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"Hard" Water Season
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Good looking 10-spot!
It sure is,Normally, I wouldn't keep this but he swallowed the hook pretty good partly my fault,but thats how it goes sometimes.This was definitely a pounder,I thought he was a bass at first by the way he was fighting not the typical turn to the sid…
Yes these are Lake Michigan perch,I expect more catches similar to this one.
Great catch Rob! Those are really nice fish.
Did you get them out on Lake Michigan?
nice perch
Rob, is this a Geneva Bull?
Awesome bull, Rob! Nice job!
those are some real jumbo perch
One happy lady right there,I would be too holding a fish like that.
Man I wish we had those here they are beautiful.Everyone once in a while I catch some orange spotted sunnies at lake michigan but not very.
In the north you dont usually see them spawn in Aug,Hence the question of multiple spawn.If the summer in Ohio was anything like it was here in Wi last summer she may not have spawned at all and just had not fully reabsorbed the eggs yet.I know we h…
Thats right they're getting ready to spawn and in fact are spawning in many locations around Se Wi as I type this.
Nice buy Bill I own a lund myself and cant wait til I get to upgrade to a bigger better one.Much luck and many tight lines in your new boat.
Nice cant wait for the season to open here in Wi in another month and a half.I will be putting a bunch more in the pan this year too.
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- Largest bluegill ever caught?
- 10.5
- Favorite place to catch bluegill?
- Anywhere they swim.Geneva,Powers,Silver Delavan when I feel like going crazy.Would like to try some new water this year.
- Do you have a pond? If so, describe it.
- No but that would be nice.
Well I have been hitting Lake Michigan the last couple days for those sweet delicious BIG PERCH.I have pics but am not that good with the computer since my last job as I haven't used those skills for awhile.Hope to post them sometime this week.Gotta love 12" perch off stickbaits when everyone else does jigs for the smaller ones.Looking for that 16" or 17" this year that would be my first mount.That would be an awesome firt mount (probably a replica just to hopefully get those genes out there for one more year) I live so close to the lake, almost all ,summer fishing inland turns off for me.I could only wish to see an AAron Matos bluegill come my way in Wi.There was a 2lber out of Green Bay in 95.Hard record to beat there.Not really out for records just some fun catching the fish most everyone was introduced to.And a few Fries here and there.
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Waiting for the Ice
Cant wait for the ice to come.Got a flasher for fishing this year and am hoping for a couple of inches to walk on this weekend.This is an annual rite of passage for many of us up in the north (although I just took it up last year at 36) But not everyone that fishes up here thinks its that great ,I can honestly say, I didnt either, til, I pulled that first 8" gill up the hole.
When your on the outside looking in, I guess, it seems kind of dumb to sit in front of a bunch of different holes all da… Continue
When your on the outside looking in, I guess, it seems kind of dumb to sit in front of a bunch of different holes all da… Continue
Posted on December 7, 2009 at 6:28pm —
Keepers,Eaters,Fryers...How big do you go and why.
I was just reading a topic about this on another Report forum and it picqued my interest.Along with the propsed Big Gill alliance, Mr Rorer was talking about. Anyhow here in SE Wi, we have a limited number of options, to where you can catch some true giant gills, for our area here in the north. I can think of 2 that are about an hour, to an hour and a half from me.One, I won't go to due to money and just the insane craziness on the lake, the other I try to fish about once a week if I can.This la… Continue
Posted on July 22, 2009 at 7:33pm — 20 Comments
Still cracking on the procrastinated things about my page
Well, I added photos and a pic of myself, I am not the most, photogenic person.I am much, better looking, in person J/K. Anyway, I am not the bluegill fisher I was once, or maybe I never was, but I added some general pics, of a few of the fish, I have caught over the last couple of years.I don't usually bring a camera, as that means a black and white kitty in the boat for me.
Can't have that, but maybe, I'll purchase a scanner and get those in here, when I get extra change to do it.I saw a rath… Continue
Can't have that, but maybe, I'll purchase a scanner and get those in here, when I get extra change to do it.I saw a rath… Continue
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:40pm —
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- At 3:04pm on May 5, 2010,
Greg Wade said…
- Rob,
Thanks for the response. I'd like to tangle with some Kings and Brown Trout. Although it sounds like the Coho are great to eat and are starting to show up. I hear that these fish can be caught close to shore.
Thanks,
Greg
Bought a couple "Automatic Fisherman" to use while ice fishing the harbors, but never made it up there.
- At 12:57pm on May 1, 2010,
- Rob,
Do you ever take your boat out on Lake Michigan and fish for Trout or Salmon?
I check out Eric Hattaja's site (www.wibigfish.com) all the time and I'm amazed at the quality fish they catch. I want to come up and try it some time, using my boat. Sounds like certain times of the year the "near-shore" and harbor bite can be good. A lot of fish caught vertical jigging Gulp minnows and jerk shads. Or trollin planer boards using crankbaits and spoons / flies.
