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Pennsylvania => Ice Fishing Pennsylvania => Topic started by: icefishing275 on Dec 09, 2010, 04:04 PM
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I never fished and really never had the desire to fish here. But i heard this year that there are some nice fish and i want to fish it know. so if anybody can give me tips on to catch the panfish there and were iit would be greatly appreciated. ;D
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Ask Byron, he's the expert on Lake Jean! ::)
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I checked Jean today & it has a good 3 inches of solid ice & some light snow on some of it. If we get some rain out of this storm comming sunday & the three cold days after it should be good to go by friday.
Some pics.
(http://skam232.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Ice/IMG2051/1121485193_e9qRW-M.jpg)
(http://skam232.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Ice/IMG2052/1121485228_VrLwM-M.jpg)
(http://skam232.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Ice/IMG2053/1121485265_Vpy7Y-M.jpg)
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If I lived nearby, I'd be on that 3 inches in a minute!
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if there was 3inches as of this morning, then making ice all day and all of tonight, there will be people on it saturday.
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Ok... so me and a friend are going to fish Lake Jean next weekend because there will be about 4"-5" of ice. ;D
BUT...... neither of us have ever fished Lake Jean so I was wondering were some hot spots are for panfish? ???
If you can tell me any spots it would be greatly appreciated!!!! ;)
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Ok... so me and a friend are going to fish Lake Jean next weekend because there will be about 4"-5" of ice. ;D
BUT...... neither of us have ever fished Lake Jean so I was wondering were some hot spots are for panfish? ???
If you can tell me any spots it would be greatly appreciated!!!! ;)
If you're going to fish for pannies, fish very early morning hours or late afternoon into the evening. Water is super clear there & the pannies don't hit good during the daylight hours. I have had good luck out from the dam in about 15 ft of water.
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Ok... so me and a friend are going to fish Lake Jean next weekend because there will be about 4"-5" of ice. ;D
BUT...... neither of us have ever fished Lake Jean so I was wondering were some hot spots are for panfish? ???
If you can tell me any spots it would be greatly appreciated!!!! ;)
I really think the hunt of finding the fish for yourself is just so much more rewarding. If it was a matter of sustaining your family i could certainly understand tho!!! tight lines.
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If you're going to fish for pannies, fish very early morning hours or late afternoon into the evening. Water is super clear there & the pannies don't hit good during the daylight hours. I have had good luck out from the dam in about 15 ft of water.
IF275,
Open your mouth wide and say "ahhh" you just been spoonfed.
Whatever happened to doing your homework and figuring things out for yourself?
Gillholic,
Don't whine when 25 guys are in that spot Saturday.
TF
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Wow ???
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Wow ???
X2
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Ask Byron, he's the expert on Lake Jean!
I almost choked on my tea................... .............thats funny :clap:
I love that lake, and hate it at the same time. About five years ago, I had one really good day - caught about 100 gills and perch - that was my one day................... ..Love it, but the truth is that most leave disapointed with the quality of the fishing. But in mid march on a warm sunny day when the swans are heading north, it dosn't get much better.
Good luck, move a bunch.
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I guess no one remembers the days before the internet....when it was "crowded" if there was 10-15 guys on the lake on a weekend and when quality perch were abundant. Now I go there and see 15-20+ guys middle of the week, dink perch left to die on the ice after their eyes have been poked out to tip jigs, ect ect and the fishing isn't what it used to be IMHO. :-\ :-\ Guess I'm just nuts for thinking spoonfeeding over the internet may have played a role in that ::) ::)
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Yep.
Jean gets hit hard sometimes on a daily basis by the same guys. Keep hammering the lake and removing fish you end up with dinks and spooky fish.
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you just have to fish a little harder
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If you're going to fish for pannies, fish very early morning hours or late afternoon into the evening. Water is super clear there & the pannies don't hit good during the daylight hours. I have had good luck out from the dam in about 15 ft of water.
Hey Gillaholic...what color underwear should I be wearing when im fishin that spot??? :roflmao: :roflmao: :icefish:
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Living close to the lake, I fish it a lot. It is no secret that this lake freezes first and gets its share of anglers. However, when I fish during the week, I will most often have the place to myself until about noon.
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A month or so In Jean is not a bad place to go. Any word on the ice after the rain?
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A month or so In Jean is not a bad place to go. Any word on the ice after the rain?
There is a topic in pennsylvania reports and conditions about lake jean look there to see if they have any recent posts after the rain.
