(01-19-2025, 11:33 PM)perchinski Wrote: Didn't arrive until 11am. Started in the flats, out & north of that last restroom pullout on highway side. About 3-doz tents there, another dozen straight across on the east side, another dozen off the ramp and a dozen by the dam. Everyone was getting perch, but the 5-6"ers beginning to show up. Same story when I left and drilled in at the dam --- 5-6"ers showing up. Last week, out of every dozen fish, ten would be 10". Today maybe two out of every dozen. Ice at 5" everywhere I drilled and the action is still fast. A nice 2" skiff of snow atop, but the trails to & fro are becoming packed down & icy, so gonna wear cleats from now on.
Our group arrived at 7am, went northeast of last restroom. Fished in 24’ to 14’ of water. Was targeting trout but couldn’t keep the perch off our lines and nothing smaller than 8” for us. Plenty of ice and company. Haven’t had a day of perch fishing like that in quite a while
(01-19-2025, 11:33 PM)perchinski Wrote: Didn't arrive until 11am. Started in the flats, out & north of that last restroom pullout on highway side. About 3-doz tents there, another dozen straight across on the east side, another dozen off the ramp and a dozen by the dam. Everyone was getting perch, but the 5-6"ers beginning to show up. Same story when I left and drilled in at the dam --- 5-6"ers showing up. Last week, out of every dozen fish, ten would be 10". Today maybe two out of every dozen. Ice at 5" everywhere I drilled and the action is still fast. A nice 2" skiff of snow atop, but the trails to & fro are becoming packed down & icy, so gonna wear cleats from now on.