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Title: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: brown-time on Jan 20, 2023, 07:37 PM

A former co-worker and I found a good pod of perch at Blue Mesa today. We hit them in September on the boat, they were still there and brought their buddies. Steady bite all morning, slowed down some this pm. Best color chartreuse.Small jigs tipped with eye, mealies, waxies. Caught the 100th at 3 and left em biting at 18 fow. 50 keepers from 8-12.

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: brown-time on Jan 20, 2023, 07:43 PM

Also caught 9 bows n 1 brown, kept 6. Will try pic again, about 60 of the ones we kept including 10 small ones for lake trout bait.
(https://i.postimg.cc/JGPqk6h2/46488700-C700-4-D0-F-B6-D8-22-C84-D6143-A5.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JGPqk6h2)

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: TimK on Jan 21, 2023, 10:53 AM

Now that is what fishing should be, NiCE!  Been seein a lot more guys doing pretty well on the blue mesa perch this year.   

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Jan 21, 2023, 11:20 AM

yah too bad its a long brutal drive and cold AF down there or Id go! ;D

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: Josh752 on Jan 26, 2023, 12:03 PM

Good work I’ve been tearing the perch up there too. Just kill them all though only way to make sure they don’t get stunted. It sucks when you see a lake like Harvey gap where no one keeps the damn things and they are all 4 inches due to stunting..

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: mtnhillbilly on Jan 27, 2023, 07:59 PM

I still haven't found them little *****s. maybe I'm too deep at 24'? lakers have avoided me too.  browns and bows have been plentiful

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: Baetis62 on Jan 27, 2023, 08:14 PM

Mesa, Taylor, Crawford...Gawd I wish I lived down there!

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: TimK on Jan 28, 2023, 12:59 PM

Quote from: Baetis62 on Jan 27, 2023, 08:14 PM

Mesa, Taylor, Crawford...Gawd I wish I lived down there!

If I ever do move from routt county, gunnison would be high on the list, just simply bc of blue mesa and the mule deer hunting.  Lotsa horses to shoe as well down there

Title: Re: Blue Mesa Yellow Gold
Post by: IceDog88 on Jan 28, 2023, 09:01 PM

Well done. Nice fish fry