"Packin for Perch" Feb 13th & 14th 2010

[Shack]

Cool vid Josh! Have fun this year guys and leave the atv's @ home!!

thanks Vook

[Rick]

Nice to see you on here again vook. How's the perch fishing going for ya?

[perchking]

Vook is actually looking for the elusive 2lber as we speak. The fishing has been pretty tough this year, I have only been out a handful of times and did "decent" overall. The fishing will start heating up in a few weeks right up until ice out. I am sure vook will post a report once he gets off the ice later tonight.

[vook]

Vook is actually looking for the elusive 2lber as we speak. The fishing has been pretty tough this year, I have only been out a handful of times and did "decent" overall. The fishing will start heating up in a few weeks right up until ice out. I am sure vook will post a report once he gets off the ice later tonight.

Ok Greg, I will post my report Well, it was by far not the best or worst day I have ever had... I totaled 7 perch and a couple walleye bonusues in about 4 hours. All the perch were in that 1 1/2 lb area which was nice. I didn't mark alot of fish but the ones I did were very aggressive. I think I saw a few vapor trails on my vexy! Ice conditions were ummm... well I took my wheeler but nearly got stuck a few times. Very few guys out there which is always nice to see!! I'm sure that'll change in a month till ice-out.

Thanks Rick, just been busy I guess.

[Nate McVey]

Vook and Perchking, I'll be back home to fish Feb 3-4....you going to be around? If so, let's try and fish.

[perchking]

Can I get a count on who is coming for sure? I just want to make sure we have ample amount of bait at Maple Ridge...

Thanks,

PK

[Sifty]

Greg due to some family stuff I will be missing this year.

I'm hoping to catch up with you in early March.

Sifty

[perchking]

Sifty,

I completely understand, give me a little notice in March so I can make some time to hit the ice with you.

OK

[Sifty]

Will do. I hope to bring my son along. He would love to catch one of those monster perch.

Sifty

[Scott M]

Sleds were a maybe and I didn't really feel like scrambling so our group dropped as well. I just called Maple Ridge and talked with Nettie, it's a first come first serve booking that just opened. I canceled the nights of Friday Feb 12th and Saturday Feb 13th. If you haven't made this trip and can make it up, JUMP ON IT. I'm hoping to get up there in March but may have to wait another year.

[hawkeye43]

Thanks da_chise 31 for the heads up, we now have rooms from Tuesday to Sunday. Its going to be fun.

[perchking]

Ken, I take it you are coming up in a couple of weeks correct? Are you also going to make it for the Hog-A-Thon?

See you soon,

PK

[hawkeye43]

Yes feb 9- 14. We will see about the hog a thon. Our Pheasants Forever Banquet is the same day, as pres. of the chapter, I don't know yet.

[Jim Hudson]

Greg,

Shoot me an e-mail.. Have a few questions..

Thanks man

[hawkeye43]

Greg, were you thinking about a portable yet??? I could bring it along.

[Shack]

Ken,

Give me an e-mail at [email protected]

Thanks!

[perchking]

Ken,

I am going to stick with my Yukon for 1 more year. I just haven't been out enough this year to justify it, but thanks anyway. I will be at Gus's early on Sat having coffee with him.

See you in a week. If you need anything give me a call 715-862-2324.

PK

[Sifty]

Looks like this weekend should be good for travel just a little cold.

Best of luck to all heading to the Jumbo Perch Factory.

Sifty

[perchking]

I know a few guys are already here, I will try to get an update to see how they are doing in the next couple of days.

I am excited to have a FULL weekend of perchin in my cross-hairs...

NO WIFE, NO KIDS, NO WORK, just me and a bucket of wigglers:)

PK

[Sifty]

Hows the bite so far?

Sifty

[MikeH55343]

Really hope you guys posts some pics just to rub it in for all of us who could not make this trip.

[hawkeye43]

We ended up with a few nice fish, a 1#14, 1#13 and 2-1#12 for our big fish of the trip. Perchking seems to be able to pull the big ones when needed, I will let him tell about that. We did leave early with the lake effect snow coming, I am glad we did as 30 mph winds and more than a foot of snow is not my idea of fun fishing.

If anyone thinks that you going to drive out there and catch 2#'s left and right, I can tell you now it won't happen. You may get lucky and get one, but not dozens of them. Its like any wall hanger, you need to put your time in to get it. But from what I have seen, I think the next record will come from this lake and others think the same way. I know I'm not done with this lake yet. I have said it before Perch are a passion, Jumbo perch are an obession.

Thanks again Greg, I wish I would have had more time to just talk with you about stuff, but when your fishing there seems to be little time for talk, maybe thats what soft water is for. We will see you soon my friend.

Ken

[perchking]

Well it was a tough bite to say the least, but we had a great time and the quality of the fish we caught was great as usual, but the numbers were not there. But where can you fish a world class lake and get quantity and quality, if you know where you can do this consistently let me know because I will book a trip ASAP. I think over the weekend, we only got about 10 perch or so between 4 guys so in that aspect it was a "slow" weekend but I would say the average perch was 13 inches and about 1-lb 10 oz., the biggest being 14.25 inches and weighing 2-lbs. Sorry no pics but I will make sure I buy a new camera for the rest of the year...

From now until ice out is when then the real hogs will start to show up...

[hawkeye43]

What was the total inches of snow fall???

[perchking]

Ken it was nice to see you again. On Sat, I marked 5 fish between 8-10am, I was a bit frustrated and yelled to Ken to see if he wanted to move. After about the 4th move and only marking a few fish here and there from Ken and his group, but myself I still have only marked the 5 from the morning. We went to a known "Big" fish area and at about 3:30, I finally marked a fish. It swam from Jig to Jig, then finally WHAM the fight was on, and then nothing... Needless to say I was not happy but I still saw him down there and they usually come in very small schools so I was trying to get that rat-finke back down there quick. I went to put in a new wiggler and something was wrong. I looked a little closer and my shank was broke off right by the end of the body of the rat-finke. What was it, still goes though my mind but I know it was heavy. Then about 20 minutes later I saw another fish and it didn't waste anytime, when I saw her at the bottom of my hole I knew she was nice then she took a dive, and was peeling off 2lb test line like it was going out of style. Finally when I got her to the ice, I knew she was close to the elusive 2lb mark but I have seen many like her in the past. When we got to Gus's shop to weigh her in, Gus said she will not make 2, she is more like 1lb 10oz. When I put her in the scale and it showed 2.0lbs needless to say I was pretty pumped. So yes my day was really slow, I only caught 3 fish all day and marked 8.

But to me it was all worth it.