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just back from van everest. nice day but strong south wind. tried a few different spots but could not find 8" perch. lots of dinks. good news is tomorrow sounds like a nice day. the ramp is in good shape to drive on. looks like a road all the way to the bay packed down. hope every one has a good weekend
I picked up bait at Bibens got on the ice at Mallets, drove all the way to south sandbar, crosses the road, got back on the ice at the state park and got off the ice at Van Everest, all the pressure cracks from here to there don’t impede and safely can go around them all. If I’d have had time, I’dve tried drive over to Georgia rec park to see if can get around to there too...heard there’s no cracks in between to be concerned with.
Mudchuck- your crazy! That's a hell of a trek.. Brought my father and brother out today.. Not much luck, but everyone we caught was a solid keeper which is nice.. They'd just come in small flurries and then vanish as quickly as they came.. I noticed a lot of people are venturing further south down near eagle mountain.. They catching perch down there or targeting browns?
back from Var Everest. Nice day , a good wind but the sun is warm. Went to north of ramp ..18' then 25 then 35. slow on the perch bite but did keep about 12 nice ones 8" plus. The best part of the day was hooked my second salmon of the season, first was back in mid feb. In the same area...35'. got him up to the hole but he ran the line near the bottom of the ice and was gone. I'm only using a small bibit and eye. Still a lot of fun, but we all know that feeling of what could have been. felt like a good one.
Decent day today.. Not numbers wise bit the size was good.. Biggest was 11.5 inches and we had 2 or 3 more over 11 as well.. Caught about 100 between the three of us.. Took 18 home to,fill a ziploc bag for the freezer! Headed to jamaica for a family vaca tomorrow. Hopefully the ice is still good when I get back! Don't catch em all fellas!
Jamaica is a fun place. Lots of ice there but it goes in the glass....LOL