Yellow Goodness - Perch Report with Pics

[mike rousseau]

Good evening

 

I managed to get out fishing recently and I was lucky enough to find some nice perch to kick off open water season

 

It took us about 2 hours of searching before we caught a fish and located a school... the next 4 hours after that would turn out to be the best 4 hours of perch fishing I can ever remember experiencing

 

The average size we were catching was phenomenal and literally 4/5 fish were keepers... I'd say about half our catch was 11-12" range and the pig of the day was a whopping 14" fish

 

We finished up with 80 in the box between the 2 of us and both our families were pleased with a fresh feed for everyone

 

We were targeting shallow flats from 4-8 feet of water with slip floats and small plastics (that's right... NO BAIT lol)... the key was finding how shallow they had moved up the bank and then next was locating old weed growth

 

We were giggling like little kids we had so much fun

 

Thanks

 

Mike

 

 

 

 

[misfish]

Nice haul Mike. I like to fish them between seasons. Also adds to a nice feed of fresh fish.

[Acountdeleted]

Woah. Great haul!

[oldphart]

~~~Dang with I had been able to get out, Phishen from Shore, may be fun, but ratter be out in my Boat, next weekend

[Sinker]

Nice! I can honestly say that I love perch fishing! Always so much fun! And great eats! Nice work!

 

S.

[Garnet]

Been on Simcoe couple times. It's been good with the best to come yet.

[manitoubass2]

Jesus! Great haul and quality perch.

 

Also, is that Bass pro hat from 1984?

[Joeytier]

Great job.

[mike rousseau]

Thanks everyone

 

Gunna try again this weekend for a repeat before the bite ends

[porkpie]

Nice bag! I'll be out with my son on Friday if the winds let me get to where I want. Trouble with Great Lakes perch is the wind never wants to cooperate when I have time off!

[oldphart]

~~~Went up to Orillia for the Perch Derby, caught some to enter, phishen from shore, later went down to the Talbot Canal exit, big crowd on the lake side of the Swing bridge, lots of tangled lines and swearing, across the road on the other side of the bridge no one but me and 3 others, picked up 2 very nice perch. and a whole lot of pinheads swimming up stream

[PUMP KNOWS]

Wow, that's gonna be a feast