06-21-2020, 02:02 AM
Oh man the Perch, Crappie and Bluegill fishing at Pineview is still insane (if you get there before the powerboats start churning the water)
This time Cookie wanted to get up early and try for a Crappie smack down like I had the week before. We opted to try off the South side of the narrows for a change up (about where the main lake starts into the narrows). The location was more sandy and flooded willows (vs the rocky section I fished last week). Not a lot of Crappie but man oh man were the perch stark raving mad. We could not get a jig past the willows without it getting slammed by a perch. I doubt it would have mattered what we fished with but for sake of the report - we started with a modified dropshot with a 1/16 yellow jighead on the bottom (just a worm - no plastic) for panfish and a VR dropshot hook up about 16 inches with smallmouth plastic (paddle tails and curl tails) above. We ended up just taking the dropshot hook off cause the small jig would get slammed so fast that we could not get anything a chance to see the bigger bait.
If you got kids that you want to get hooked on outdoors and fishing - go take them on a perch run - its a hoot. (Or heck go yourself - its still a hoot)
I will say the size was up from last year. Nothing really big, but better length. If they fill out they will be nice fillets later this year. We did catch dinks too and lots of them, but it was nice to see some length on a bunch that said hello.
Oh and no matter what Cookie says in the video - I did not mess up both poles.
https://youtu.be/Op86s8JUEhg
This time Cookie wanted to get up early and try for a Crappie smack down like I had the week before. We opted to try off the South side of the narrows for a change up (about where the main lake starts into the narrows). The location was more sandy and flooded willows (vs the rocky section I fished last week). Not a lot of Crappie but man oh man were the perch stark raving mad. We could not get a jig past the willows without it getting slammed by a perch. I doubt it would have mattered what we fished with but for sake of the report - we started with a modified dropshot with a 1/16 yellow jighead on the bottom (just a worm - no plastic) for panfish and a VR dropshot hook up about 16 inches with smallmouth plastic (paddle tails and curl tails) above. We ended up just taking the dropshot hook off cause the small jig would get slammed so fast that we could not get anything a chance to see the bigger bait.
If you got kids that you want to get hooked on outdoors and fishing - go take them on a perch run - its a hoot. (Or heck go yourself - its still a hoot)
I will say the size was up from last year. Nothing really big, but better length. If they fill out they will be nice fillets later this year. We did catch dinks too and lots of them, but it was nice to see some length on a bunch that said hello.
Oh and no matter what Cookie says in the video - I did not mess up both poles.
https://youtu.be/Op86s8JUEhg
Remember: keep the lid on the worms, share your jerky, and stop by to say hi to Cookie and the Cowboy-Pirate crew