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Perch bite


DrJuice1980

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Been up the last 2 weekends and have had some fun catching 13-16"ers and a fat 24" but have been unable to locate the perch. Went out of Lybecks, played around a lot in the SE, went out of hunters to 3 mile, that's where most of the eyes were, tried rock, mud, rock/mud, 20'-35'. No luck, just a lone 6-7" fish here and there was all. Next weekend looks perfect for punching a lot of holes, where should I be looking? 

 

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There are a few jumbo's starting to show up around the mud, and in deep transition's where rocks and/or sand, meets soft bottom. Speculation is that there simply are not any big numbers to be had. You seem to have the right formula, drill, move, drill move. My personal experience thus far has been the inability to see even any numbers of small perch, the overall population appears to be down. 

Good luck !!   

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Please post your results in the event you get into them Juice.  I will be out there as well, starting tomorrow.

 

Good luck !!

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Walleyes don't eat any perch? or do they get a pass cause you prefer to walleye fish?

Blaming Muskies is short sighted and not what any data supports.

 

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can anyone chime in if resorts are lettings cars out?  Final fishing trip of the season.....don't even think i'll bring a shack just packing the poles, auger in my car and a bucket.  Thanks in advance!

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I think you'd be OK if you went out of Hunter's Point. There was still 1-ton diesel rigs out there last weekend so I'd believe they'll let you out in a car. 

Fishing wise we had awesome success with tullibees also caught 3 perch 11"-12". Heading out hopefully another time or two this season to target perch. 

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My son and I are heading up saturday morning, trying to decide, where to go out of right now, all I have heard is deep edges of the mud has been producing, anyone heard of anywhere they have come in on the eastside yet?

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I caught a few jumbos on boot flat. I also heard of some hawgs coming from the graveyard during the Perch Extravaganza. Also according to Lyback's they have jumbos in the rocks 13'-19' right now but lots of weeding out is necessary. 

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The deeper transition areas from rock to sand, from Hunter's Point to Portside, then west to the islands and north to 3-mile will always be my wheelhouse for SUMO perch. Haven't fished the area in a couple years, but it always seems to produce nice perch. 

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Today I was driving south on 169 and passed twin pines (south of garrison)and saw a bridge with a plowtruck out at the lake side of the heave.Looked like he was checking the ice.Stayed at red door last night but we didn't check the ice.I would walk out or atv now because it may REALLY be different when you come back across!!!!!c63

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