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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:23:17 GMT -4
Kept them for years but up till this 2011 never had one for hardwater. Here's some from this year.
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:24:07 GMT -4
Date: December 18th, 2010 Time: 9am – 3 pm Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm, cold Ice thickness: 2-6” Water Body: Woodbury, Greenwood Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Muddy/weedy Target Species: Perch Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: Raise/drop, constant twitch Lures / Bait used: Sweedish Pimple, Hali, Jigging Rap, spikes Effective Lures / Baits: Sweedish Pimple, Hali, spikes Effective Colors: Green, pink Effective Speed: fast Effective Depth: 15-25’ Species Caught: _ Perch______ Qty:_______ Sizes:__small__________ Species Caught: ____SM Bass____ Qty:___1___ Sizes:_____15”_______ Species Caught: _____Pickeral____ Qty:___1___ Sizes:_____19”_______ Species Caught: ______Seeds_____ Qty:_______ Sizes:____small_______ Notes / Pictures:  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:24:51 GMT -4
Date: December 19th, 2010 Time: 8am – 2pm Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm, cold Ice thickness: 6” Water Body: Curtis Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Weeds Target Species: Perch Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: Raise/drop, pounding the bottom Lures / Bait used: Hali’s, jigging raps, bibbits, spikes Effective Lures / Baits: Hali’s, Bibbits, spikes Effective Colors: Pink, glow green Effective Speed: fast Effective Depth: 5 (on structre- trees) – 25” Species Caught: ___Perch_____ Qty:___30____ Sizes:_____8-11”_______ Species Caught: ___Pickeral___ Qty:____5____ Sizes:_____10-18”______ Species Caught: ___Bullpout___Qty:___3_____ Sizes:_____9-12”___ Notes / Pictures: Lots of time between fish but very few werent keeper size!  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:25:12 GMT -4
Date: December 26th, 2010
Time: 7am – 3pm
Weather Conditions: Clear, cold (30’s)
Ice thickness: 6”
Water Body: Curtis
Water Clarity: Clear
Water Temp:
Bottom Structure: Weeds
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods: constant twitch, deadstick
Lures / Bait used: Hali, bibbits, spikes
Effective Lures / Baits: Hali, bibbits, spikes
Effective Colors: Pink, Glow green
Effective Speed: Slow-medium
Effective Depth: 20-25’
Species Caught: _____Perch_______ Qty:___11____ Sizes:____8-10”_____
Species Caught: _____Pickeral_____ Qty:___3_____ Sizes:____12-15”________
Species Caught: _____Bullpout_____ Qty:___5_____ Sizes:___8-13”____
Species Caught: _____LM Bass____ Qty:___2______ Sizes:____10-14”_______
Notes / Pictures:
Fishing was slow but the deadstick seemed to work better than jigging
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:25:30 GMT -4
Date: January 1st, 2011
Time: 7am – 4pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, warm (high 30’s)
Ice thickness: 11”
Water Body: Lake Groton
Water Clarity: Stained
Water Temp:
Bottom Structure: Rocky, muddy/weeds
Target Species: Perch, bass
Methods used: jigging, tip-ups
Effective Methods: jigging- rise/fall and pounding the bottom, tip-ups- live bait
Lures / Bait used: Halis, bibbits, fatheads, spikes
Effective Lures / Baits: All
Effective Colors: Green, blue
Effective Speed: Slow
Effective Depth: 5- 12”
Species Caught: ______Perch_____ Qty:___150___ Sizes:___Mostly dinks kept 5 over 12”________
Species Caught: _____Pickeral____ Qty:___20____ Sizes:___8-22”_________
Notes / Pictures:
Tip-ups were constant. Fished the channel and sandbar. Keeper perch were caught shallower. Pickeral were caught at all depths. Most were on the bigger size
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:26:03 GMT -4
Date: January 2nd, 2011 Time: 9am – 3pm Weather Conditions: Sunny, warm (30’s) Ice thickness: 8” Water Body: Staples Pond Water Clarity: Murky Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Muddy/weeds Target Species: Perch Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: constant twitch Lures / Bait used: Hali’s, bibbits, jigging raps, spikes Effective Lures / Baits: Hali’s, bibbits, and spikes Effective Colors: green, red Effective Speed: slow Effective Depth: 7’ or less Species Caught: _____Perch________ Qty:____30___ Sizes:____7-10”________ Notes / Pictures:  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:26:21 GMT -4
Date: January 8th, 2011 Time: 7am – 10am Weather Conditions: Cloudy, windy, cold (20’s) Ice thickness: 12” Water Body: Moore Dam Water Clarity: clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: muddy Target Species: Perch Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: slow rise/fall, constant twitch Lures / Bait used: hali’s, bibbits, spikes Effective Lures / Baits: all Effective Colors: Green, red, white Effective Speed: slow Effective Depth: 20-35” Species Caught: _________Perch__________ Qty:____25___ Sizes:_____9-13”_______ Notes / Pictures: Good bite from start to finish. Was throwing back 9”ers once the bigger perch were biting. Coyotes hung out on the ice for about 2 hours.   |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:27:20 GMT -4
Date: January 15th, 2011 Time: 12am- 10am Weather Conditions: Sunny, warm when the sun was up Ice thickness: 6-12” Water Body: Caspian Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Rocky Target Species: Perch, lakers Methods used: Tip-ups Effective Methods: Tip-ups Lures / Bait used: Smelt Effective Lures / Baits: Smelt Effective Colors: Effective Speed: Effective Depth: set right below ice in 4-30’ Species Caught: _____Lakers________ Qty:___13___ Sizes:_____18-24”_______ Notes / Pictures: First laker was caught at 2:30am. Lots of run and drops. 12 were released for another day. Bite ended abruptly!  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:27:39 GMT -4
Date: January 16th, 2011
Time: 7am- 11pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, cold, windy
Ice thickness: 14”
Water Body: Moore Dam
Water Clarity: Clear
Water Temp:
Bottom Structure: Muddy
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods: Jigging
Lures / Bait used: Hali’s, bibbits, jigging raps
Effective Lures / Baits: All
Effective Colors: Green, red, rainbow
Effective Speed: Deadstick, and slow
Effective Depth: 25-35’
Species Caught: _______Perch______ Qty:___25____ Sizes:____8-12”________
Notes / Pictures:
Rainbow jigging raps were the real ticket for the bigger perch. Deadsticked with spikes was magic. Coyotes were out again!
