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Post by gofish on Apr 15, 2011 21:34:03 GMT -4
Nice to see someone else posting a journal, hope more do it next year. Those are some nice perch .....have to check how far it is to Caspian.
gofish
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Post by dylan8351 on Apr 16, 2011 7:06:12 GMT -4
Nice to see someone else posting a journal, hope more do it next year. Those are some nice perch .....have to check how far it is to Caspian. Caspian is about 45 minutes from Barre or an hour and 45 minutes from Burlington. In the past few years I have never gotten skunked up there. If you are going to try through the ice, I'd suggest early season- Although the perch bite for perch gets better towards February. We don't get many perch but when we do they are slabs! In 2009, we got 4 over 16". |
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Post by dylan8351 on Dec 20, 2011 19:38:00 GMT -4
Date: December 20th, 2011 Time: 2pm to 4pm Weather Conditions: Sunny to dusk Ice thickness: 3" Water Body: Winooski Setback Water Clarity: Cloudy Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Soft bottom no weeds Target Species: perch and sunnies Methods used: jigging Effective Methods: Pound the bottom and twitch Lures / Bait used: Diamond Jigs, Maki, and Maggots Effective Lures / Baits: Above Effective Colors: jigs- gold and pink Maki- milky pink, black, and purple Effective Speed: slow to still Effective Depth: bottom 3 feet (only 5 feet deep) Species Caught: ___Largemouth__________ Qty:__12___ Sizes:__7-11"_______ Species Caught: ___Perch_________ Qty:_25___ Sizes:__7-9"______ Species Caught: _____Sunnies_______ Qty:__15__ Sizes:___5-8"____ Species Caught: ______Shiner_____ Qty:__1__ Sizes:__9"____ Notes / Pictures:  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Dec 21, 2011 16:06:51 GMT -4
Date: December 21st, 2011 Time:8am -2pm Weather Conditions: Rain/sleet/snow Ice thickness: 3.5" Water Body: Winooski Setback Water Clarity: Cloudy Water Temp: Bottom Structure: Soft bottom no weeds Target Species: Perch sunnies Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: Pound the bottom and twitch Lures / Bait used: Diamond Jig maki plastics Effective Lures / Baits: both Effective Colors: Jigs- gold, copper Plastics- Purple, pink Effective Speed: slow Effective Depth: bottom 3 feet (only 5 feet deep) Species Caught: ________Perch____ Qty:___50__ Sizes:___8-11"_____ Species Caught: _______Sunnies_______ Qty:_20__ Sizes:_____7"-8.5"____ Species Caught: _______Bullhead_____ Qty:_1____ Sizes:_____15"____ Notes / Pictures: Needed meat. Fish wouldnt touch it if there wasn't a maggot!  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 1, 2012 22:31:45 GMT -4
Date:1/1/12
Time:7am to 5pm
Weather Conditions: Overcast to sunny
Ice thickness: 4"
Water Body: Conn. River
Water Clarity: cloudy
Water Temp:
Bottom Structure: weeds
Target Species: Perch, gills, seeds, crappie
Methods used: jigging
Effective Methods:
Lures / Bait used: Caty jigs and Bentley tungsten
Effective Lures / Baits:
Effective Colors: orange/yellow/ green
Effective Speed: slow
Effective Depth:2-9'
Species Caught: _sunnies_____________ Qty:__5___ Sizes:_9-10"___________
Species Caught: gills___________ Qty:__6____ Sizes:_9-10"___________
Species Caught: ___Perch_______________ Qty:__13_____ Sizes:_9-13'___________
Species Caught: _________LMB______ Qty:___1___ Sizes:____12"_______
Species Caught: ________Crappie________ Qty:__4___ Sizes:____10-11"_____
Notes / Pictures:
Fish were constantly biting throughout day. Mostly sunnies/gills in the 5-7" range and big perch. Caught several hundred fish throughout the day. Lots of activity after dark. Mostly perch though. Crappie turned on around 2pm then off at 220 and back on around 4 till dark. When they were on bait was not needed! Most of the fish were in the 8-10" range. Only two shorts and dropped a bigun in the hole around 10.
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Post by gofish on Jan 2, 2012 9:38:02 GMT -4
Curious, what Caty jigs do you use? They make a lot of different shapes .
gofish
obtw: thanks again for the Vados bait order
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 2, 2012 19:01:22 GMT -4
I have all the styles but Ive been using the tear drops and rodents recently.
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 4, 2012 14:06:19 GMT -4
Date:12-31-11
Time:8am-2pm
Weather Conditions: Rain/freezing rain
Ice thickness: 5
Water Body: LC
Water Clarity: good
Water Temp:
Bottom Structure: weeds
Target Species: sunnies/gills/perch
Methods used: jigging
Effective Methods: Jigging
Lures / Bait used: caty jigs maki plastics
Effective Lures / Baits: both
Effective Colors: orange red yellow
Effective Speed: slow
Effective Depth: 9'
Species Caught: _sunnies/gills________ Qty:_24lbs______ Sizes:_6" to 9"___________
Notes / Pictures:
Bite was decent. Perch were mixed in places.
