End-of-the-month Echo

[perchinski]

Dug in at 7:30am.  13-deg, but no wind.  Got 9 fat perch from 8-10am over 31', then they slowed down.  As many 5-7"ers in between.  About a dozen of us fishing west & south out from the ramp, and another dozen groups in the NE quadrant by the dam.  Moved out to the 42-47' range around 10:30 and got another dozen nice ones.  No feeding frenzy, just one here, one there, along with an equal # of dinks.  Best rig all morning was a sagging drop-shot with an eyeball on a mosquito hook --- instead of keeping the line tight to the weight, I let the bait sag down to the point where my line looked as tho there was nothing on it.  The fish wanted that weightless eyeball barely off the bottom.  Got a couple on Hali's and tungstens with perch slivers, but those light biters sucked that weightless eyeball in & were hooked.  A cold wind came up around 11-ish, so walked off the ice 30-min later..  Looked like the area out from new state park also had its share of anglers this morning.

[dubob]

Looked like the area out from new state park also had its share of anglers this morning.

I was one of those.  Fished from 9 until 2 in 28 FOW.  Hali with eye ball worked best.  Caught & kept 10 between 8" & 10".  The rest were 6" or shorter and went back.  That's it for me until next season.  Tight lines.

[MWScott72]

Sounds like you did better than me. Definitely not a fast bite whatsoever. If a school comes thru, it can be good, but normally is onesies and twosies.

[SkunkedAgain]

Hey Bob, why are you done for the year? thought the waterfowl season just ended, I figured you'd just be getting started for the year... Later Jeff

[dubob]

Hey Bob, why are you done for the year?  thought the waterfowl season just ended, I figured you'd just be getting started for the year... Later Jeff

I will be undergoing a reverse shoulder replacement surgery on next Wednesday.  Predictions are anywhere from 3 to 12 month recovery times.  I fully expect to be able close to be about normal by sometime in May.  I'm very aggressive about therapy after surgery.  ?

[icerman]

Hey Bob, why are you done for the year?  thought the waterfowl season just ended, I figured you'd just be getting started for the year... Later Jeff

I will be undergoing a reverse shoulder replacement surgery on next Wednesday.  Predictions are anywhere from 3 to 12 month recovery times.  I fully expect to be able close to be about normal by sometime in May.  I'm very aggressive about therapy after surgery.  ?

Good luck with the surgery and rehab!  I work in Ogden area with some really good therapists that work with post surgical shoulders at Outpatient McKay!

[dubob]

Good luck with the surgery and rehab!  I work in Ogden area with some really good therapists that work with post surgical shoulders at Outpatient McKay!

Thanks.  I have been using the same therapist since 2010.  Wouldn't think of using anybody else unless he retires. 

[Cowboypirate]

Best of luck. I expect you will suprise us all and be back on the water way before your Doc says so. We'll I guess that would not really suprise us.

[BearLakeFishGuy]

You'll do great with with the reverse shoulder. Had mine done one year ago on January 30. By April I was pretty much back to normal and trying to rebuild muscle that I lost by minimizing use of my right arm for about 2 years. One year down and I can't tell anything was done. Less range of motion when reaching behind me, but that is a limitation of a reverse shoulder replacement that was as bad as mine was to begin with. I'd trade that any day for absolutely no more pain.

[dubob]

You'll do great with with the reverse shoulder.  Had mine done one year ago on January 30.  By April I was pretty much back to normal and trying to rebuild muscle that I lost by minimizing use of my right arm for about 2 years.  One year down and I can't tell anything was done.  Less range of motion when reaching behind me, but that is a limitation of a reverse shoulder replacement that was as bad as mine was to begin with.  I'd trade that any day for absolutely no more pain.

I expect to be back in full business by May.  I've been through rotator cuff repair on both shoulders and was shooting Skeet in 10 weeks after the right shoulder was done.  I'm ordering a new Lund later this month and plan to be using it in May.   I also expect to be shooting Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays in May.