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Post by deadeer on Jul 20, 2024 12:23:12 GMT -5
We are back already. We only boated 2 perch, one a nice jumbo! We only seen a few other fish caught. Lots of marks on the fish finder, but apparently not very hungry.
The guy taking money at the launch said the prime has passed, so it's very intermittent from here on out.
We did get a CO boat check on the water, and passed just fine.
All in all, at least it was a safe trip, the weather was excellent, and we still got a day and half left to go somewhere. That's in the works right now.
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Post by omegahunter on Jul 20, 2024 18:29:45 GMT -5
I've had a head/chest cold or covid (supposedly going around my area right now) since last Saturday. Congestion better this morning, so headed for Glendale to see if the coughing and hacking would scare the fish away. Apparently not! Caught 32 starting at noon. First time I can remember going through an entire half-tube of crickets by myself. Good time! ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240720/dd76c9bba25f669f3f32909e7afd03d2.jpg) ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240720/4a5b4ca5996ee4407f757fc1513df04d.jpg)
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jul 20, 2024 19:33:22 GMT -5
Got another mess for the freezer today. Threw back quite a few small crappie and catfish. My daughter even caught a small largemouth which was a first for us together while trolling. I caught the biggest crappie today at 13.5”. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/2ytD6d7Z/IMG-6130.jpg)
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Post by esshup on Jul 20, 2024 23:23:24 GMT -5
We are back already. We only boated 2 perch, one a nice jumbo! We only seen a few other fish caught. Lots of marks on the fish finder, but apparently not very hungry. The guy taking money at the launch said the prime has passed, so it's very intermittent from here on out. We did get a CO boat check on the water, and passed just fine. All in all, at least it was a safe trip, the weather was excellent, and we still got a day and half left to go somewhere. That's in the works right now. I still think you need to go to Driskels Lake in Jones. I always did extremely well there and there was a no wake policy on the lake. So, no jet skiis or power boaters bothering you.
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Post by deadeer on Jul 21, 2024 6:19:18 GMT -5
We are back already. We only boated 2 perch, one a nice jumbo! We only seen a few other fish caught. Lots of marks on the fish finder, but apparently not very hungry. The guy taking money at the launch said the prime has passed, so it's very intermittent from here on out. We did get a CO boat check on the water, and passed just fine. All in all, at least it was a safe trip, the weather was excellent, and we still got a day and half left to go somewhere. That's in the works right now. I still think you need to go to Driskels Lake in Jones. I always did extremely well there and there was a no wake policy on the lake. So, no jet skiis or power boaters bothering you. It's on the list. Lol. Today we are going out of New Buffalo for another shot at perch. Still plenty to be had, just got to find the hungry ones. My buddies (3) fished MC yesterday, and they limited out on perch. They just kept moving to different schools and picked them off slowly until the finish line. It did take them all day. Way more patient and dedicated than us though. They have the spot-lock and live-scope goodies on their boat, so a "slight" advantage on us. 😇
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Post by esshup on Jul 21, 2024 7:39:07 GMT -5
I still think you need to go to Driskels Lake in Jones. I always did extremely well there and there was a no wake policy on the lake. So, no jet skiis or power boaters bothering you. It's on the list. Lol. Today we are going out of New Buffalo for another shot at perch. Still plenty to be had, just got to find the hungry ones. My buddies (3) fished MC yesterday, and they limited out on perch. They just kept moving to different schools and picked them off slowly until the finish line. It did take them all day. Way more patient and dedicated than us though. They have the spot-lock and live-scope goodies on their boat, so a "slight" advantage on us. 😇 Well there you go, there is your teacher for the live scope technology!!!!
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Post by deadeer on Jul 21, 2024 14:50:52 GMT -5
Much better today, but not anything to speak of. Kept about a dozen, threw back a few. One really big perch, 14". Was around a bunch of other boats, one fish here and one there. Lots of moving around, so getting scarce. Good time on the water still. Luke and I launched out of New Buffalo. No wife, since no MI license for her. At $74 non resident, she doesnt fish enough to get one. Been a long time for me at NB. Was $20 to launch, but very nice place, and unfortunately a super duper tourist spot. It was packed beyond belief with boats, jet skis, and yachts! A lot of A-Holes on the water!!!!
