cutthroat dan Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Good day on Lake Simcoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwl1 Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Nice haul....nothing like a fresh fry with fish from cold water.. looks like you lucked out with some decent sized ones in the mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
мормышка Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Got a hut booked for 26th. Hut operators are putting them out slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Nice clean good size perch , lots of great eats there ! To me , perch are just as tasty as eyes , even better than large eyes over 3 lbs. Considering the long drive to Nip and the slot size for eyes , I would settle for a catch like that from Simcoe , and you might get lucky catching pike & eyes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT.SEWER Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 I guess the bite is on at simcoe.. with the cold snap ice will be thick enough to get out there.. Perch is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hooksets Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 perch hands down is way better eating than eyes. imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, Captain Hooksets said: perch hands down is way better eating than eyes. imo. And "white perch" are good eating , but be sure to remove the gunk tissue at the lateral lines . I still have some in the freezer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
мормышка Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Yellow Perch is definitely better for eating than Walleye, which are still ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Nice pics. Hopefully I’ll have the same luck tomorrow on cooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 9 hours ago, cutthroat dan said: Good day on Lake Simcoe. How many fow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogaloo Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 6 hours ago, smerchly said: And "white perch" are good eating , but be sure to remove the gunk tissue at the lateral lines . I still have some in the freezer . Wait what?? You still have some of the gunk in the freezer Bill???? LOL............................Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 1 hour ago, boogaloo said: Wait what?? You still have some of the gunk in the freezer Bill???? LOL............................Daniel Yep Boogs .....saving the gunk for flavouring my cheese cloth sardine combo for the kitties . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutthroat dan Posted January 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 28 fow , Using bigger minnows with just the head on small slabgrabber type spoon and a berkly power nymph on dropshot hook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Go out from Gilford Rd. and go south. Fairly close to shore in about 9' of water. The Riley brothers fish there and usually catch. They also catch a lot of pike there to. In years previous they always had the catch of the day and swear that shallow this time of the year is the ticket!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Anyone fish Couch ? We drove up Rama Rd to Airport Rd. & fished straight out in 22 -24 fow (March/April) I marked my line at 22 ft. ( no electronics then ) . Three of us would cut a 6" Finbore hole about 75 to 100 yds apart and see who got the most perch ....then all fish together to gab'n fish ! If the bite was slow we would take a short run to Lake St.John , just passed the airport . The perch there were mostly wormy which just adds more protein ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 10 hours ago, cutthroat dan said: 28 fow , Using bigger minnows with just the head on small slabgrabber type spoon and a berkly power nymph on dropshot hook We fished 1.1km straight outta gilford. Didn’t move all day. Got on the ice around 5:30 and had two in the bucket before sun up. Bite was pretty steady. Bigger fish cam on lures, mostly slab grabber. Post some pic shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 17 hours ago, Tyler0420 said: We fished 1.1km straight outta gilford. Didn’t move all day. Got on the ice around 5:30 and had two in the bucket before sun up. Bite was pretty steady. Bigger fish cam on lures, mostly slab grabber. Post some pic shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
мормышка Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Slab Grabber is good lure to scope out a new hole. If you get hit in 10 minutes, chances are it will be a busy hole to set up on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 nice catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf and Turf Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice catch. Looking pretty hopeless for Erie ice this year, so will have to make the trek to Simcoe for sure this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredfisher Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 We also hit gilford on Saturday,prob 205 m north of tyler0420...didn’t get to him though as the comforts of a warm hut where too tempting for visiting or running and gunning..kept the heater on nonstop...that wind was mean!They must have been another 998 huts besides ours eh Tyler?!? 2 of us caught 100 but nearly all where dinks,kept 7. A fun day...survived the ride home,scratched the itch..mission accomplished 👍 Im still hoping for Erie, SurfandTurf 🤞 ...next weekend local ice for sure! FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwl1 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice haul too Tyler..at least you guys been getting out..haven't fished any hardwater for a few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 I could not believe the amount of people out in the storm. I thought it would've kept the crowds away. There is no where close to park anymore and I got there pretty early. Its a long way to go to catch a couple jumbos and 100 dinks while having to work so hard for them. No more cooks bay for me. Quieter back lakes are more appealing now. Im scared to see what it would've looked like if it was a nice day... The good old days of catching 50 jumbos are gone lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 3 hours ago, fredfisher said: We also hit gilford on Saturday,prob 205 m north of tyler0420...didn’t get to him though as the comforts of a warm hut where too tempting for visiting or running and gunning..kept the heater on nonstop...that wind was mean!They must have been another 998 huts besides ours eh Tyler?!? 2 of us caught 100 but nearly all where dinks,kept 7. A fun day...survived the ride home,scratched the itch..mission accomplished 👍 Im still hoping for Erie, SurfandTurf 🤞 ...next weekend local ice for sure! FF Besides the weather it was a pretty good trip. Can’t believe I made it home without stopping. 5 vehicles in the ditch’s but didn’t slow traffic. Sure it wasn’t 120km/h home but it was a solid 80km. I was one of the first on the ice and when I looked out around 10:00 couldn’t believe how many people braved the storm and came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, roadrunner said: I could not believe the amount of people out in the storm. I thought it would've kept the crowds away. There is no where close to park anymore and I got there pretty early. Its a long way to go to catch a couple jumbos and 100 dinks while having to work so hard for them. No more cooks bay for me. Quieter back lakes are more appealing now. Im scared to see what it would've looked like if it was a nice day... The good old days of catching 50 jumbos are gone lol Need to run and gun if you wanna find the jumbos. They gotta be out there. Leave the minnows at the tackle shop and use lures instead. Some quiet back lakes would be nice to fish, I could care less about the perch I hate cleaning them, I just needed to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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