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MFF US Midwest => Indiana => Topic started by: PEARCHEYES on Sep 23, 2021, 05:02 PM
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It’s perch season on inland lakes in Indiana .Hope to find me some pigs tomorrow !
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Good luck. When I get past some health issues I may get my boat out and head that way too.
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Definitely about that time! Good luck!
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"perch season" is late ice and "ice-out" to me. all fish do feed up hard in fall though. i only fish wawasee a couple times over the years. i do remember something called johnsons bay or point or something. we hammered the perch after ice-out in the 80s back in there. too many big waves for my liking is what i remember most from that lake. lol hope to see some 12" toads posted in next 2 months. good luck to you!
i have been killing the gills still.(well before the rains i was) another member turned me onto night gilling and i have been at it all summer long. 30-60 pigs, 7-11", almost every night. bonus crappie too but none over 10"
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Well it was a pretty ruff day all around .Wind and waves equals no drifting and barely could anchor.I managed too keep 12 decent perch.Biggest was 12”.Still better than a day at work
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Nice fish
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Good job! I might get out if I get my other fall stuff done. Hex
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Friday is looking like yellow belly chasing.Wawasee here I come!
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Good luck, I thought everyone on this site quit fishing. I am planning on going somewhere in the next few days.
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Next week is my yearly fishing get away. There will be sore mouths.
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Go get 'em bigr! Have a safe trip and enjoy!
Teach
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Not much to report except it was a beautiful fall day.I fished all depths and flats and nothing but dinks .Only managed a meger snack of 7.Hopefully when the water cools some more they will turn on
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Same story as last time,got a late start fished all depths and flats slot of dinks.Managed 7 keepers no oinkers.Did hook up with some small northern s also.Still a great time on the water
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Perch are putting on a feed bag today.I kept 20 today.No piggies but good average eaters.Threw back at least that many.I had a nice poke slam one of my smaller perch on the retrieve .Great day on the water
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Good job! Minnows or worms? I’ve used both and did alright a few times last year. Hex
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Going Friday weather looks awesum for yellow bellies Overcast and light and variable winds,Hope the forecast holds
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Tore them up today kept 35.quite a few over 10 ,a couple pushing 12!woo hoo!!!
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good job percheyes.
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Anyone been out lately?
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Got back from a week in the Dominican Republic and what better way to end the week.Hit wawasee at 730 and fished till 1pm.I kept 20’nice perch most went 10 ,a few pushing the jumbo size 12.
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I’ll be looking for gold tomorrow.It will be just a little more windy tomorrow but if the bite is like it was Sunday it should be good.Winter is coming in for the weekend .Good luck to all who are still out on the soft water
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Wow what an awesum day .The big girls were biting today.I kept 32 today.Several at 12,quite a few at 11amd the rest 9-10.
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Great job. Good eats also
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That's awesome!
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Hit wawasee today from 730 till 3.Hit 12 real nice perch and then the winds came and they pretty much shut down.Still a great day on the water.Open water days are coming to an end real soon .Sunday may be perch day again.
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I need to build a crawfish trap and set it up on a flat and try to catch some of those small ones that they are gorging themselves on.The best bait for the bigger ones!.Most of the big perch stomachs were packed full
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1/8 oz jig with a 2.5” tube could work too. I have caught a good number of larger perch on tubes while bass fishing in the fall
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Planing a Tuesday perch run on wawasee next week.5-10 on wind and pt cloudy.First time I’ve been on soft water this late in year.The perch I’m sure are still putting on a feed bag.Come on gold!!!
