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MFF US Midwest => Indiana => Topic started by: LundProv on Jun 29, 2020, 09:36 PM
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Knew I had the morning free and debated whether fishing the back yard, going to a lake outside LaPorte or hitting the big lake. I had seen something on facebook, just before I went to bed that the perch were around Portage. Got up at 4 and put the Lund on the Suburban and headed to Richie's for minnows. Called my 92 yo friend at 5:30 AM and told him I was headed to the launch and God bless him, he told me give him 20 minutes and he would meet me. So, we set out from Portage about 6 AM and headed north of the donut in 40' of water. Aimed the I Pilot for the donut at a slow pace and moved along to 20' of water. Picked up 7 average 9-10" perch on first pass using traditional crappie type rig with minnows on the bottom. Did the same pass again and got another 3. Headed east to state beach and got a few in 24' of water and knew I was running out of time. I had a date at noon with a 5, a 3 and a 1 year old to babysit and hang out. Today would be a great day for popsicles. Headed back toward Portage and saw a floatilla in front of Ogden Dunes, just west of the mouth of the ditch. Moved shallow and let the south wind push me out to about 30' before returning shallow to do it again. Ended up with two limits of nice 9-13" perch and was lucky enough to run into a guy stranded in his boat along the pier in the ditch on the way back to the launch. Towed him to Doynes and then headed home. Great day on the lake and even though it was really warm, watching the passion and enjoyment of my 92 yo friend made me grateful and hopeful that I will have a similar approach to life the rest of my days... Get out and enjoy the lake, your friends, your life and you just can't beat a popsicle with that gang of little people...
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Great report, thanks for sharing. Hope to make it up there this year.
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Thanks 4 the report, now I am excited.
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Yes very nice report .My farther has been passed away for some time now and I miss the perch times with him.Sounds like I need to take Thursday off and head up there.
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Cats out of the bag now.
2 of us have pulled 90 perch in 3 outings.
Yummy!.
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Will the light north winds effect the bite Thursday since it will be just the first day
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Will the light north winds effect the bite Thursday since it will be just the first day
It shouldnt, it may push them around a little bit. But they wont go far.
The weather (wind) is changing every day. So the fish are being a little funky, stick to it. Keep your bait moving you should get them. Now, if we could get 2-3 days of steady weather and the same dominant winds, its going to go bonkers out there.
Now talking winds. I hate, east and northeast winds for fishing. Any fresh water species in the midwest. Lol. Sounds crazy but i trully believe in "east is the least" i watched it shut them down today, again.
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Ha !
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Percheyes check your PM's
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Dandy perch there Spooled!
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Thanks roeboat , just over 15 inches and the scale on my boat said 2 lbs on the dot ! My new PB if the scale is correct it's only 8 ounces from state record
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Congrats on a PB 👍
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That's a dandy perch for sure! Keep on 'em! Too hot out there for me!
Teach
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Headed out from the ditch early tomorrow. Who else is going?
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Headed out from the ditch early tomorrow. Who else is going?
Planning on going as of right now. Just not sure portage or cal park.
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Thanks fellas , good luck AL I heard it really allowed down . Couples buddies out all day yesterday and did horrible
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Got a fantastic limit of perch today.Biggest just over 14witj the rest 13 to as short as 10😁😁😁
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Wtg percheyes !! Enjoy that meal
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Well done,wanted to give New Buffalo a try this morning but couldn't find anyone with a MI. license.
Been hearing lots of different reports the last couple of days,some guys spanking big fish and other guys not doing so well with both numbers and size.
Greg
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Yea I was popping the bigger perch while two boats just west of where I was were getting next to none and all small.The perch gods were good to me today.Now the weather is going to turn the bite sour.North to northwest winds and 1-3 footers all weekend BOOOOOO😡😡
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I will b going early. Hope to beat the waves.
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1 to 3 footers won't hurt them at all. 5 plus would push them deeper . Jsut hope we don't get a bunch of lightning that relay messes them up when the are shallow
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How far out do the perch go when they arent in shallow? Any of you guys ever chase them when they are our further?
