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[cool]Lake X is looking VERY healthy and well, according to the latest DWR fall gillnet reports (and as evidenced by the great reports filed on BFT this year). Can't wait to icefish that badboy. Imagine having a ball icefishing for those rascally little perchies and then have a 14 lb brown like this one grab ahold of your jig...Enjoy...
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[cool][#0000ff]Got a little survey of my own planned for tomorrow morning. Flycasting and I are gonna hit Rock Cliff at cool thirty. Got some new perch lures to send down to the depths. Might even throw some new spinners too. Be nice to tussle with a chunky brownie like the one in the article. Even if it arranges the customary TubeDude release it would be fun.[/#0000ff]
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That's a great report. The spring report seemed a little discouraging, but this makes it sound like things are better than expected.
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[cool]Lucky you, TD. Hope the "research" session goes well for you guys, and you can find the big perch again. I'm thinking of granting myself a kitchenpass for a little float there this Saturday a.m... Looking forward to your research results tomorrow p.m...
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Looks very nice! I've got to get one big yard project out of the way, then I hope ice up comes quick!
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I am going to try for some decent browns today... Throwing a big perch countdown... We'll see what happens. [  ]
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Good info, O4T ! Thanks
The piece mentioned perch fishing on Jordanelle for this winter. Where do you go for good access onto the ice? I've never done anything more than take the boat out there.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
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The Rockcliff side is always the first to freeze, and at times is the only place that has safe ice. Just head down the road all the way to the end and then walk down the boat ramp.
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Gotcha. Thanks so much. I want to get the grandson out for perch this year.
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Maybe this is a silly question, but do gill net surveys always result in the fish being killed?
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[cool]Good question. I'm not a biologist, but I think it depends on how long the fish have been stuck in the net for. I believe they put out the nets the day before, then come back the next day to get them and collect their "study samples." I would think that most of them are dead, but the ones that have only been stuck for a few hours are probably still alive...
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[cool]Uinta,
As Kent said, the Rock Cliff side is the first part to freeze and the longest to stay safe (towards the Spring) as well, but by January you can also go right off the main boat ramp/personal watercraft ramp, etc. and from there, you can access a bigger portion of the lake when the word gets out on Rock Cliff and it becomes too crowded/pressured. However, Rock Cliff is awesome for the first month or so of ice on. After that, the fishing slows a bit, and the fish are really pressured and spooked.
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[reply]Maybe this is a silly question, but do gill net surveys always result in the fish being killed?[/reply]
No, usually though, biologists plan on killing all the fish in the nets. Sometimes, though, the fish have only been in the nets a short time and are released (the DWR released the huge brown last year). Also, sometimes in order to ensure that all the fish are not killed, the DWR will only set nets for a few hours before pulling them--like at Fish Lake when they are spawning the lake trout. At other times, the nets are set specifically in areas that will not target the trophy-sized fish--like at Fish Lake when nets are set in shallow water in hopes of avoiding the large lake trout.
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Thanks for the information, I have always been curious about that. What about the electric shock surveys in rivers? Do you know anything about those?
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Electroshock surveys--both in streams and in lakes--will usually not kill the fish. Of course there are cases where fish do die, but the norm is that the fish are weighed, measured, and released.
FWIW, electroshock surveys on lakes/reservoirs are restricted to shallow areas usually around shorelines and are ineffective for species of fish that tend to stay deep.
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