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Hey Gillaholic...what color underwear should I be wearing when im fishin that spot??? :roflmao: :roflmao: :icefish:
Better wear camo so no one can see you if you decide to keep a fish-R-two! ::) ;)
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Oh What ever you do, don't dare keep anything. The computer gods become enraged if fish are kept.
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i was up this afternoon drilled two holes both had 4'' - 5'' ice . time ta rip some lips !
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Oh What ever you do, don't dare keep anything. The computer gods become enraged if fish are kept.
I've been called a meat hunter quite a few times on here...trust me, I could care less if everyone goes and keeps their limits. You buy your license its up to you if you choose to keep your legal limit.
My problem is finding small perch scattered all over the place with their eyes poked out and that trend started up there shortly after it started getting posted on here how tipping jigs with perch eyes makes it deadly for big perch, like the ones that the lake USED TO produce regularly ::) ::)
I used to think nothing of driving 140 miles EACH WAY to fish Lake Jean because it was never crowded and always produced nice perch. Now I live less than 30 miles and don't even bother more than once or twice a year. I can catch those 8-9" perch anywhere in the same "combat" fishing as up there.
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Keep all the fish you want. Just don't come home from the lake whining like a little girl that you can't catch fish like you used to. ;D I worked with guys like that, its annoying.
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Keep all the fish you want. Just don't come home from the lake whining like a little girl that you can't catch fish like you used to. ;D I worked with guys like that, its annoying.
I agree
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I never have any problem finding fish on Jean, just trying to poke some light at the reaming i took last year.
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Keep all the fish you want. Just don't come home from the lake whining like a little girl that you can't catch fish like you used to. ;D I worked with guys like that, its annoying.
AMEN
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hit it on the head, skihunter..meats meat and a mans gotta eat....theyre panfish...theyre plentiful..and delicious. all in moderation keep what youre gonna eat, period
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Keep all the fish you want. Just don't come home from the lake whining like a little girl that you can't catch fish like you used to. ;D I worked with guys like that, its annoying.
I'm assuming that's directed at me...I can count all the perch I've kept from the lake in the past 15 years on 1 hand (the only 1 was a slob just under 16" thats hanging in my parents den ;D) ::) ::) I very rarely ever kept fish from freshwater until a few years ago, never had a reason when I lived 10 minutes from the salt and had plenty of fresh flounder and seabass ;D ;D
Even now I rarely keep perch. Usually only enough for a meal when I do. Crappies and eyes on the other hand I won't hesitate to take a limit >:D >:D
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Please don't take any perch fron Jean, There's only 500,000,000,000,000,000,004 Left in there! :'(
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Please don't take any perch fron Jean, There's only 500,000,000,000,000,000,004 Left in there
Yea, and 499,000,000,000,000,000,856 are those prime 6" inch specimens that provide the superior genetics to produce more 6" inch specimens so people can talk about the huge numbers of perch and how it's good to keep one of the remaining 15 inchers so we do not pollute the lake with their genetics.............. .
??? ??? ??? ???
And just for the record, I'm all in favor of keeping fish that are going to be eaten. But, the overall quality of perch has dropped in this particular lake and it's up to the fisherman to make the right dicision. I mean, how many of you can honestly tell me that you have had a day at Jean when you have caught a dozen or more perch that were all over an honest 12" within the past five years?
And all because someone asked about a good place to fish.................. ...............sorry
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Yea, and 499,000,000,000,000,000,856 are those prime 6" inch specimens that provide the superior genetics to produce more 6" inch specimens so people can talk about the huge numbers of perch and how it's good to keep one of the remaining 15 inchers so we do not pollute the lake with their genetics.............. .
??? ??? ??? ???
And just for the record, I'm all in favor of keeping fish that are going to be eaten. But, the overall quality of perch has dropped in this particular lake and it's up to the fisherman to make the right dicision. I mean, how many of you can honestly tell me that you have had a day at Jean when you have caught a dozen or more perch that were all over an honest 12" within the past five years?
And all because someone asked about a good place to fish.................. ...............sorry
That was exactly my point...and its nice to see it also being said by the guy who has probably put more time on this lake than everyone else on here combined over the past 5+ years ;) ;)
I'm done on this thread...every body of water I fish has ice already so I'll be fishing instead of sitting on here arguing over something I obviously know nothing about anyway ::) ::)
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I love to fill my 3 deep freezers that i have in the basement. I catch and release them right in the freezers i love it :roflmao: :roflmao:... I don't buy a license and go onto a lake for no reason. I really love to eat bass they are my fav. ;D
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Yea, and 499,000,000,000,000,000,856 are those prime 6" inch specimens that provide the superior genetics to produce more 6" inch specimens so people can talk about the huge numbers of perch and how it's good to keep one of the remaining 15 inchers so we do not pollute the lake with their genetics.............. .
