(01-03-2021, 06:50 PM)obifishkenobi Wrote: The perch catching is a little slower but the quality is pretty good at Hyrum, we fished south of the boat ramp trying from 8’ out to 48’ with 18’ my most productive depth. The perch where very tight to the bottom so much so that many times I would get lite bites with no fish on my screen if I put my jig on the bottom. Next time out I’ll go off of the swim beach. The perch where 8-11”.

Dam just 4 inches of ice moved around some fished 20 feet to 40 feet i just knocked open holes from the day before the pole out side the tent had the only action caught 4 missing most i just released them didn't think i would have caught enough for dinner but i would have thay were nice size nice day no skunk anyway 

(01-04-2021, 02:22 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Wow I must have been in the middle of you guys off the boat ramp. I started at 20 fow till about 9:30 when they quit moving through. Got 9 fish in there, 1 bow the rest 9-10.5” perch. Lost a big one at the hole when the upper hook snagged on the ice edge. Might have went 12-13” it was a lot bigger than the others I was catching. Anyway I was using my camera and the fish were just kissing the bait and not sucking it into their mouths until I put a chain and treble hook on, then I got most of the hits after. Nice fish, but you really need to be there for the early bite. Really slows down after 9:30. I found one out deeper after, but I couldn’t find where they went. They are not like past years balling up in big piles, or at least I didn’t find one. Everything I seen were out hunting for food in roving groups of similar size fish. I used spoons and bigger baits to try and discourage the smaller fish, it worked, smallest was 9”.. Sorry I didn’t recognize you guys. Later Jeff

(01-04-2021, 02:22 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Wow I must have been in the middle of you guys off the boat ramp. I started at 20 fow till about 9:30 when they quit moving through. Got 9 fish in there, 1 bow the rest 9-10.5” perch. Lost a big one at the hole when the upper hook snagged on the ice edge. Might have went 12-13” it was a lot bigger than the others I was catching. Anyway I was using my camera and the fish were just kissing the bait and not sucking it into their mouths until I put a chain and treble hook on, then I got most of the hits after. Nice fish, but you really need to be there for the early bite. Really slows down after 9:30. I found one out deeper after, but I couldn’t find where they went. They are not like past years balling up in big piles, or at least I didn’t find one. Everything I seen were out hunting for food in roving groups of similar size fish. I used spoons and bigger baits to try and discourage the smaller fish, it worked, smallest was 9”.. Sorry I didn’t recognize you guys. Later Jeff

(01-04-2021, 02:22 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Wow I must have been in the middle of you guys off the boat ramp. I started at 20 fow till about 9:30 when they quit moving through. Got 9 fish in there, 1 bow the rest 9-10.5” perch. Lost a big one at the hole when the upper hook snagged on the ice edge. Might have went 12-13” it was a lot bigger than the others I was catching. Anyway I was using my camera and the fish were just kissing the bait and not sucking it into their mouths until I put a chain and treble hook on, then I got most of the hits after. Nice fish, but you really need to be there for the early bite. Really slows down after 9:30. I found one out deeper after, but I couldn’t find where they went. They are not like past years balling up in big piles, or at least I didn’t find one. Everything I seen were out hunting for food in roving groups of similar size fish. I used spoons and bigger baits to try and discourage the smaller fish, it worked, smallest was 9”.. Sorry I didn’t recognize you guys. Later Jeff

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(01-04-2021, 02:22 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Wow I must have been in the middle of you guys off the boat ramp. I started at 20 fow till about 9:30 when they quit moving through. Got 9 fish in there, 1 bow the rest 9-10.5” perch. Lost a big one at the hole when the upper hook snagged on the ice edge. Might have went 12-13” it was a lot bigger than the others I was catching. Anyway I was using my camera and the fish were just kissing the bait and not sucking it into their mouths until I put a chain and treble hook on, then I got most of the hits after. Nice fish, but you really need to be there for the early bite. Really slows down after 9:30. I found one out deeper after, but I couldn’t find where they went. They are not like past years balling up in big piles, or at least I didn’t find one. Everything I seen were out hunting for food in roving groups of similar size fish. I used spoons and bigger baits to try and discourage the smaller fish, it worked, smallest was 9”.. Sorry I didn’t recognize you guys. Later Jeff

Richard, I seen 4-5” of ice as well. Seemed the same on both Friday and Saturday and at Swim beach and the boat ramp. That sled that crossed the lake scared me big time, I didn’t think it would hold it up, but he at least got to the other side. I left before he came back. Still not thick enough for me to take my snowmobile out. Later Jeff

