float tubing or rafting? same thing, not really but i did manage to make it out in my raft today. i filled a stringer of perch in a matter of hours and caught bunches more afterwards. good day on the water, i was using this clear color jig with a little bit of perch meat. works wonders. managed to land 2 smallies on the little walk the dog floatign thing i have. easy catches too, i just tossed it into the thickes weeds and trees and worked it out, worked like a charm, just couldnt set the hook. when we finally called it a night, we headed to the truck where i am to find my wallet missing. [#ff0000]Bad[/#ff0000] deal, but whatever right, nothing to do but call up the banks. i really want to get into some bass on the fly. anyone up for a trip to pelican?
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[cool][#0000ff]Sounds like a good perchin' trip. Bummer about the wallet.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pelican should be good after Sept. 1 when the weather cools down a bit. Both the gills and the bass should really turn on.[/#0000ff]
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I got to ask, cause I figure Tube Dude would know. Isn't it illegal to use a game fish as bait?
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[cool][#0000ff]MOST game fish...YES, it is illegal to use any part of them for bait. However, if you carefully read the proclamation, there are a couple of exceptions. White bass meat may be used in Utah Lake and yellow perch can be used in almost any lake where they are recognized as being present. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The proclamation lists several lakes specifically, where perch meat is legal. Among those are Jordanelle, Deer Creek, Rockport, Utah Lake, Willard, Pineview, etc. You cannot use perch meat in other lakes that do not have perch in them. [/#0000ff]
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and dont forget using live bait is illegal as well.
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[cool][#0000ff]But that doesn't stop some guys from hooking a small perch and then reeling it in R-E-A-L-L-L-L-L-Y slow. There have been some big smallies taken that way.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, I am not suggesting that anyone do that. Of course it is not legal.[/#0000ff]
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