??? ??? ??? ???
And just for the record, I'm all in favor of keeping fish that are going to be eaten. But, the overall quality of perch has dropped in this particular lake and it's up to the fisherman to make the right dicision. I mean, how many of you can honestly tell me that you have had a day at Jean when you have caught a dozen or more perch that were all over an honest 12" within the past five years?
And all because someone asked about a good place to fish.................. ...............sorry
A dozen perch over 12" in one day. I think you would have a hard time doing that on any lake in PA.
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That's the prob with this lake there are to many perch that's why they have no size.
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That's the prob with this lake there are to many perch that's why they have no size.
same problem with the pickerel...AKA "SNOWSNAKES"
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snot rockets the other white meat :o :o :o :o :o :o
goood eatin just a little boney unless you grind them up
then no bones :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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That's the prob with this lake there are to many perch that's why they have no size.
I'm glad to see someone has the insight to see what over population of perch can do to a lake. By not taking them out you are only hurting the fishery. I have seen this happen on many lakes & it is happening right now on Jean. I fished up there last spring & saw schools of thousands of them swimming along the shore line around spawning time. All of them were dinks. I am not trying to cause problems with this thread but too many perch & not enough food for them = dinks! There is no way you can fish a lake that size out of perch or gills! If conditions are right, the gills will spawn three times a year!
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The problem is very few people would bother to keep dinks. They instead keep the prime spawning fish, that are also more than capable of chomping down on many of the YOY perch after the spawn and possibly keep those numbers in check a little more
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When the large fish spawn they keep the dinks out of the spawning area thus not allowing them a successful spawn. When you have large numbers of dinks spawning they create more dinks in a couple years and it snowballs. Selective harvest is good for the lake however taking a large portion of the larger fish out of the system leaving dinks to spawn produces more dinks and an overpopulation of dinks. The small lakes like we have here in PA can show the effects much more quickly than large lakes. Its rather simple, some just don't quite get it.
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"When the large fish spawn they keep the dinks out of the spawning area thus not allowing them a successful spawn"
With your way of thinking the large fish take over the whole lake & the dinks can't find a place to spawn????? C'mon!!!! ::)
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Couldnt of said it better myself!!!
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"When the large fish spawn they keep the dinks out of the spawning area thus not allowing them a successful spawn"
With your way of thinking the large fish take over the whole lake & the dinks can't find a place to spawn????? C'mon!!!! ::)
The larger fish do keep a large portion of smaller fish from spawning in the prime areas. In nature the biggest and most dominant often are the ones that get to to spread their genes and they fight to do so. I've spent a lot of time watching panfish, bass and other species on spawning beds in two countries and the larger fish dominate the smaller fish on the beds. When another fish gets close they are chased off.
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Those dinks came from some place. I'd imagine that if they were the spawn of large fish, then they have the potential and genes to be and produce large fish. How many thousands of eggs have those large fish laid over the years? If they don't have the right habitat and food, too much competition, only then do the fish stay small.
I agree the fish should definitely be thinned.
Wasn't there a big thread on IS last year about fish and genetics that talked about this same thing?
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Those dinks came from some place. I'd imagine that if they were the spawn of large fish, then they have the potential and genes to be and produce large fish. How many thousands of eggs have those large fish laid over the years? If they don't have the right habitat and food, too much competition, only then do the fish stay small.
I agree the fish should definitely be thinned.
Wasn't there a big thread on IS last year about fish and genetics that talked about this same thing?
Seems every year the same topic comes up a few times, nothing new.
You are correct those dinks are ultimately the child of some of the larger fish. I agree the herd needs thinning however removing the large fish and keeping the dinks in there is not the answer. Keep the smaller perch to eat and let most of the large ones go. The genes are only one part in the equation and in order for those fish to reach their potential size they need an adequate food source as you mentioned. When the population is too high food can run low and growth rates suffer as a result. Its the snowball effect as I mentioned earlier.
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Yeppers!
Didn't they use to draw that lake down every couple of years before to control the perch population?
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Yeppers!
Didn't they use to draw that lake down every couple of years before to control the perch population?
