08-05-2007, 11:48 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Hey, glad you were able to get out and find a few fishies. That spot will hold up until it gets quite a bit colder...usually about the end of September. But then the fish just go deeper and you have to look harder on the sonar. The trout move in a lot more by then so there is always something to catch.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]About the size of the perch... We have found that the perch usually hang out by year classes. Once you find some larger ones there are usually more close by. That is why it is good to carry a small marker buoy and toss it over when you hang a goodun. Sometimes the fish are cruising and leave the area quickly, but other times they hang around a weed bed or bit of underwater structure. When they bunch up, you need to drop right on them. 10 feet off the mark and you will only get the perchettes. Some days you really have to move around and change depths to find the larger fish. And sometimes you only pick up one here or there. But, as a general rule, the bigger fish usually hit better later in the morning...in deeper water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The little guys are pests, but it is good to see their numbers. The perch population dropped off a couple of years ago and it seems to be coming back strong.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We will have to meet up there sometime and I can show you a couple of good spots for larger smallmouth...and lots of bigger perch. It is a little bit of a kick from the ramp, but usually worth it. The nice thing about the PWC area is that you usually are fishing inside the no wake zone. Even though there is a lot of boat and PWC traffic on the lake, you have "tubing rights". And, the fish are mostly inside too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]About the size of the perch... We have found that the perch usually hang out by year classes. Once you find some larger ones there are usually more close by. That is why it is good to carry a small marker buoy and toss it over when you hang a goodun. Sometimes the fish are cruising and leave the area quickly, but other times they hang around a weed bed or bit of underwater structure. When they bunch up, you need to drop right on them. 10 feet off the mark and you will only get the perchettes. Some days you really have to move around and change depths to find the larger fish. And sometimes you only pick up one here or there. But, as a general rule, the bigger fish usually hit better later in the morning...in deeper water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The little guys are pests, but it is good to see their numbers. The perch population dropped off a couple of years ago and it seems to be coming back strong.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We will have to meet up there sometime and I can show you a couple of good spots for larger smallmouth...and lots of bigger perch. It is a little bit of a kick from the ramp, but usually worth it. The nice thing about the PWC area is that you usually are fishing inside the no wake zone. Even though there is a lot of boat and PWC traffic on the lake, you have "tubing rights". And, the fish are mostly inside too.[/#0000ff]
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