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  1. Nice report. Your technique of slack line fishing is right on. Early spring perch react like this everywhere I fish for them. Expect them to get more aggressive after the spawn and then begin to actively feed..
  2. I remember a story that Gambler told me about tying a ballon to a perch in a local bay. If I’m not mistaken, the ballooned fish started taking off like crazy. Turns out a pike got it !
  3. It really depends on where you are, the clarity of the water and depth. Less is correct for most of the fingerlakes . I have watched them “ fly away” when someone makes a noise on Seneca or canandaigua. But letting the jig pound the bottom in other lakes , bays and Erie seems to trigger a strike at times.
  4. I guess I shoot myself in the foot a lot Brian. But you know the way I shoot and probably would miss more often than not just about 14’ is the magic number for not spooking perch. I can still jig them up under me at that depth. I would say a little deeper in Skaneateles and some areas of canandaigua where it’s clear. perch move around in tight little schools almost like a flock of sparrows. They move so you better too In the fingerlakes, drift and cast until you find them, spotlock until they stop biting and then drift some more. And by the way, don’t leave home without some worms on board. They worked 50 yrs ago and still work today. Just have to fish them in areas without gobies. The last two years I have been putting some nice Erie late summer perch on board using whatever worms I had left over from walleye fishing.
  5. Les. They are it the same thing. Silver bass have very pronounced stripes along the side and in Erie get very big. White bass sometimes locally called white perch have a more rounded shape and a single lateral line stripe. a lot of lakes have both species along with Erie and Ontario. Bob, I have a lake that’s close and you did not mention I think you should try. Pm me.
  6. Stop messing around with those silly things Less and start looking around for the yellow ones with the black stripes😁😁😁
  7. Pequod1

    Lake Erie bite

    Gill. Over the past two weeks there seem to be two schools of fish out there. Do not overlook the 55’ water just to the east of the Purina plant. There are a lot of fish in that depth but a lot of throwbacks. Not much between 60-90 and then you will find schools of smelt and walleyes ,bows and lakers. The walleyes were averaging bigger out there. Good luck
  8. Pequod1

    Lake Erie bite

    Nice catch. I’m wondering what they charged you to just clean fish there and not launch. I am not a fan of the launch price going up this with no improvements being made to the slabs there
  9. Tommy, I sent the info out to a few of my friends that might be interested.
  10. Hi, do you still have the Garmin echomap 73 sv ? What transducer comes with it if it is still available? im looking at buying one this week. thanks, jim
  11. I just tried Skinny this past Tuesday. Gave it an hour with my favorite Erie / Oneida worm harness. Tried along the drop at the north end weaving in and out from 40- 20. Not a single walleye . Lots of bass though. I also have had some reports of good walleye catches. Just got to keep on trying.
  12. Wow! Those are the nicest perch I have seen, including the Erie jumbos.
  13. The contest is out of the state park. Union springs will be a normal Saturday
  14. Thanks for the info. I was wondering if you saw any atv’s out of the park. My walking days are getting limited and it helps to be able to ride out. thanks.
  15. Not nearly as extensive and impressive as most of you guys but: 7.62 Russian I customized 12 gauge Winchester 20 gauge Ithaca bear whitetail hunter bowteck allegiance ten point shadow light savage M2 muzzleloader 243 Ruger 270 Remington 223 Remington and finally, the biggest thing I ever got going to ice fish Honeoye - a nice fat doe with my 2011 outback.
  16. I just read that. It would help if you had the existing regulations open to compare. The proposal specifically references certain sections in the regs. My eRly morning eyes might not be focusing properly yet but I did not see the 12” Crappie regulation for Honeoye. Whew! 10” and 10 fish. Gills are 8” and 15 fish in Silver and Honeoye but 25 fish elsewhere. I’m not sure on perch. Jefferson county remains no limits but I think it says 25 fish limit in Ontario and I assume the bays. I’m also not sure of limits on perch in inland waters. Nothing on Erie. Maybe someone can interpret this better.
  17. Town halls in smaller towns seem to be better for licenses. Not Greece though. You have to call and make an appointment first. I just looked at last years license while talking to Gator. It expired July 30 for doe tags. The new one begins September 1. Keep that in mind if you are going to shoot a September doe. to
  18. All those ramps are good but he one I would recommend for now with kids and the shortest distance from Rochester would be the small boat harbor. Just put some worm harnesses down as soon as you clear the boat dock area and enter the harbor and head north until you get past the coast guard station and the north gap area. You should be able to pick up a few and probably hit some sheephead and perch.
  19. Very powerful and unfortunately true statements Bob, Les. Being a Long Island guy, you don’t have to tell me about the effects of too much development on a lake or the south shore of LI. The decline of Keuka was amazingly fast. When the alewives crashed, everything started eating the perch including the larger perch! In 2017-18 every perch I caught in May was loaded with baby perch. Since then every laker I get is loaded with perch. Most of you guys are not bass fishermen but they too have taken a nose dive. I have gone from a dozen + Bass per day while just perch fishing the shoreline to one or none. The Cisco stocking does not seem to be the answer. I just wonder what is.
  20. Pequod1

    Perch / rock bass

    Thanks for reminding me. I just went downstairs to my freezer and got a package of Oneidas finest out
  21. It happens. First time out, the schools were really tight. If you were not on top of them, forget it. That was in March with the big ice flow next to us. I got blanked. Not even a hit. Sometimes, fish have a way of making us look dumber than them I
  22. You really have to be right on them and have the right tackle , bottom rig and technique to get them at times. I have had occasions where I was hauling them in and boats 20’ away were not. I also have had that happen to me. It’s great when it all comes together though.makes it all worth while.
  23. Nice video. I was there yesterday and did the same. I launched at the state park for the first time. You would think the state could afford some sort of plastic/ rubber rub rail along the dock. The wood is old and in bad need of repair. We came in at the edge of a thunderstorm and the wind blew us up along the dock but I had my fenders out and didn’t break anything. The parking isn’t good either. You park on the other side of the road up a hill. Thankfully, they had 4 handicapped parking spots open right there otherwise I would have driven to union springs or the mud locks. Yes, sandwick, you can catch perch all summer long right on the shore up tight but not so much In Cayuga as the other fingers.
  24. What were the results? I’m always interested in seeing those weights. thanks.
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