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[joe]

hi guys... dover was great for perching again even with the heat . lots of keepers and very little small perch this time out, the lake was like glass and no action . but as soon a the wind came up the fishing turned on big time.i guess they need that chop on the lake?, here are a few pics




pauline , her dad and i had a blast . just none stop action for most of the afternoon, we had to stop as we ran out of minnows. we ran into a great couple mike and rosa, and i was having trouble with people lifting fish out of our pail. so mike says to one guy hey i dont put my hands all over your diner do i
FUN HAD BY ALL
joe and pauline

[packrat]

Nice catch joe and pauline. Just a question and no flaming meant---are some of them still in spawning mode or are their tummies stuffed with minnows?? Buddy of mine was down on Monday, caught a few but no real jumbos, apparently other people were doing ok

[joe]

hi gord..... nope all spawned out . the big one had 2 gobies in her. fat bellies just filled with minnies
joe and pauline

[PickerelHunter]

Nice catch...you two always seem to find those big ones, good going. Just a question...did u scale them before you took that pic? because a few of them don't seem to have the black stripes

[joe]

hi PH....... no we dont do any scaling. by the time we get back to hamilton with the fish in the cooler on ice
they usually look that way. just so you know we use bigger minnows and seem to catch bigger perch
who knew? sssshhhh just between you and me
joe and pauline

[packrat]

joe, on May 31 2006, 12:41 AM, said:

hi PH....... no we dont do any scaling. by the time we get back to hamilton with the fish in the cooler on ice
they usually look that way. just so you know we use bigger minnows and seem to catch bigger perch
who knew? sssshhhh just between you and me
joe and pauline

My buddy found the same thing, could only get small minnows at the local bait shop. Could hardly get a sniff while the guys who were able to net their own(bigger) did much better

[I'm_A_Drifter]

joe, on May 30 2006, 08:41 PM, said:

hi PH....... no we dont do any scaling. by the time we get back to hamilton with the fish in the cooler on ice
they usually look that way. just so you know we use bigger minnows and seem to catch bigger perch
who knew? sssshhhh just between you and me
joe and pauline

Funny thing is, when you're ice fishing, the smaller; the better seems to apply more often than not. My biggest perch (14", but a male) was on a tear drop and wax worm.

Best thing is to give the fish what they want....big minnows down to tiny maggots.

Edited by Odysseus, 30 May 2006 - 08:35 PM.

[joe]

4-5 inch minnows are great there, damn now the cats out of the bag!
still hoping to run into that packrat guy at dover to try some perching together
im still nursing a good sun burn so it might be a few days for us
hoping to see some of you guys down there sometime
joe and pauline


damn no one can keep a secret
good fishing guys

Edited by joe, 30 May 2006 - 08:40 PM.

[smerchly]

Great looking dinner you have there Joe ! That 14" er is a whopper perch .........maybe gobies are the bait to use.......shhhhhh , it's against the good book . I wonder if they would hit a mepps with a worm , or a 4" power bait ? Hey Joe.....about that burn .....try a gob of shaving cream and rub it all over the burn . It's medicated, and a lime -menthol type works better . Let it begin to dry and rinse off with cool water (tap temp) and let it air dry.... it should feel better . Repeat a few times during the day and it seems to heal up faster. This is great for kids too because it's so creamy it's easy to apply . Nice catch Joe and Paulie !!!!................ok , who got the big one ?

[joe]

hi smerch...... that big one would be MINE about freakin time eh. we have had the best of luck lately.
fishing that is. pauline has just been on fire this year, usually out fishes me all the time but you already know that. im usually just and trying to get another smoke in
paulines dad had about 4 double headers all BIGG perch. they where so big they deserve two g,s
2 gobies came out of that big one, to bad you couldnt use those pesky things for someting other than gull bait. thanks for the sun burn cure ill have to try that next time , i always say that there wont be a next time but.
joe and pauline

[joe]

thanx jeetmuck... if you can get to the end of the pier, try fishing on the beach side almost straight
down. later in the afternoon or evening seems best for us
joe and pauline

[smerchly]

Jeetmuck, on May 31 2006, 08:29 PM, said:

Thanks for the advice Joe. I don't usually take the kids down that far cause they can't reach over the wall. Gonna have to go next time out by myself... right around bikini season...

Whoa ! .......If you take that great looking hog and go ala Feelgood thong ........you will have all the bikini clad beauties wanting to bait your hooks for you .

[dr_feelgood]

smerchly, on May 31 2006, 09:22 PM, said:

Whoa ! .......If you take that great looking hog and go ala Feelgood thong ........you will have all the bikini clad beauties wanting to bait your hooks for you .

He ain't using my thong

[joe]

sure you did thats one we,ve yet to see ..... perch wearing bikini,s
my god man we,ll have every fisherman around showing up at dover.
by the way theres no shortage of bikini,s walking around the pier just checking things out
hey jeetmuck the wall at the end of that pier on the beach side is only 2 foot tall. good try my friend
joe and pauline

[joe]

hey jeetmuck ..... bills on upper james will give you a good scoop of minnies for 5 bucks
dont forget to take some as there getting real scarce up there.
we hope to hook up some time with you
good luck getting past the bikini,s ooppps i mean the beach
joe and pauline