Pineview

[con_mackie]

Headed to pineview next Saturday feb. 5th to catch some perch (I hope) I just was wondering the ice thickness and any perch action? Any info greatly appreciated. Thanks
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[Utcatman]

Perch fishing has been excellent off of Browning and cemetery.. fish tight to the bottom ( 1-10 inches is all) 25-40 ft deep ice flies and perch eyes. Ice is probably 7-8 inches give or take. Great numbers on fish 5-8 inches very few larger than That.
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[con_mackie]

Thanks for the info I don't care really about the size of the fish as long as I'm not at work[]. Anybody else have any info i would love to hear it, i'm takin a buddy up there that has never caught any perch so hoping to hook into a bunch. Thanks
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[perchski]

Some good advice is to stay away from the "towns" they set up out there every weekend. Every time I go it absolutely amazes me how many people will fish right on top of eachother. You can catch more by yourself than the hoards of people that all fish with 10 yards of eachother. Not sure about you but I don't like someone I don't know fishing out of my back pocket. Good luck!
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[con_mackie]

Everybody says go to the cemetery point is that to close to a town I don't know much about that side of the reservoir I have only been on the south side fishing once a couple years back so I'm kind of fuzzy about the lake. Where would fish for perch? Any help appreciated[] Thanks
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[Springbuck]

By "towns" he means the people fishing in huge clusters with and without tents...

Basically perch are all over in the lake. Last year, just to learn something I fished in several holes off Cemetery point from in like, 9', 14', 18', 25', and 40' and caught perch in all of them. In 25' and deeper, I caught more and bigger.

If you go to Cemetery Point, walk clear to the end going west and keep heading out until you find at least 25' of water. Keep drilling holes from there, heading west and maybe slightly north in a zig-zag pattern until a hole starts coughing up fish.
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[perchski]

Yes Cemetary point is close to a town, but the next guy that posted after you hit the nail on the head about what I meant by "towns", just don't fish on top of everyone else is all I'm saying. It''s rude in my opinion for 1 and you will catch more fish for 2. Also, you should have plenty of fish if you do go to Cemetary point or anywhere on the lake for that matter. Cemetary is easy to get to and has parking. Good luck out there[cool]
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[con_mackie]

Thanks for clearing up the town thing for me I was a little . People have been talking about fishing at browning where is that and would anybody fish there for perch instead of cemetery point like I was planning on doing?


I agree with you guys I hate it when you get there early in the morning to get the good spot and some knucklehead comes and drills a hole feet from you, hey why don't you come over and drop your line in my hole and sit on my lap so you don't have to drill a hole heck ya want my lunch to.
Ha ha ha knuckleheads [crazy]
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[perchski]

There are fish all over that lake I really don't think it matters that much between the two, they are so close together anyway. Believe it or not I have actually had a guy drop his line down "my hole" while I was re-rigging a line. I have a fishing hotspot I lovingly refer to as my personal space. I wish the secret wouldn't have got out and there wasn't so many people going there.
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[Ono]

Went fishing all day at Pineview 1/28/11 and tried a bunch of different spots. Browning point is where the construction is going on, I believe where the crane and heavy equipment is located next to shore, across from Port Ramp. Caught a mess of perch just of Port ramp, at the West tip of Cemetary Point, down the throat of the Narrows and later East toward the inlet. All Perch was close to the bottom and also caught some crappie. At cemetary point saw lots of fish moving in and around the bait but no hits, 40' depth. Had good success in morning with a white ratso finky glow jig. Later in day when it seemed to slow, went to a green color. Started catching more fish. We had a nice strike in a tiger thast came close to the hole before cutting the 4# line, he had a perch on that hook. The weather was the nicest I seen at Pineview. It was Foggy in the morning but cleared and warmed thru the day. Came home with a limit of perch to clean.
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[Wasatch801]

We fished Browning Pt. on Friday right out in front of the drill rig. 40-45 ft. seemed to be the hot depth. We managed quite a few crappies and even a few slabbos. Very few perch showed up. I think the stained water might have something to do with it. Tip your lures with waxies and try reeling up about 2-3 cranks from the bottom.
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[CoyoteSpinner]

If you haven't seen it - here's a labelled map of Pineview. Hopeing to steal away this week, or at least by next weekend and give it a try there. Got my boy on board.

Now if his MOM is gonna think nicking away from a day of school is a good idea . . .

Good reports folks. Sounds like both the Perch and Crappie are putting up some show there.

[con_mackie]

Does anybody have a favorite perch rig that you could take a picture of and post. Just trying to find the best rig to catch the most fish I can. Thanks
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[Springbuck]

Go read the thread called "Fry-day at DC". It contains pics of one of the most popular and effective types of set up.

Take a small glow-in-the-dark spoon, remove the hook and attach a couple of small black swivels in tandem til you have a tiny chain about 3" long. Then add a small glow jig to that, or even just a hook. Bait the jig or hook with spikes, small worms, or wax worms.

Drop to the bottom in pretty deep water. and then lift up til you just barely hang the spoon off the bottom. This puts your bait touching the bottom, or a max of 6" up off. Look for tiny bites. You seriously should have a spring-bobber,or slip bobber.

But you will catch some fish on anything tipped with bait down near the bottom. Glow stuff helps and heavier lures get to the bottom faster. Perch have pretty big mouths, and tho most of my perch lures are small, they don't have to be, really..
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[con_mackie]

I use a setup similar to that one but I have never tried it with the wire between the two hooks might have to try it this weekend to see how it works out. Is there any other advantages to the wire besides that it tangles less and gets it down to the bottom faster? I really don't have problems with my line tangling and my rig already goes down at a pretty descent speed. Is it worth the hassle to change them? Thanks
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I started playing with the wire as a substitute for the chain on the Hali jigs. Besides reducing tangles it is "ready rigged" at a precise length when I tie on a new one. That is both good and bad. There are times when you do better with a longer "leader"...and times when using a clear mono or fluoro leader might get more bites.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No need to change your rigs. But, you might consider making up some wires with split rings, fast snaps or crosslock swivels on the end so that you can quickly attach them to a Kastmaster or other weight or flasher. I have been experimenting with making them with the little fast snaps like fly fishermen use. Handy.[/#0000ff]
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[con_mackie]

That makes sense thanks tube dude.
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