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I have been spending quite a bit of time out on my local trout streams. With last weeks warmer weather, I decided to drive up to Preston for a bit of late season bass fishing.

With horribly leaking waders, and a shorebound fishing partner, I decided to head to a local water that has fished well all year. The water levels have risen a few feet, and the fishing was excellent from shore.

The day ended up being a great multi species day, with three consecutive casts producing three different species, including a >24" monster of a rainbow which I sight fished with a jerkbait. On top of excellent fishing for bass and rainbows, we found quite a few healthy perch. In fact, I caught more perch on this trip than all other species combined.

We released about half of the Perch we caught but kept a few nice fish for a fry. Overall, an excellent day before all of the nasty weather set in and I guess its back to fly fishing for trout until Spring.
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That is a beauty of a trout, and you got some impressive perch too. Great report!
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I ice fished it last year a couple times and caught several big perch each trip but it was too slow for me to make many trips that far away. By then C.J. had turned on for the jumbo perch for a couple weekends so I headed that direction. Nice fish you caught up there.[fishin]
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Dang, that's an impressive bunch of fish. What day did you hit it? I was there Friday, and it was really tough. No signs of trout rising, I couldn't see any fish cruising or sunning in the shallows. Most of my fish I ended up having to fish a dropshot out in about ten feet of water, and even then, it was slow. How big were the bass btw?

I'm really happy to see the water coming up. I marked some water as deep as 14 feet out in my tube, so I think they'll have enough water for some good survival this winter.
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Excellent pictures, thanks tor sharing.

One question for ya. And maybe this deserves a new thread...how exactly do you fry up your perch? I cooked up a batch of perch earlier this fall. I coated the fillets with some flour and mild spices and fried them in butter. IMO the butter was just too strong for me. Maybe use coconut oil next time, I dunno. What's your technique?
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