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Post by schall53 on Jul 21, 2024 15:10:43 GMT -5
Much better today, but not anything to speak of. Kept about a dozen, threw back a few. One really big perch, 14". Was around a bunch of other boats, one fish here and one there. Lots of moving around, so getting scarce. Good time on the water still. Luke and I launched out of New Buffalo. No wife, since no MI license for her. At $74 non resident, she doesnt fish enough to get one. Been a long time for me at NB. Was $20 to launch, but very nice place, and unfortunately a super duper tourist spot. It was packed beyond belief with boats, jet skins, and yachts! A lot of A-Holes on the water!!!! A one day non resident license is only $10.
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Post by deadeer on Jul 25, 2024 18:19:43 GMT -5
Much better today, but not anything to speak of. Kept about a dozen, threw back a few. One really big perch, 14". Was around a bunch of other boats, one fish here and one there. Lots of moving around, so getting scarce. Good time on the water still. Luke and I launched out of New Buffalo. No wife, since no MI license for her. At $74 non resident, she doesnt fish enough to get one. Been a long time for me at NB. Was $20 to launch, but very nice place, and unfortunately a super duper tourist spot. It was packed beyond belief with boats, jet skins, and yachts! A lot of A-Holes on the water!!!! A one day non resident license is only $10. Right, we did that a time or two before. The fishing report wasnt great, so she wasnt wanting to go anyway and had other plans made. Saturday is looking like another stellar weather event. Got a hot tip for perch again on Lake Michigan, so she is going this time.
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Post by omegahunter on Jul 26, 2024 18:12:03 GMT -5
29 more today. Crickets were the hot ticket to begin with and then had to switch over to red worms to keep getting bit. At least it wasn't hot on the water today. ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240726/ee0126f10132442a67cc4c0f33ae0342.jpg)
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Post by omegahunter on Jul 27, 2024 14:49:28 GMT -5
Went with a buddy today to one of his spots on Glendale. 16 bluegills. Caught a few redears that were a little smaller, so we threw those back. Crickets in about 6-7 foot of water. ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240727/350607a84a344af58f631a1a1994a144.jpg)
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Post by esshup on Jul 27, 2024 20:14:15 GMT -5
Beautiful day out there today.
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Post by deadeer on Jul 28, 2024 14:32:44 GMT -5
Perch fishing Saturday on Lake Michigan was bad. Tons of boats, sitting on schools of perch, but very few bites for anybody. We made up for it Sunday on the St Joe River. A nice mixed bag to save the day. Leftover minnows and shrimp were on the menu. We caught gobs of rock bass as well. Channel cat. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/BQk5DJcf/20240728-114857.jpg) Smallmouth. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/3rbfS5Cn/20240728-152733.jpg) Largemouth. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/Jz9GPnGM/20240728-152720.jpg)
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Post by esshup on Jul 28, 2024 18:49:20 GMT -5
I'm glad that the river worked out. Too bad about Lake Michigan.
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Post by deadeer on Jul 28, 2024 19:52:44 GMT -5
I'm glad that the river worked out. Too bad about Lake Michigan. Several guys with Livescope right around us over schools of perch. They said we were all sitting right on top of them, andvit was sickening. Lol. Fish just weren't hungry apparently. Minnows, shrimp, worms, jigs, blade baits, etc. Oh well, we had our fun. Done with them for the year. Couple more trips on the water, plus a couple when salmon start staging, then off to the woods.
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Post by esshup on Jul 29, 2024 0:21:52 GMT -5
Squirrels in about 2 weeks!
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 3, 2024 18:39:58 GMT -5
30 big ones today! Too lively to try to lay out and display. Crickets again. ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240803/57de165c939b0ec6f94629e793aa7c42.jpg)
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 9, 2024 17:48:27 GMT -5
Great day at Glendale today. Really got into them! 3 redear, 1 yellow perch, and 64 bluegills! ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240809/a0bf7b8026f598ca931bb0049f335811.jpg)
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Post by deadeer on Aug 9, 2024 19:46:18 GMT -5
Great day at Glendale today. Really got into them! 3 redear, 1 yellow perch, and 64 bluegills! ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240809/a0bf7b8026f598ca931bb0049f335811.jpg) Wow, good deal. I'm just glad your cleaning all them and not me. Whew. Lol
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 9, 2024 19:50:04 GMT -5
Great day at Glendale today. Really got into them! 3 redear, 1 yellow perch, and 64 bluegills! ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240809/a0bf7b8026f598ca931bb0049f335811.jpg) Wow, good deal. I'm just glad your cleaning all them and not me. Whew. Lol I'm still getting the hang of my Rapala electric. Took me an hour and 20 minutes from two buckets of fish to a gallon ziploc packed full of fillets.
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