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[cool][#0000ff]Majja and I were supposed to hit Starvation together today. But, Majja came down with a bad case of inlawitis. Couldn't make it. But...LloydE was down for it so we hit Bunny Gulch (Rabbit Gulch) about 6 AM.

Nice sunrise, light breeze, water temp 69 at launch and 72 about 1, when we came in. Water has dropped about 2 feet in the last week but is still much higher than last year at this time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I knew it was gonna be a bananner day for perchies when I had six hoisted out of the water within the first few minutes of starting to fish. I put on my old white cotton glove early...to prevent "perch rash". It helped a lot. I caught WELL OVER a hundred perch today and my purty little hands are hardly marked. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lloyd and I were both putting the smack down on perch, but no walleyes, when we were joined by a couple of other BFTers from the Salt Lake area. 135guy just got off his big 135 tanker plane, after several months in Afghanistan, and was ready for some fishing. His buddy Paul (Streamfisher???) did not have a tube and waded the shoreline while Shawn kicked out to join us in the perch dippin' fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fixed Shawn up with some of the new jigs I just finished making and some perch chunks from a newly acquired perchette. Off he went to dent the perch population. Got a nice stringer for the morning, including a porky 13.5 incher as we were coming back in.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lloyd worked hard for the four small wallies he scratched today. But, because the wind died down to almost nothing for most of the morning, he didn't have to work as hard kicking as he did on our last trip. Lloyd also got a nice smallmouth and a porky perch that probably pushed 14 inches. Like myself, he threw back a grundle and only kept a few for the fillet knife.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was in beta test mode for several new innovations and new jig designs. Everything worked well. I downloaded some of my new "bling" on both Lloyd and Shawn and they done it proud. I didn't do so bad my own self. I had several sessions of ten or more chunky perch in as many drops. And, I had at least ten or twelve doubles on my tandem rigs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I also did well with a variation on my old "hanger shot" rig...using a 5 inch piece of clothes hanger wire as the drop shot weight for dragging a weightless and floated painted body jig over the green stuff. The perch wouldn't leave it alone and I caught one walleye on it and lost a bigger one.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Mostly we all used either the fire tiger jigs or the pale perch jigs...plain or roadrunner style. Perch meat caught the most fish, but the walleyes seemed to want crawlers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Last week, all the fish were in the 22 to 24 foot zone. This week the perch were in 18 feet and the walleyes were out in 25 to 30 feet. We wasted a lot of time before finding the walleyes in deeper water and by then the bite was just about over. There were a couple of boats bottom bouncing in the deeper water. I talked to the folks in one boat and they claimed they had near limits of "eaters" and had released several big mamas to spawn again.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had a short blast of east wind for a while and we were wondering if that would end our day early. Nope. It layed down to glass too and when we all came in about 1 it was glassy calm again. But, the clouds were abuildin' and we got sprinkles on the way home.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good meeting you guys.[/#0000ff]
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now that was an awesome report with some outstanding pictures to back it up.. []

.. but what is "perch rash"?? []

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[cool][#0000ff]Yellow perch have lots of spines. They also have some sharp points and edges on their gill covers. When you get into some fast fishing and have to handle a lot of perch, your hands look like you have been slapping porcupines at the end of the day. Lots of red holes and slices. That is "perch rash".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, lots of spiny smaller fish...like bluegills, white bass and other panfish...have sharp points all over that can produce the same effect. I have kept fingerless gloves in my tubing accessories for quite a few years and whenever the stickery little fishies wanna play I pull on the glove. I only wear one on my left hand, as that is the one I use to grab the fish as I swing them aboard.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On my trip last week I did not have that glove and my hands were sore for three or four days. I wore it yesterday and the only hole in my hands is one on my thumb, where a perch got me with a gill cover point while I was holding it for a picture and it started flopping.[/#0000ff]
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I did not know about that with that species of fish.. course I have only handled a few so never had a problem.. but that is good info to know..

now I have to go get some gloves.. [sly]

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[cool][#0000ff]Hey, if you only catch one small bluegill on a fishing trip, you don't need protective gloves. LOL[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, maybe you can get a nice pair of Gucci gloves with a fishing motif worked in. At least you can impress your fishing buddies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I lived in and fished in California for a lotta years. I do not remember any southern Cal lakes with yellow perch in them. Might be some in northern Cal. But, there are a lot of inshore saltwater species that are kinda stickery. Only problem is that most of those have spines that will go right through cotton gloves and are poisonous. Better look for some stainless steel armor gloves.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Let us know and post a pic when you find some gloves befitting of your own personal style. I'll bet you can come up with something,[/#0000ff]
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I was referring to the bluegill and other sunfish that you mentioned in your response..

not sure about anything gucci.. that would be way out of my league and Id be uncomfortable wearing anything that flashy.. but as you have said so fittingly before.. to each his own.. I just dont choose gucci..

.. as for salt water fishing.. perch, bass, some small sharks, and a sculpin.. nothing near your vast experience Im sure.. but in my case I handled each one "with respect" to the abilities of their species (shark and sculpin in particular).. and a good set of lip grippers.. [laugh]

..if I live as long as you I am sure I will experience more varieties of noteworthy fish...

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nice fish and pics. looks like a good time.
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Nice bunch of Perch there. It looks like you guys had a wonderful time.

I am all too careful with the stickery critters in my big Salty lake. Some have teeth, others spines. Some have both.[cool]
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