They may have, I'm not sure its hard to keep track of all the lake draw downs on these little PA lakes. Seems they are always being drawn down for one reason or another.
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You are correct those dinks are ultimately the child of the larger fish
No, that is not always the case. And again, this has nothing to do with keeping some fish to eat.
Everyone presumes that a small fish, if it lives long enough and has food, will become a big fish. Study after study has shown that this simply is not true.
As with humans and other animals, genetics play a huge role in how large a fish grows. If two 5foot tall humans have a child, it is very unlikely that child will grow to be seven feet tall, regardless of how long it lives or how much it eats. The same is true with deer, perch and every other animal that I can think of at the moment.
When you have a lake that is full of genetically mature perch that measure 8", which is fairly common in many lakes, and they spawn; it is unlikely that their offspring will reach the 10" mark, regardless of how long they live or how much food is available.
Out of the mature 8" perch mentioned above, there is a possibility that for some unknown reason, a very small percentage might grow to decent size. And if that fish is left to spawn, it will in turn produce bigger perch.
When you release a mature 8/9" perch, you are not doing any favors for the gene pool. Of course, you have no way of knowing if that perch is fully mature or is still growing.
But, when you keep a 13 - 15" perch, you pretty much know that it is fully mature and of prime breeding stock, and you are hurting the gene pool.
There is a difference between a lake that is full of genetically inferior fish and a lake that is full of stunted fish. Stunting occurs when there are more of a species than there is food to support them, and there is a lack of predators to control their numbers. Lake Jean has a decent food base and there is no shortage of pickerel that prey on the perch.
If, somehow, you could take a lake like Jean and impose a slot size limit on perch, you'd have really good perch fishing in a couple years. Something along the lines of all perch between 12 and 15 inches must be released would protect the prime breeding stock and still allow anglers to keep eating size and trophy fish.
And yes, I know that's a few moments of my life I'll never get back.....
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well said byron I couldn't agree more
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Very well said Byron. Everything you said there is 100% true
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had a prosperous day at lake jean three blue gills and 4 perch three of the perch were jumbo size cant wait to get up there again ;D
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No, that is not always the case. And again, this has nothing to do with keeping some fish to eat.
Everyone presumes that a small fish, if it lives long enough and has food, will become a big fish. Study after study has shown that this simply is not true.
As with humans and other animals, genetics play a huge role in how large a fish grows. If two 5foot tall humans have a child, it is very unlikely that child will grow to be seven feet tall, regardless of how long it lives or how much it eats. The same is true with deer, perch and every other animal that I can think of at the moment.
When you have a lake that is full of genetically mature perch that measure 8", which is fairly common in many lakes, and they spawn; it is unlikely that their offspring will reach the 10" mark, regardless of how long they live or how much food is available.
Out of the mature 8" perch mentioned above, there is a possibility that for some unknown reason, a very small percentage might grow to decent size. And if that fish is left to spawn, it will in turn produce bigger perch.
When you release a mature 8/9" perch, you are not doing any favors for the gene pool. Of course, you have no way of knowing if that perch is fully mature or is still growing.
But, when you keep a 13 - 15" perch, you pretty much know that it is fully mature and of prime breeding stock, and you are hurting the gene pool.
There is a difference between a lake that is full of genetically inferior fish and a lake that is full of stunted fish. Stunting occurs when there are more of a species than there is food to support them, and there is a lack of predators to control their numbers. Lake Jean has a decent food base and there is no shortage of pickerel that prey on the perch.
If, somehow, you could take a lake like Jean and impose a slot size limit on perch, you'd have really good perch fishing in a couple years. Something along the lines of all perch between 12 and 15 inches must be released would protect the prime breeding stock and still allow anglers to keep eating size and trophy fish.
And yes, I know that's a few moments of my life I'll never get back.....
well said byron I agree about 95 % of what you said. I am just not sure if the food source is there to support all the different sizes of perch. I have not seen many fat heads or other small fish besides young of the year fish for foraging. I guess there is alot of buglife though.
If you want to see a good picture of a nice catch of the sizes of perch that would be good eaters and thinners of the herd you can look at preacher mans days catch on the reports page for jean. the two bigger ones are bderline but overall good job done.
I believe that all those fish would fit into the slot limit you were talking about.
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In the summer, we catch and see large numbers of golden shiners out of Jean.
One also has to remember that small perch eat many things we can't see with a naked eye.
