Caught my biggest perch to date...Mantua inlet just over 2lbs. The others were also around 1lb.
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What a PIG!! Nice catch!
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Wow! Way to go. Wonder what the record is? Have never seen Perch that big!
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Nice fish! Congrats. How was the ice?
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Now that’s what you call a pig! Incredible!!!
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[#0000FF]Very nice.
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the record is 2lb 11oz
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Hey ..... You could make a tub of TD's Pig out Chowder with that mess. Nice Going.
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at Mantua? really? Didnt realize they got that big in there!
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Nice perch, were they still full of eggs? If so I guess it would be because of this crazy warm winter.
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Ice is all gone at Mantua so take your boat or toon or tube. Later J
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Sorry....but I call Bull $#!*.....
Just an opinion....
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Why do you think it is Bull? I've caught 13" perch there and so have other members and the OP said he was fishing the inlet.
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What would be the benefit of lying be?
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Says the perpetual ice off predictor. Haha. That is weird because Echo is still capped with 4-5 inches of ice, albeit the edges are pulling away on most of the lake. Cold snap should help, hope snow doesn't get too deep. I hate slush and deep snow! Makes walking a pain in the rear. Not putting away ice stuff just yet
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I tell ya ice is off caught 20 finless Freddie's today trolling. Wasn't Mantua but wasn't ice fishing. Other than the Berry I think it's over for me. Maybe the cold will help some of the spots that still has ice left recover a bit but I know the edges will still be too thin. Crazy year I feel bad it ended so quick. Best of luck as you keep on top of the hard water. Later J
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Nice job! looks like summer. I contemplated getting the boat out but then it got cold again. Went out yesterday and caught about twenty nice perch in about an hour and a half. Can't give it up yet.
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Boy if I could find more ice I'd make it last as long as I could, but was fun on Quail Creek today, really nice day for sure. Fun to have that quick trout hits. Had a couple real nice ones nail it but most were 12-14". BTW Hyrum is about full open too. Not quite there but will be soon. Later J
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Don't forget he's a young buck here and probably hasn't fished Mantua often to know what kind of big guns live in that spring water lake [
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Could be or he just does not believe that it is a 13" perch. From experience I can say it is really hard to get an idea of the size of any fish from a pic without a tape measure. Here is an example, I'm holding a perch that is over 13.5" but it is hard to tell but the next pic is the same fish by a tape.
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