My biggest of the day was 12.75" and just under master angler but fat and stuffed with little alewives
The winning setup that day was any vertical jig and really light rods and line. Most of the crowd was pounding the bottom with big perch jigs and not catching much.
Went back yesterday 2/27 and drilled holes for about 30 minutes trying to find the fish, finally got a Christmas tree on the vexilar and set up the shanty. We fished three holes for about 3 hours and pulled in ~75 pounds of white perch that were skinnier and probably averaged 8". We saw a nice cloud of alewives on the vex and started jigging right in the middle of it hoping for something bigger. Kevin got the fish and after about a 10 minute fight on 2lb test he landed a 19" salmon
Here's a video of the fish almost getting off with one last run:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbartlet/6790849948/
And the video of it finally coming through the hole:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbartlet/6936973683/
It was just barely hooked on a gold hali
The second best moment of the afternoon came when both Kevin and I hooked into "big" fish at the same time. We both fought with our drags singing until this guy came up with both of our jigs in his mouth
Action was really steady all afternoon and we always some fish under the shanty. Half of the time there was a solid cloud of perch from 45' to 20'. Caught fish on a bunch of different jigs but the best performers were hali's, kodiak's, and 4mm tungsten horizontal jigs. Best colors both days were blue, silver, glow, and gold. The bites were really light again so I definitely think we caught more fish by using light line and UL rods.
Victory shot
) but the right equipment makes all the difference. Thanks again!
Tell everyone catch as many as you can!!!! The less white perch the better!