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Byron, I know you spend quite a bit of time up there, is there any wardens out checking for licenses and limits? I can't remember ever being checked up there ???
Only reason I ask is because I do like the idea of a slot limit, but only if it'd actually be enforced. I know most of the park rangers seem to ignore me when i bring it to their attention guys are illegally fishing Kitchen Creek when I'm up their hiking :-\ :-\
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Imposing slot limits on a number of lakes in PA could be very good. Many lakes display stunting and this is mostly due to overpopulation of smaller fish and the lack of food to support them. This is compounded by fishermen keeping as many "keepers" as possible especially the largest best breeding stock. Genetics plays an important role, obviously the biggest are the best, but there is no way to tell as previously mentioned if a small perch will become big. Virtually all fish display indeterminate growth, meaning they will grow throughout their lives given proper forage, meaning there is no such thing as genetics controlling a maximum size, genetics plays a much bigger role in speed of growth as well as health. Potentially inferior perch stock will become big, but in their lifetime they will not become as big as better stock. I am currently studying this as my major as well as this having come from articles I have read by biologists. Angler C&R of the biggest fish as well as slot limits to ensure this happening are the two best tools to regulate stunting. Smaller perch taste better and have less toxins in their flesh anyway so keep the dinks let the big ones go in problem lakes ;)
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But, when you keep a 13 - 15" perch, you pretty much know that it is fully mature and of prime breeding stock, and you are hurting the gene pool.
Do fishing tournaments encourage releasing prime breeding stork? just sayin'...
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Do fishing tournaments encourage releasing prime breeding stock? just sayin'...
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Do fishing tournaments encourage releasing prime breeding stork? just sayin'...
Point well taken :P
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well im going the tuesday after christmas with a friend. Hope to get into some of them perch you guys are talkin about. ;D And some bluegills and crappie and pickerel would be good additions to the day ;). thanks for all the help!!!
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thanks for all the help!!!
Did anyone really help, or did we just hijack your post? Check your PM box.
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I think it was more like a hijack lol
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Thinking of heading up to Jean tomorrow, whats the ice thickness now?
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6+"
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WILL BE HERE ON FRI. cant wait a whole year has been way too long!!!!! hope to get some of those perch and bullgills, a couple crappies wouldnt be too bad either just as long as im gettin some fish!!! will also be with great company(sllloyd) cant wait!!!! good luck guys be safe EYEFISHERMAN D.T.
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i will be joining you eyefisherman!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 jusy got my ice fishing acc. for my lowrance gps so we will have to find some of those hawg perch hopefully
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the more the merrier!!!!!! that way we WILL find them big ole perch!!!!!! see ya then it will be finally nice to meet ya! EYEFISHERMAN D.T.
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Fished Jean last night from around 10 PM 'till 3 AM. Had a bunch of pinhead minnies & were lookin to get some crappie. But....All we were catchin were gills! Got a few crappie but they were on the small side & went back in. The gills were gobbling the minnies & we ran out of them & quit. We ended up keeping 74 gills & 3 Perch. The gills hit better at night on that lake & I guess it's because the water is so clear & they don't feed much in the daylight. All gills were high quality & up to 10 inches! Some pics of the catch.
http://skam232.smugmug.com/Hobbies/XMas-Gills/15194975_dJ3hG#1136771316_ERAvX (http://skam232.smugmug.com/Hobbies/XMas-Gills/15194975_dJ3hG#1136771316_ERAvX)
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Love the pics Gillaholic they are going to make a very tasty meal.
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Some nice gills, Gill!! ;D
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wow nice fish!!!!!!!! I was here from 730am til 330pm yesterday and didnt even get close to catchin em like that. got a few small perch and a nice gill right at the end of the day. fished all over even with my new flasher on my lowrance and still had a lousy day!!!
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no matter how much snow we get me and a friend are going to be fishing tuesday. ;D
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My Buddy and I fished Jean a week ago. Caught a pickerel. Noticed that the water was murky, what causes that?
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fished jean today really windy... really unfishable we saw a guyt next to us catch 1 perch.... lots of wind flags but were going to fish grassy pond in sweet valley tonight.
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Is that grassy pond open to the public or is it private?
