away from the pack south of green. I fished south of rattlesnake with only a couple boats around me. The big pack was probably about 100. I started at 7:00. Fished until 10:00. Had stuff to...
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07-05-2024, 09:02 PM
Thread: Perch report 7/5
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Re: Perch report 7/5
Nice catch. I’m going to try for some tomorrow. Ready to start the perch run. I have the freezer full of walleye. Need to add some gold. I prefer perch ceviche over walleye. I’m sure there will be a...
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07-05-2024, 05:18 PM
Thread: Draggin' the Line with John and DD
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Re: Draggin' the Line with John and DD
I did the Lucy’s point thing again yesterday. I had a second person on the boat. First line in the water by 5:00am first fish on at 5:02. Didn’t even get the board on. Pulled harnesses, and spoons....
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07-03-2024, 08:54 PM
Thread: Looking for Braid Recommendations
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Re: Looking for Braid Recommendations
I do run mono, or fluorocarbon leaders on everything except harnesses which I tie with about 6’ leader. Don’t be afraid of leader size as nothing you want is line shy. I have leaders up to 50#....
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07-03-2024, 10:47 AM
Thread: Looking for Braid Recommendations
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Re: Looking for Braid Recommendations
I’m of the opinion that it doesn’t really matter. I have tried all kinds even the cheapest stuff on amazon. The cheapest stuff is worthless. Other than that any name brand stuff is pretty good. I...
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07-02-2024, 02:48 PM
Thread: 7/2 rough waters
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7/2 rough waters
Started out perching south of rattlesnake where I had some luck yesterday. The fish were there, but wouldn’t bite anything. I threw the kitchen sink at them, but nothing. Got tired of that nonsense,...
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07-01-2024, 07:03 PM
Thread: 7/1 the perch are in!
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7/1 the perch are in!
I waited out the wind until about 1:00 this afternoon. Did some trolling with harnesses in the triangle west of middle bass. Ended up with 3 eaters by 4:00. Was marking a lot of what should be perch....
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06-30-2024, 05:08 PM
Thread: 6/29 this blow…blows!
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Re: 6/29 this blow…blows!
Thanks for the replies. I’ve been up here for the summer 4 years now, and just never even saw a crappie. Just dumb luck I guess. I may wonder over to all the submerged cover by the trees, and target...
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06-30-2024, 12:42 PM
Thread: 6/29 this blow…blows!
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6/29 this blow…blows!
Was waiting out the wind. Put in about 4:00pm. Made the short, and somewhat protected trip to my perch spot north of ballast. Anchored up , and immediately started catching. 4 in the box in 15...
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06-22-2024, 01:17 PM
Thread: 6/21 heating up
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Re: 6/21 heating up
6/22 update. Not much to add. Started early about 5:00. Fished between middle bass, and rattlesnake. Didn’t get the second board out had a nice 21” on. Caught a 20” moments later. That was it. Tons...
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06-21-2024, 08:06 PM
Thread: 6/21 heating up
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6/21 heating up
Took the first ferry to middle bass at 9:15 huge amount of boats over by the firing range. Packed up like they were perching. I ran back out to east point of middle bass. Started fishing at 11:30....
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Re: Mayflies
I did ok last weekend. About average for fishing during/after a blow regardless of the mayfly situation. Most of my fish were caught as a reaction bite with every keeper coming on the stinger hook....
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