10-29-2009, 11:14 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I will launch from the gravel beach just off the ramp at Oasis. They allow parking down there in low water for tubers. Perch are mellow and do not get up before daybreak. I will probably show up about 7 - 7:30 and be launched about 8ish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some of the best perchin' last year was right straight off the ramp...in 30 - 40 feet of water. A lot will depend on maximum water depth and the water temps. Almost every year at this time the baby perch move to the deep part of the lake and the bigger perch...and pike and walleye...follow them. The key will be to find schools of forage perch and then fish around them. You don't always see the bigger perch on sonar. They are in singles and doubles and not large schools, and it is tough to tell them apart from all the carp. Combination of skill, experience and luck.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Bring perch meat for bait if you have it. They will hit crawlers but the carp will drive you bonkers. The carp will hit perch meat too, but not quite as bad as worms.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some of the best perchin' last year was right straight off the ramp...in 30 - 40 feet of water. A lot will depend on maximum water depth and the water temps. Almost every year at this time the baby perch move to the deep part of the lake and the bigger perch...and pike and walleye...follow them. The key will be to find schools of forage perch and then fish around them. You don't always see the bigger perch on sonar. They are in singles and doubles and not large schools, and it is tough to tell them apart from all the carp. Combination of skill, experience and luck.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Bring perch meat for bait if you have it. They will hit crawlers but the carp will drive you bonkers. The carp will hit perch meat too, but not quite as bad as worms.[/#0000ff]
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