BLACKTAIL Perch

[TEXAN64]

[fishin]hi, just reporting on blacktail fishing trips. the news is good if you like perch,i love to fish panfish. yesterday i took my dad and two youngest boys . fished on the docks around the swimming area. we caught 36 in four hours plus small smallmouths. i went this morning and caught 40 by myself in four hours, i fished till noon. i fish last week with the same results. hope this helps if your looking for perch[cool]
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[FISHAMANIAC801]

Nice post and even nicer stringer [][] Perch rank right up there with walleye for me 1 of my faves to eat for sure.. Wheres this Blacktail located at ?? Id like to take my wife and kids up and turn them loose on some perchys ??? Also what was the biggest perch youve whacked in length since fishing at Blacktail ??? Thanks
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[Bardic]

Blacktail is the southern end of Ririe Resivoir. It's directly east of Idaho Falls. I quite like it there, we had a few small bass, trout and perch when we fished on the dock beside the boat ramp casting towards the rocks.

Next time we are taking the boat, we have a shad rapala and several sizes of perch to try fishing for some bigger bass.
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[curt69]

Texan64 told me he puts back everything under 9" and the longest ones he has caught are 12" . Curt G.
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[prontotp]

those are some nice sized perch. i bet the kids had a great time. I'm supposed to go to Ririe this weekend with some friends to wakeboard. maybe I'll throw in a couple of poles and sit on one of the docks with the kids. they would like that more anyway i think. thanks for the post and the pictures.

[windriver]

Boy those are some great perch. I wish that end of the res. was open for ice fishing. There are a few pockets of perch on the Juniper side, but just not as many.

Windriver
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[iwantabuggy]

Why is it not open for ice fishing? I don't understand. Is the season closed on that end of the res?
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[chrome_junky]

because fish and game keeps it closed to protect wintering big game from snow machines and general human traffic.
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