Gogebic reports?

[perchking]

how did you do in Rhinelander? I fish a few lakes around here but have yet to find a go to lake.

[Lunker]

Good, lots of crappies on boom(first time i fished it). I moved up here this fall and have had a lot of fun trying out some different lakes. Have mostly been chasing panfish, perch, crappies, and a few whitefish around the area. Haven't really been targeting the toothy critters this year. Been doing pretty well overall. Drop me a line at [email protected] if you want to swap some stories.

I am planning on heading up to Gogebic in March, let us know how your trip goes!

[BehindtheHead]

how did the heat wave treat the UP? easier to get around on the lake?

[BehindtheHead]

hows it goin up there guys? dad, me, and 2 of our friends are heading up for the H-O-T on the 10th late in the afternoon so we will get up there later in the night. we will be pre-fishing on friday and i would like to talk the guys into trying some walleyes friday night.

so hows the perch bite been?

[perchking]

Starting to heat up Matt but only in certain areas. The people I have been talking to have been pretty tight lipped about where they have been. I will also be fishing on the 11th and the 12th, u guys staying at Gus's? If so I will stop in the morning and say hi...

[hawkeye43]

No we aren't. We are down the road a bit. I call you when we get there. We will be gus's in the morning.

[BehindtheHead]

perch king, wheels on the 4 wheeler ok or should we put the tracks on?

[perchking]

Actually vehicles are fine right now but to be safe, I will be taking my wheeler. Looking at the forecast tracks will not be needed but that could change.

[BehindtheHead]

cool i dont think we will be driving the truck out but we will bring the wheelers. not worth dropping a truck in.

[vook]

Not to be a dark cloud but I will give a little report:

The DNR creel census dude was out on the lake on Sunday and I had a change to talk w/him for a bit. That said, he told me that he interviewed 76 anglers on Saturday and of those 76, they reported a total of 2 perch caught... Ouch!

Also, there was a tournament on Saturday - 122 entrants, ZERO perch! Yep, I said zero!

It's been brutal, the worst year I've ever seen! Sunday I ended up w/3 in about 6 hours. I talked to a few guys who know the lake, are good perch fishermen, moved 6 plus times and they never marked a fish all day! Hopefully things change...

[perchking]

Vook,

I left you a Vm, you fishing on Friday? I am going to take my wheeler on both Fri and Sat and run and gun South of the East Shore boat landing. I am going to drill until I hopefully find something.

PK

[hawkeye43]

It sounds like the snow miss the UP. We are coming up tomarrow afternoon, Hit the ice early on friday. I have a good feeling about this weekend.

[perchking]

Ken,

I will be at Gus's bright and early Friday morning. See you then.

PK

[hugonian1]

Good luck up there guys.

I was hoping to make it this year but that has not panned out.

Fortunately the Mille Lacs perch bite has been fantastic.

Not the same experience though.

Can't wait to see the reports.

[Sifty]

Have a goodtime guys.

Best of luck at the hogg-a-thon

Sifty

[hawkeye43]

We had a great time, the bite was slow, didn't mark alot of fish,but the fish that bite were nice. Its been a tough bite all year, I think thats why the numbers of people were down. The weekend before there was a contest that not a perch was caught. I will take slow for a chance at a fattie.

One guy in our group got a 2#2oz for first place, second place was a 2#1oz, Third place was a 1#13.2oz. I got fourth with a 1#13oz, bumpped from third by .02 oz, Jim had a 1#12.5oz and behindthehead got a 1#12oz.

I saw maybe 10 fish in 2 long days of fishing. I had 2 fish on at the same time, got both, 1#12 and a 1#11. It was a tricky, but it happened. The big fish I caught looked at my jig for a good 10 minites before it took it. Some guys marked fish, but they wouldn't bite, others didn't even see fish. All I know if God doesn't take me from this earth, I am going back for sure. Its like perchking said there is a 3lber in there some where

[perchking]

I have to agree with Ken it was a tough bite but the fish as always were quality fish that were caught. I ended up with 4 on Sat with the biggest being 1.12 on Sat on my scale. At about 3:30 PM on Saturday there was a rumor that someone caught a 17+ incher that was pushing 3 lbs on a tipup fishing for eyes. As you know this is a very small town and I must have gotten 20 text messages on Sunday asking about if I heard any more on the beast, but so far I am just hearing story's about it but haven't seen anything as of yet to back it up.

I will keep you posted.

PK

[ehawkhawkeye]

What areas were most of the perch marked and caught. I'm heading up there in a few days and would be appreciate the info. In the past 25 to 27 ft. in the mud was the ticket but I heard that Bergland Bay was producing this year as well. Any info would really help. THANKS

[perchking]

You know it is hard to narrow it down I would try the North End to start off, Porky Pt is always a good area. Bingham is notorious for big fish, not numbers but if you get into them you have a good chance at a 2#'er. I always tell people Lake Gogebic is roughly 14,000 acres and typically the 100 people who fish it regularly fish in a 100 acre section.

[ehawkhawkeye]

Thanks for the info. What depths seem to be best?

[Sifty]

Nice work guys.

I've been talking about coming up for the contest for three years.

Next year I'm coming.

Sifty

[perchking]

Sifty,

I think you would have a good time, it is always a nice event to end the year.

PK

[perchking]

I would look around the 20-25 foot mark, though people were catching them in 10 feet way up north. I know some in our group were also catching them suspended in 28fow.

[hugonian1]

Nice reports guys.

Great pictures on Gus's site.

I am glad you caught some fish after reading Vooks report about the contest with none.

[hawkeye43]

THe fish we caught were 3' to 5'off the bottom in 28'. Trust your vexliar, any red lines could be a big perch.