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[dr_feelgood]

My daughter and I hit our new fun spot and the perch were more than happy to bite. I lost track of how many little perch we landed. I started to experiment with fishing depths and got into a nice crappie ( my first ever). I didn't have a bucket with me, so back it went. Landed a few sliver bass (calico ?), once the sizes increased, I went looking for a bag. Best I could find was an old bread bag, man did the geese recognize that. We ended up keeping 3 fish. Now that I have a system figured out (I'm sure the fish will change that) we will be going back in the morning.

[spanky]

sweet deal, that crappie looks mighty tasty!!

Calico bass is another name for crappie.... and and Kelp Bass are refered to as Calico bass aswell... confusing, huh? either way, sweet deal and dang, gonna have to get my ultra-lights out for monday

[I'm_A_Drifter]

That fish in the middle is a White Perch (similar to a silver bass)....White perch have the purple tinge on their lower jaw and dull grey finish. Silver bass have horizontal black stripes and a bright white belly.

[dr_feelgood]

When we were walking to our spot, we ran into an older gent and he showed us his bucket, he had some monster crappie.

[joe]

glad to see another DAD taking his little girl fishing!! im just guessing she had a blast, most kids do. we need a few pics of a proud papa with his special girl.

[dr_feelgood]

My Angel fishing

[F,O,G]

ok i need a place where to take my nephew fishn for some of these perch..will someone PM me a spot and what to use..this is not what i normally go after and its kinda new to me to...my nephew just turned 11 this week and he is just starting to get intrested in fishing

[dr_feelgood]

F,O,G, on Mar 24 2006, 07:22 PM, said:

ok i need a place where to take my nephew fishn for some of these perch..will someone PM me a spot and what to use..this is not what i normally go after and its kinda new to me to...my nephew just turned 11 this week and he is just starting to get intrested in fishing

PM sent.

[D McV]

Good to see you got out with you're little girl again, and caught fish to.
I usually take my step daughter to the rec canal here in welland but lately we have caught
nothing. Hopefully her and I will get out and be able to post some pics to soon.
You should take her to the rec canal at townline rd in the summer and fish off the floating docks
it's a great place to take a kid.

Edited by D McV, 24 March 2006 - 08:01 PM.

[dr_feelgood]

D McV, on Mar 24 2006, 08:00 PM, said:

Good to see you got out with you're little girl again, and caught fish to.
I usually take my step daughter to the rec canal here in welland but lately we have caught
nothing. Hopefully her and I will get out and be able to post some pics to soon.
You should take her to the rec canal at townline rd in the summer and fish off the floating docks
it's a great place to take a kid.

If I knew where the rec canal was...............................
We have a handfull of "for sure" spots that she knows and asks for.

[smerchly]

Nice fishees Doc......It's good to see you and Angel are making me look like a dummy ! .....Oh well , I AM the gobie king ....so far You have some tastey vittles there Doc.......The white perch ..(bass) are very tastey too but after you have skinned the fillet , take a very sharp small knife & take out the brownish coloured lateral line ....it's oily and fishy tasting . Use your fingers or tweezers to lift that yuk line out after you cut it with the knife ...then rinse off the fillet and let dry on a paper towel . They make a great fry when you get a bunch . The Bay of Quinty is full of them in the fall . Ok...where'd you get em? ...............(tell me at Timmies & I'll buy)

[Baz]

I can remember 45 years ago or so when my dad used to call crappies :Oswego Bass. That was around the Kingston area. Never heard them called taht since.

[I'm_A_Drifter]

Old Skool, Baz

Walleye : Pickerel
Pike : Jackfish
Lake Trout : Makinaw
Crappie : Calico Bass (Actually Calico sounds better, I'll start to revive that one)

[geotech]

Dr. Feelgood, if you want to improve your catch on Crappie's try setting your bait only inchs underneath the surface, 2-6 below your float.
I thought this seemed odd when I was told it but Crappie's have a tendency to suspend and they come up for food. I went from cathing the odd small one to catching multiple slabs, on the holland river in Bradford with this technique. Give it a try it may work.

[PickerelHunter]

Tommy_Niagara, on Mar 25 2006, 10:07 AM, said:

Old Skool, Baz

Lake Trout : Makinaw

So is that where Harry Neale gets his famous "Holy Makinaw" comment for the CBC leaf games?