I've got a 17' Lund, so I don't want to venture out too far, unless it's relatively calm.
Just curious to see how much of this type fishing you do?
- At 10:10am on October 18, 2009,
Dale Fortin said… - when your on turn up your chat volume. this is what you do, go to the top of the page, click chat on the right (its on the menue bar) then when you get there put up the volume which is next to the smilie face, and the computer volume because the beep is very soft. this is because if someone trys to talk to you the chat volume is on mute. if you want to talk to someon just copy and paste this message.
- At 3:18pm on September 10, 2009,
Dan "dano" Moreno said… - mid july just out of the launch
- At 3:16pm on September 9, 2009,
Dan "dano" Moreno said…
- nice photo Rob, we must fish the same lakes eh? good luck to ya, I'm heading to geneva sat for a first time fishing. Hope I can bring some home that size
- At 6:24am on September 1, 2009,
Michael S said… - The most common bait that is used in Lake Erie is shiner minnows---fished from a spreader or a crappie rig. I prefer a crappie rig myself.
- At 2:41pm on August 27, 2009,
Michael S said…
- I don't believe perch get that big (15") out here....at least not that often.
One has to get 4 of these for a "master angler" award:
Qualifying Lengths to Receive
a Fish Ohio Pin
Brown Trout – 25 inches
Carp – 26 inches
Channel Catfish – 26 inches
Crappie – 13 inches
Flathead Catfish – 35 inches
Freshwater Drum – 22 inches
Hybrid Striped Bass – 21 inches
Largemouth Bass – 21 inches
Muskie – 36 inches Northern Pike – 32 inches
Rainbow Trout – 28 inches
Rock Bass – 10 inches
Saugeye – 21 inches
Smallmouth Bass – 20 inches
Sunfish – 9 inches
Walleye – 28 inches
White Bass – 16 inches
Yellow Perch – 13 inches
- At 1:52pm on August 27, 2009,
Patrick "Bullworm" Olson said… - I am a jumbo perch hunter myself! I target them hard in the winter though. The pike fishing you got sounds amazing! Someday I will have a 10wt flyrod to go after them!
- At 9:41am on August 27, 2009,
Patrick "Bullworm" Olson said…
- Thanks for the comments Rob! I was very fortunate to get the oppurtunity. It was awesome! Have you been out lately?
- At 3:39pm on August 25, 2009,
Bill "Musky" Modica said…
- Rob, I acquired the name "Musky Mod" back in 1983 during my first year as a musky fisherman....known as the fish of a thousand casts, I successfully landed 19 fish over 40" during my first season....I rarely fish for them now, but the name lives on....This imprint was created in the early 80's and can be seen at the end of Johnson Motors pier at the Waukegan lakefront.
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Ditto, but they shut up after going with or eating the results.
Aw shucks there I go making a fool out of myself on line again. Sorry about the whole rooked thing, I saw that was on a different post of one of your pics Zach. I'm a little paranoid about Google, so thats where that came from. I've gotta work on my…
thats a big ole chinqupin
My stomach usually doesn't give the scales enough time to join in on the action though.
They are a very different fish I'll say that. The best I have figured so far is that they like the bottom and live bait, not to say that they wont strike an artificial, it takes some real skill though from what I can gather and I really admire those…
I was kind of worried about that, but I have seen some variations of Hybrids look this way, or at least that is what was posted on the internet.
We always called these black pearch.
To be honest I do not think the Green Sunfish have the yellow bel…
I am still trying to figure out how to fish for Redear. I have not had much luck with them. The seem to be pretty smart.
Do you have tricks you would like to share on catching these guys?
Did you happen to get the weight of any of these fish?
They fight just like a big bluegill. I am told you can eat them but haven't tried yet. The ones we caught today went to a friend who has a pet shop. I wouldn't mind trying them though. They are local to south Texas and I would imagine that they eat…
Oops sorry Zach I forgot about need a trout stamp on your license.
Bank access has improved since they began stocking trout back in the late 90's. As of now State regs require a trout license to fish it during the season ($10). If you plan to launch a boat you will need a permit. Not sure about other options as far…
About the only time you can fish Pawhuska from the bank is when they drop the lake for trout season. There is no cost to fish it.
I know, I will have to try it out this fall when the temps drop a bit. Can you fish it from the bank at all, and is there a cost to fish it?
Oh brother, Zach living in Northeast Oklahoma and having not fished this lake before......Let me tell you.
A spring fed 90 Acres of Heaven.
The wildlife department comes in and stocks trout every other week from November until the end of March (bl…
Cedric you are truly gifted to be capable of putting things like this into the words they way that you do. I've been reading your posts, you have just gained a huge fan. Cant wait to hear more from you!
I have yet to fish lake Pawhuska, is it a nice lake? Did they stock everything in it?
So how do they fight and can you eat them?
almost has a knot head
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