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Ha! I remember fishing Saddle Lake in early December in lower Michigan in a blinding snow storm in my my little 12' Penn Yan wooden lapstrake boat with a canvas exterior. The wind was blowing up a gale but we caught largemouth nearly every cast!!!! My Johnson 3 horse decided not to run and had only one canoe paddle so my buddy and I used the one paddle and the landing net to get back to the landing! Ha! Young and dumb but what fun!! :laugh: :laugh:
Then as a comparison, I remember my Dad ice fishing on Thanksgiving weekend on a farm pond in Rensselaer, IN. in the early 60's. We had ice from then until March!!! :laugh:
Teach
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Going to give it a go on Friday.The weather pattern keeps changing.Had plans to go wenesday but the winds will be a tad brisk.Hope fridays forecast holds
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yea unfortunatly we are living threw one of the globes warming trends. maybe our kids or grandkids will enjoy ice like that when it goes the other way again.
I think we have about 10,000 years until the next ice age don't we? :laugh:
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there wont be any fish left in 10000 yr bro. we will be on another planet by then. think smaller waves on the graph.
Naah we'll be gone the fish and animals will be just fine. :rotflol:
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nice days this week percheyes you getting at them still?
I need to get two 10 inch gills from the big pond. Will be going out in a few minutes
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sounds like a terrible problem to have Cecil. lol pics pics get out that dock post mounted camera for selfies.
they are calling for a long stretch of rain you guys better hit it.
It actually gets boring after a while. ;D And I've still got 8 fish to finish in the shop with one guy hounding me. Like the guy in a Ray Bergman flyfishing book that was granted his wish of catching big trout after big trout on a flyrod for eternity in heaven. Turned into hell as it was too easy, there was no challenge, or variety.
What's frustrating is the customer wants two 10 inch bluegils. Do you know how many just under that I released? :laugh: And then the perch start bitting and all I can catch are yellow perch. Sure it's fun catching perch 12 to 13 inches one after another, but since they are more agressive in colder water the bluegills back off.
The 15 inch + perch I caught yesterday I've caught every year for several years in a row. Whether by hook or seine. I can tell by the chunk missing just behind her head that has healed up. Must have been a mink or heron hit.
Here's a pic from last year. Every year the damage gets smaller but the spines never grow back.
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I’ll be on the water at sunrise and fish till sunset.Hope they’re hungry Friday
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Well 45 F. isn't too bad and it won't be too windy. Hope ya hammer 'em!
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Didn’t hammer them ended up with 10 around 9” Wondering if the bigger schools are in the deeper water haunts.I should of at least drifted and toghtlined over 30 ft to see.I know one January I pulled 30 real nice ones out front of the sphinx condos oh well still great day on the water
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Going to be a nice late fall day.Hope the perch are around ,that’s my target for tomorrow.
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Go get 'em! Good luck!
Teach
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Pretty slow today,I managed five real nice perch and two keeper bass.Fished the flats both shallow and deep.Also tightnlined over 30 ft areas and no biters there either.Still a great day all in all.
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Great, you should try tomorrow as well, saying 65. GOOD LUCK.
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Very nice late fall day and the perch were too!
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Very nice late fall day and the perch were too!
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Looks like they are already building up those eggs!
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Way to go Pearcheyes. Glad you're still getting some. Hopefully we get some ice in 2-3 weeks.
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I like to ice fish ,but if the perch are still cooperating I’m good with the own water
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Spell check open😁
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Mighty fine Percheyes! Pretty fish!
Teach
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Christmas perch? If rain holds off shouldn't be a bad day out there.
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I’ll be on wawasee Sunday if the weather holds!COME ON GOLD!
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May the power of the force be with you.
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Good luck. Or should I say gold luck!!!
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Go get 'em!
Teach
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Any gold ?
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25 today ,several at 11 most 9-10 great late fall day!
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Good job on the late perch!!
Teach
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Looking good for Friday I’ll be out on the water unfroze of course!!!!
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Congrats!! Stay on em.
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Hit wawasee today ,pretty slow all around day.Caught four perch,2 nice bass and lost a 30 something northern.I did keep the bass for a good dinner tomorrow.The perch were throwbacks.ALL IN ALL STILL A GREAT DAY ON THE OPEN WATER!!!!I think ole man winter is going to be knocking on the door real soon