11-28-2005, 02:00 PM
I went after school on Wed to flyfish the pond and to my surprise it was covered with ice. So I went back the next morning before Turkey dinner and fished for a couple of hours. I caught 25 perch and 4 trout. The next day I brought my family back over and I fished all day. Fight4Not also joined me part way through the day and BSflies came and fished the other side of the lake. We left at about 4:00 and had 83 perch. We released the 12 trout that we caught throughout the day.
Fight4Not figured out an interesting way of catching the perch. He would get them really agrivated with a paddle bug, but the paddle bug was too big for most of them and then when the fish were attacking the paddle bug we switched to a smaller ice fly and the fish would hit hard.
The ice was 2" thick, and we were fishing mostly with small ice flies or lead heads.
Last night for dinner we had a great meal of perch tacos. I can't wait for island park to freeze now.
Thanks for the holiday fishing reports.
Windriver
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Fight4Not figured out an interesting way of catching the perch. He would get them really agrivated with a paddle bug, but the paddle bug was too big for most of them and then when the fish were attacking the paddle bug we switched to a smaller ice fly and the fish would hit hard.
The ice was 2" thick, and we were fishing mostly with small ice flies or lead heads.
Last night for dinner we had a great meal of perch tacos. I can't wait for island park to freeze now.
Thanks for the holiday fishing reports.
Windriver
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