03-02-2011, 05:08 AM
First and foremost I want to thank Iwantabuggy for his amazing reports this winter. It gave me the desire to fish for these legendary perch, and my experience on Sun 2-27-11 is one I will never forget with my son. I made the 6-7 hour drive on Saturday and made contact with Iwantabuggy and he gave me some good insights. I will not mention the spot I fished, as I see the importance of PMs, however, i will say I actually enjoyed the long walk out I was in a snowglobe effect and it was quite peaceful. The perch fishing was no where near fast, but finally after four misses and one lost pole; yes these perch can steal poles, my son got a nice 13 inch perch, twenty minutes later I landed my frist 13er. I was pumped and was determined to spend the day. By the end we iced 16 perch with 10 being jumbos. Although it was a slow day it was so worth it. Yes even the $250 motel-gas tag made it worth it. At 4:30 we called it a day and drove up to Gold Fork Hot Springs ($8 Adult $6 11 and under) This place was the cherry on top and if you travel long distances like we did add this treat to your experience.
This trip really added to my fishing experiences for three days I just talked, fished, watched wildlife, and soaked with my kid. Nothing seemed to matter but that[
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Best,
OvidCreek
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This trip really added to my fishing experiences for three days I just talked, fished, watched wildlife, and soaked with my kid. Nothing seemed to matter but that[
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OvidCreek
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