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u all done fighting now. ;D
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heading up sunday to keep all daves perch lol
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i will also be here tomorrow
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anyone on here fall through the ice here??? i was here today and out were it narrows out from the western launch there was a six foot wide hole in the ice with sled tracks leading up to it!!!!! also met ronbo here this morning fishing was ok will post a few pics as soon as they get done uploading. ice was good around 9" everywhere we were. (http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz145/livetofish86/fishing%20pics/fishingadventures019.jpg)
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Im going to call my buddy and see if he made it home alright he was fishing newyears day up there with his family..... did not hear from him since newyears eve.... thats not unusuall to not hear from him for a few days though. not really to worried just a check up.
heading up sunday to keep all daves perch lol
am i the dave you are refering to....... just wondering cause i am one of the ones that things the fishing pressure on them and the keeping of so many of the big girls has a direct effect on the quality of fishing on this lake.
JM Dave
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anyone on here fall through the ice here??? i was here today and out were it narrows out from the western launch there was a six foot wide hole in the ice with sled tracks leading up to it!!!!! also met ronbo here this morning fishing was ok will post a few pics as soon as they get done uploading. ice was good around 9" everywhere we were. (http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz145/livetofish86/fishing%20pics/fishingadventures019.jpg)
where was this hole and are u sure it wasnt water on top of the ice
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We fished there on Sat. and didn't see any holes just lots of water ...
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I hope it is/was just water on the ice. I didn't hear anything of anyone going in. Jigger did you ever call your buddy?
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actually millerice is the guy i was talking about.
and yes i did , and as you can read he is alivr and well
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no it was def a hole. my buddy was casting his jigging rod into it. it was about 20 feet off the bank out where it narrows straight out from the western launch parking area.
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Tim, glad you are ok. so what happened? a soft spot? did you loose any equipment? i went through the GUT and beaver lake this year, only up to my waist
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So did any anyone find whats the story behind the hole in the ice here?
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yeah, theres no bottom to that lake either! :woot:
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Come on it's lake Jean your talkin about. :wacko:
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hey Brew ... we are all fine and dandy... we fished about everywhere along the narrows... didnt see any holes at all... every hole we drilled was about 8 inches of good ice...but thanks for askin about us ... :)
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Ne 1 headin to the tourney ????? Is the ice ok? Have about a 2 hr ride ahead of me. Just wonderin if all is good??? thanx
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Yeah ice is good. There is about 8 inches up there. Good luck
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Yea, I'm going to go up and fish the derby for a bit, not real serious but a bit of fun and a bit of work mixed together.
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I will be there to there is plenty of ice
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i will be here too. bringing the wife for her first time on the ice. it should be a sight to see!!!
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I think I may have a good idea what the hole in the ice could be from. I know in years past the local rescue crews have done submerged winter search and recovery excersizes in jean cause of the clarity. The usually cut a hole about that size in the ice. they usually do it down by the dam right off of the parking lot though.
I am basing whether our not im fishing the tourney on the snow. we may get a few inches friday over my way. I may have to do snow removal.
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yeah, theres no bottom to that lake either! :woot:
Not another lake with no bottom!!!! Holy Cow!!!!! :roflmao: :whistle:
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me and a coupe buddyz r goin on sat something 2 do away from the wifes for a couple hours :) :) :)
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How was the tourney for everyone??? Who won and with what?? I caught about 30 perch 8 inches to 13. but couldnt land a keeper pick or a gill. Oh well was a good day.
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stilljiggn,
the winning lunker was a 4.05 # pickerel. that fish was also the winner of total weight of fish. the top three places were from 3.59 # to 4.05 #.
You did not happen to buy any of the 50/50 tickets did you.
I I caught so many dinkks (perch and gills) today it was not funny. the most i can ever remember catching here. The picks I got were all sub legal. next time I will have BIG baits.
Oh well always next year.
OH and by the way that open water spot going towards the narrows from the west boat launch is now slush covered but you can see it plain as day. It is pretty close to the shore line though. the rest of the ice is roughly 8 inches or so still.
For those that like to walk a ways to your spots there was about 4-5 inches of snow on the ice and we probably got 2 or 3 inches today.
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stilljiggn Look up the result on new post Lake Jean Ice Fishing Derby Result and Great Day Hope you come next year on Jan.
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hey is anyone catching any crappie up there. i never fished it before and was just wondering whether it was worth the time to drive 2 hour to get there.
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If u r lookin 4 crappie it is not worth a 2hr drive. Ive only heard of very few getn iced here. Ive been lookin 2 find them for years on this lake. If ur driving that far i wud find a betr place to go.
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hey is anyone catching any crappie up there. i never fished it before and was just wondering whether it was worth the time to drive 2 hour to get there.
Your better off going some place else.