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 4, 2012 14:09:38 GMT -4
Date:1-2-11
Time:7am to 11am
Weather Conditions: Windy cloudy
Ice thickness: 6"
Water Body: Floating Bridge
Water Clarity: good
Water Temp:
Bottom Structure: soft
Target Species: perch
Methods used: jigging
Effective Methods:
Lures / Bait used: bentley tungsten and caty jigs
Effective Lures / Baits: both
Effective Colors:glow red and green
Effective Speed:fast
Effective Depth:12-19'
Species Caught: _perch_____________ Qty:_10______ Sizes:_8"to11"___________
Notes / Pictures:
Bad weather was starting as I was fishing. Bite was very slow.
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 4, 2012 14:14:24 GMT -4
Date:1-3-12
Time:1:00pm to 4:45pm
Weather Conditions: sunny windy
Ice thickness: 2-5"
Water Body: Connecticut River
Water Clarity: stained
Water Temp:
Bottom Structure: weeds/soft
Target Species: crappie/perch/gills/sunnies
Methods used: jigging
Effective Methods:
Lures / Bait used: Bentley tungsten maki
Effective Lures / Baits: both
Effective Colors: Orange pink red
Effective Speed: fast
Effective Depth: 5-12' down
Species Caught: _Perch_____________ Qty:_7______ Sizes:_9"to12"___________
Species Caught: crappie___________ Qty:_1______ Sizes:_10"___________
Species Caught: ___gills________________ Qty:__2_____ Sizes:_8-9.5"___________
Notes / Pictures:
Bite was very good. Water was down 3'. Lots of small crappie. only keeper came around 4:30pm. Good gills and sunnies from 3-dark.
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 7, 2012 21:16:31 GMT -4
Date:1-7-12 Time: 7am to 4:pm Weather Conditions: Calm cloudy Ice thickness: 6-8" Water Body: River Water Clarity: good Water Temp: Bottom Structure: thick weeds Target Species: sunnies gills perch crappie Methods used: jigging Effective Methods: Lures / Bait used: caty jigs Bentley maki Effective Lures / Baits: All Effective Colors: orange/yellow jig red plastic Effective Speed: fast Effective Depth:0-9' Species Caught: _sunnies_____________ Qty:_?______ Sizes:_7-9"___________ Species Caught: gills___________ Qty:___?___ Sizes:_8-10"___________ Species Caught: ___LMB________________ Qty:__1_____ Sizes:_15"___________ Species Caught: _______Perch_______ Qty:___?__ Sizes:_____8-12"____ Notes / Pictures: Good bite most of the day. They really shut off in the evening though. Crappies were slacking. Dropped one in the hole mid-day.  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 9, 2012 19:26:16 GMT -4
Date:1-9-12 Time:7:00am to 2:pm Weather Conditions: wind cloudy Ice thickness: 7" Water Body: LC Water Clarity: good Water Temp: Bottom Structure: weeds Target Species: sunnies crappie gills Methods used: jigging Effective Methods: Lures / Bait used: caty jigs maki maggots Effective Lures / Baits: both Effective Colors: orange/yellow/red Effective Speed: fast Effective Depth:0-5 Species Caught: _sunnies_____________ Qty:____?__ Sizes:_6to9"___________ Species Caught: crappie___________ Qty:_6______ Sizes:_9-11"___________ Species Caught: ___gills________________ Qty:__?_____ Sizes:_6-9"___________ Species Caught: ___perch____________ Qty:__?_____ Sizes:______7-9"______ Species Caught: ______bass________ Qty:____1___ Sizes:______9"______ Notes / Pictures: Fish came in spurts and on the bottom. Fairly consistent all day  |
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 10, 2012 22:13:00 GMT -4
Time:11am to 3:pm Weather Conditions: cloudy Ice thickness: 7" Water Body: the glory hole Water Clarity: good Water Temp: Bottom Structure: soft Target Species: crappie Methods used: jigging Effective Methods: Lures / Bait used: bentley tungsten Effective Lures / Baits: Effective Colors: yellow Effective Speed: fast then still Effective Depth:4-10' below ice in 20' of water Species Caught: _crappie____________ Qty:____25__(19.5 pounds) sizes: 10-13"___________ notes/pictures: Fish didn't care what they ate. Didn't use bait 90% of the time. Shiners and seeds mixed in.  [/quote] Sent from my DROID X2 using ProBoards |
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Post by dylan8351 on Jan 13, 2012 21:05:10 GMT -4
Time:10am to 3:pm Weather Conditions: cloudy/sunny rain/snow/sleet Ice thickness: 7" Water Body: the glory hole Water Clarity: good Water Temp: Bottom Structure: soft Target Species: crappie Methods used: jigging Effective Methods: Lures / Bait used: bentley tungsten maki Effective Lures / Baits: Effective Colors: yellow red Effective Speed: fast then still Effective Depth:4-15' below ice in 27' of water Species Caught: _crappie____________ Qty:____16__ sizes: 10-13"___________ notes/pictures: Fish were biting the best when the sun was out. Very lethargic today. Lots of shiners cruising high.  |
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Post by fishercat on Jan 15, 2012 18:47:38 GMT -4
What a hog  ! Great fish Dylan congrats ! Hope you're getting that one mounted ! ;D
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! Great fish Dylan congrats ! Hope you're getting that one mounted ! ;D