12-24-2011, 03:12 PM
Years ago alot of the lakes that held perch were closed to year round fishing, I remember when they first opened Deer Creek to ice fishing, man we had a ball fishing for the perch. We didn't catch many of the jumbos but plenty of 9 to 11 in. perch to take home. When I first got stationed in Utah in 76 not many people ice fished, hell the bait shops out here didn't even know what the hell a waxie was. I kept bugging them and finally Angler's Inn started selling them, up until then I had my Dad in Wis. send me a batch or two each winter. Holmes Creek was my favorite ice fishing hole, had it pretty much to myself for a few years. Had people come down and watch the family catch gills, crappie and bass thru the ice. They had never seen anyone ice fish. F&G finally ruined that lake by introducing other fish in there for a Community Pond. I guess they took that off that list now. Not even interested in fishing it anymore since they introduced slime rockets and catfish.
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