turtle Posted March 10, 2013 Report Posted March 10, 2013 Fished out of one of Tim Hales perch huts with 3 friends yesterday. We got to his office at 7:15 am and caught our first perch at 7:45 am. Service was good as ususal. Pretty much non-stop action all day but we only kept 5 fish out of 100 ++ caught. 2 were 11-12 inches. 2 herring caught. Marked fish all day on the flasher. There was 20 + inches of ice where I cut holes outside. This was my 4th trip this winter in the Beaveron-Pefferlaw area from early January to yesterday -3 with operators and 1 walking out. Result was the same each trip, lot's of small perch and very few keepers. I prefer this area because traditionally less numbers but bigger fish compared to Cooks Bay. I know there is a seasonal movement of perch moving to spawning grounds nearer spring and that perch group up in the same year class and size. Any one else seeing a drop in the perch size in this area- on average over a few trips?
Fisherman Posted March 10, 2013 Report Posted March 10, 2013 Someone I know said the same, he got 3 keepers yesterday and lots of dinks.
Sinker Posted March 11, 2013 Report Posted March 11, 2013 We had a good day out there on wed last week, but saturday was much slower. Too much going on out there on the weekends, I think it screws up the fish. I'm gonna giver a try again mid week and see if my theory is right. The bigs ones are there, they just won't bite. S.
Mike Pike Posted March 11, 2013 Report Posted March 11, 2013 I booked with Floyd Hale the weekend before and noticed the same thing, Turtle. Average perch sized seemed smaller than in years past, with only a few jumbos in the mix. Still a far better average size than I usually find on Cook's Bay. And yup, a few nice herring were caught and released. Their numbers sure seem to be increasing nicely.
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