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50 + fow. It's a pain to get the rigs down to the bottom and feel a bite unless they really pound it. And everyone you bring up that deep has there are bladder sticking out their mouth so you have to keep all of them or you're wasting fish me personally I don't mess with them beyond 30 foot of water
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50 + fow. It's a pain to get the rigs down to the bottom and feel a bite unless they really pound it. And everyone you bring up that deep has there are bladder sticking out their mouth so you have to keep all of them or you're wasting fish me personally I don't mess with them beyond 30 foot of water
SOP here on Erie.
Pretty much always deeper than 60' and sometimes as much as 80'.
(Except in the late Fall and/early spring)
Go to braid if you haven't already.
As for the bladders, not much you can do except keep all of them.
I don't agree with "fizzing" and won't do it.
The bladders are the main reason I don't C&R perch - a shame because my wife and I love fishing for them occasionally between the walleye outings.
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I did some perch fizzing experiments several years ago. caught fizzed and put in fish tank. couple died in first 24hr 2 more lasted 2 days and the rest lived. I fizzed them threw belly. now I see people are fizzing them threw the mouth. maybe the new way is better?
not a fizzing fan either.
Please explain this fizzing. I have never heard of this before.
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When one goes driving in the mountains or flies in a plane one's ears tend to "pop" with changes in altitude. This is the result of the
body's having to adjust to the even moderate changes in air pressure. By the same token when one dives deep into the water the body must
adjust to the massive pressure changes brought on by the increased depth. Scuba divers have to account for this when they resurface from
even moderate depths. They must rise part way to they surface then stop and let their body adjust to the decrease in pressure for a while, then rise a bit more and stop again to decompress. If they come up too fast, dissolved gasses in their blood stream come out of solution and form microbubbles in the vessels result in "the Bends" which can be lethal.
A Perch 30 feet down has its body adjusted to the pressure at that depth. When caught and brought to the surface quickly, the rapid change in
pressure causes dissolved gases in the fish to come out of solution and form large bubbles that cause the swim bladder to swell so greatly that
other organs get displaced. Pressure may cause the eyes to bulge, the stomach to push out the mouth and the intestines blow out of the anus.
Fish experienceing such "baroshock",,as Infisherman Magazine calles it, seldom survive. If released they helplessly float on the surface unable to
return to the depths they were taken from.
Fizzing is an attempt to relieve the massive gas build up in a fish by using a hollow tube, usually a hypodermic type needle to stick into the fish and its swimbladder to allow these built up gasses to escape - to depressurize if you will. In theory once the built up but now decompressed gas is release the fish should be able to return to the depths. What sounds good "in theory" however doesn't appear to work too well in practice.
fish on,
rivereddy
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Lot of UTubes for different fish
Some biologists like the practice and others don’t , the bass circuit does it and fizzing bass is different than let’s say walleye
Another way to decompress is to put fish in live well and a weight to anal fin and pectoral and wait
http:// https://www.bassmaster.com/slideshow/fizzing-fish-step-step-how
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A tad more... Some fish species tolerate baroshock better than others. Lake trout can "cough" and expel built up gas thus avoiding
organ blow out when brought up from truly deep water and, when released, head right back down. We have had yellow perch show
signs of shock when caught in only 20 feet of water...
fish on,
rivereddy
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That’s True Eddie they say 25’ and greater , it can happen in 20’
Lake trout have the ability to adjust their swim bladder , Your graph will pick up the belch many times or you will see them stop for a few seconds then continue to chase your bait or not 😉
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How long will it take to where the perch are back in big schools close to shore? Obviously, the north winds moved them deeper. What do you think? Will 3 days of south winds be enough? I know, just get out and try.
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Wish I would of put in for a vacation day tomorrow,looks like things are setting back up for the shallow perch bite.If any one ventured out tomorrow ,fill us in on the outcome
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Yes it will only take a couple days of steady weather and south wind to put them fish right back in the skinny water.
Got a report of a guy pounded the perch today. I havent talked to him myself, YET.