hydra
12/27/2011 7:09:00 PMthey looks good and fat! do you run a piece of worm on that hoochie? see ya on the water!
danm
12/27/2011 8:07:00 PMI fished washington last week targeting perch. I couldnt make them strike. I did troll for cutts a bit but my daughter doesnt like trolling. So we jigged for perch. Only fish caught was a big fat bullhead in 70 feet of water. Looks like you had a decent day fishing. Thanks for posting.
G-Man
12/27/2011 9:18:00 PMDanm, I have found that the best way to find the perch schools is by trolling. If you don't see them on the fish finder, don't bother trying to jig for them as this time of year they tend to group together tightly and show up as a big mass on the sonar. It can be tough fishing when they are this deep, especially trying to get the boat positioned just right.
MotoBoat
12/27/2011 11:48:00 PMNice report and included pictures. Did any of your fish come from the, what I assume to be a bait ball in the F.F. picture? I watched my cousin and the skipper of a offshore boat in California, fizz some various rock cod to keep alive in the live well. If fizzing is releasing the excessive air from the fish's air bladder.
G-Man
12/28/2011 6:10:00 AMMotoboat - I'm fairly certain that the mass on the sonar is a group of perch, and I didn't happen to pick up anything near it. Fizzing is just what you mentioned. Bass really seem to have an issue adjusting to depth changes, so if you are going to target them in the deeper waters, you'll need a way to fizz your catch to keep them from floating.
The Quadfather
12/28/2011 2:26:00 PMNice to see some more lake WA. cutt. reports. ------ You open yourself up to a "Flossing" debate when you throw that in your report.... LOL. (sarcasm highly intended) Nice fat cutt.
G-Man
12/28/2011 3:07:00 PMWell once I figured out how to interpret which way the head of a fish was pointed based on the sonar readings, it was only a matter of time before I figured out how to floss those stubborn cutts and I included the the pics prove it. Because we all know that there is no other explanation as to why a fish could be hooked on the outside of the mouth.
Elijah.Loves.Fishin
12/28/2011 3:09:00 PMwow 18" and 4 lbs! that's amazing! what a football! great job!
CanoeingIt
12/28/2011 4:39:00 PMNice report and fish! ...I'm not very fish finder savvy, so I'm wondering what the line that comes down from the left at at an angle and across the bottom at about 63ft is?
G-Man
12/28/2011 5:00:00 PMCanoeingIt - that would be my downrigger weight. I had re-rigged my gear and sent it to the bottom just prior to the school of fish showing up on the screen.