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:28:28 GMT -4
Date: January 23rd, 2011 Time: 3am- 10am Weather Conditions: Sunny, windy, cold Ice thickness: 10-14” Water Body: Caspian Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Rocky Target Species: Perch, lakers Methods used: tip-ups Effective Methods: Lures / Bait used: tip-ups Effective Lures / Baits: Smelt Effective Colors: Effective Speed: Effective Depth: right below the ice in 4- 30” Species Caught: ______Lakers_________ Qty:___11____ Sizes:____16-22”________ Species Caught: ______Perch__________ Qty:____1___ Sizes:____16.75” ________ Notes / Pictures: 9 lakers were released 2nd largest perch reported in Vermont. 11.25” girth. 2.08 pounds  13 years old by otoliths  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:29:00 GMT -4
Date: January 29th, 2011 Time: 6am- 9am Weather Conditions: Cloudy warm Ice thickness: 16” Water Body: Moore Dam Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Muddy Target Species: Perch Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: Jigging Lures / Bait used: Hali’s, bibbits, spikes Effective Lures / Baits: All Effective Colors: Red, white, Green Effective Speed: Slow Effective Depth: 10-30” Species Caught: ________Perch_____ Qty:___25____ Sizes:___8-12”_________ Notes / Pictures: Fish were thin out deep in the usual spot. Went shallower and iced 200 perch in just over an hour. Two limits were taken  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:29:22 GMT -4
Date: January 30th, 2011 Time: 4am- 10am Weather Conditions: Warm Sunny Ice thickness: 14” Water Body: Caspian Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Rocky Target Species: Perch, lakers Methods used: Tip-ups, jigging Effective Methods: both Lures / Bait used: Jigging raps, smelt Effective Lures / Baits: both Effective Colors: Gold flo red Effective Speed: fast Effective Depth: 4-30’ Species Caught: _______Lakers______ Qty:___6__ Sizes:______16-19______ Species Caught: _______Perch_______ Qty:___1___ Sizes:_____15” 1 pound 11 ounces______ Notes / Pictures: Lakers held tight to the bottom All fish were released!  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:29:59 GMT -4
Date: February 5th, 2011 Time: 7am- 11am Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm, warm Ice thickness: 15” Water Body: Caspian Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Rocky Target Species: Perch, lakers Methods used: Jigging, tip-ups Effective Methods: Both Lures / Bait used: jigging raps, smelt Effective Lures / Baits: both Effective Colors: Gold flo red Effective Speed: fast Effective Depth: Species Caught: _____Lakers_______ Qty:___3___ Sizes:_____18-20____ Species Caught: _____Perch________ Qty:___1____ Sizes:_____15.5”_______ Notes / Pictures: Couldn’t hook up with the Fish. Kept dropping the bait!  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:30:19 GMT -4
Date: February 12th, 2011 Time: 5am- 9am Weather Conditions: Cold windy Ice thickness: 15” Water Body: Waterbury reservoir Water Clarity: stained Water Temp: Bottom Structure: muddy Target Species: Smelt Methods used: jigging Effective Methods: jigging Lures / Bait used: bibbits spikes Effective Lures / Baits: both Effective Colors: white with glow green, orange, and yellow Effective Speed: not moving Effective Depth: ice to 18’ Species Caught: ________Smelt___________ Qty:___275___ Sizes:____________ Notes / Pictures: Started low and worked them to the surface… just had to find what depth they were hungry at… they stacked up top to bottom.  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 14, 2011 9:30:38 GMT -4
Date: February 13th, 2011 Time: 4am-11am Weather Conditions: Cool, sunny Ice thickness: 15” Water Body: Caspian Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Rocky Target Species: perch/lakers Methods used: jigging, tip-ups Effective Methods: tip-ups Lures / Bait used: smelt, jigging raps Effective Lures / Baits: smelt Effective Colors: Effective Speed: Effective Depth: right below ice in 4-30’ Species Caught: _______Lakers_______ Qty:___9____ Sizes:_____18-24_______ Species Caught: _______Perch________ Qty:___1____ Sizes:_____12”_______ Notes / Pictures: Tough day. Lost a lot of fish.  |
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