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(01-04-2021, 02:22 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Wow I must have been in the middle of you guys off the boat ramp. I started at 20 fow till about 9:30 when they quit moving through. Got 9 fish in there, 1 bow the rest 9-10.5” perch. Lost a big one at the hole when the upper hook snagged on the ice edge. Might have went 12-13” it was a lot bigger than the others I was catching. Anyway I was using my camera and the fish were just kissing the bait and not sucking it into their mouths until I put a chain and treble hook on, then I got most of the hits after. Nice fish, but you really need to be there for the early bite. Really slows down after 9:30. I found one out deeper after, but I couldn’t find where they went. They are not like past years balling up in big piles, or at least I didn’t find one. Everything I seen were out hunting for food in roving groups of similar size fish. I used spoons and bigger baits to try and discourage the smaller fish, it worked, smallest was 9”.. Sorry I didn’t recognize you guys. Later Jeff

Richard, I seen 4-5” of ice as well. Seemed the same on both Friday and Saturday and at Swim beach and the boat ramp. That sled that crossed the lake scared me big time, I didn’t think it would hold it up, but he at least got to the other side. I left before he came back. Still not thick enough for me to take my snowmobile out. Later Jeff

(01-04-2021, 03:50 AM)Jig-fisher Wrote: Jeff, I have not seen a crappie out of Hyrum before.  I did not know they were in there.

(01-03-2021, 06:50 PM)obifishkenobi Wrote: The perch catching is a little slower but the quality is pretty good at Hyrum, we fished south of the boat ramp trying from 8’ out to 48’ with 18’ my most productive depth. The perch where very tight to the bottom so much so that many times I would get lite bites with no fish on my screen if I put my jig on the bottom. Next time out I’ll go off of the swim beach. The perch where 8-11”.

(01-04-2021, 02:22 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Wow I must have been in the middle of you guys off the boat ramp. I started at 20 fow till about 9:30 when they quit moving through. Got 9 fish in there, 1 bow the rest 9-10.5” perch. Lost a big one at the hole when the upper hook snagged on the ice edge. Might have went 12-13” it was a lot bigger than the others I was catching. Anyway I was using my camera and the fish were just kissing the bait and not sucking it into their mouths until I put a chain and treble hook on, then I got most of the hits after. Nice fish, but you really need to be there for the early bite. Really slows down after 9:30. I found one out deeper after, but I couldn’t find where they went. They are not like past years balling up in big piles, or at least I didn’t find one. Everything I seen were out hunting for food in roving groups of similar size fish. I used spoons and bigger baits to try and discourage the smaller fish, it worked, smallest was 9”.. Sorry I didn’t recognize you guys. Later Jeff



Hi, Jeff, where is the crappies from in your photo? Nice catches!

(01-04-2021, 05:31 AM)LT-perch Wrote:

(01-03-2021, 06:50 PM)obifishkenobi Wrote: The perch catching is a little slower but the quality is pretty good at Hyrum, we fished south of the boat ramp trying from 8’ out to 48’ with 18’ my most productive depth. The perch where very tight to the bottom so much so that many times I would get lite bites with no fish on my screen if I put my jig on the bottom. Next time out I’ll go off of the swim beach. The perch where 8-11”.

Thanks for the report! Perches are bigger than last year!

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(01-04-2021, 02:22 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Wow I must have been in the middle of you guys off the boat ramp. I started at 20 fow till about 9:30 when they quit moving through. Got 9 fish in there, 1 bow the rest 9-10.5” perch. Lost a big one at the hole when the upper hook snagged on the ice edge. Might have went 12-13” it was a lot bigger than the others I was catching. Anyway I was using my camera and the fish were just kissing the bait and not sucking it into their mouths until I put a chain and treble hook on, then I got most of the hits after. Nice fish, but you really need to be there for the early bite. Really slows down after 9:30. I found one out deeper after, but I couldn’t find where they went. They are not like past years balling up in big piles, or at least I didn’t find one. Everything I seen were out hunting for food in roving groups of similar size fish. I used spoons and bigger baits to try and discourage the smaller fish, it worked, smallest was 9”.. Sorry I didn’t recognize you guys. Later Jeff



Hi, Jeff, where is the crappie from in your photo? Nice catches!

(01-04-2021, 03:48 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Ok, maybe I was leaving as you were getting there. I should have recognized Sean, but didn’t see him in the crowd I guess. Glad the sled made it back, I would have felt bad if he drowned and I didn’t tell him the ice was only 4” thick in places. But he didn’t seem like he wanted any advice. Looks like I was wrong anyway. Later Jeff

(01-04-2021, 08:05 PM)gaardvark Wrote:

(01-04-2021, 03:48 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Ok, maybe I was leaving as you were getting there. I should have recognized Sean, but didn’t see him in the crowd I guess. Glad the sled made it back, I would have felt bad if he drowned and I didn’t tell him the ice was only 4” thick in places. But he didn’t seem like he wanted any advice. Looks like I was wrong anyway. Later Jeff

Sorry to have missed you Jeff. I was fishing flats off the beach and looked around, but I'm not sure I'd have been able to pick you out even had you been nearby. I took my son and we had a good day on Friday, catching mostly perch a couple of trout up higher.