NO perch yesterday

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NO perch yesterday

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Dockside Ben, Homewrecker, and I left the perch behind and headed out across the lake toward Schyuler and Corlier Bay.
Not a lot to report but we did 1 cisco and 4 salmon. Salmon were all little cookie-cutters at 16-17 inches. They were active at 30' down over 80-110 fow. There were marks below, but no takers. The cisco came from 55 down on a Captain Midnight fly that was trailing some "secret" experimental spinners that Ben has at his store.
The salmon all hit various lure manufacturers, but all were in the Brown Trout pattern.

As usual it was fun fishing with Ben and finally getting to fish with Homewrecker. He's full of jokes and great stories...I think he's Jackie Gleason in disguise!
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Oops...is that the secret spinner set up on that center rod?
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Dean told me I wasn't allowed to look at the spoons he brought along.
I snuck in a peek anyway...risking getting thrown overboard. :o
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Lake Champlain is a great place to fish and enjoy!
Get out when you can!
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That musta been a great time, what a crew! At least the silvers are still hitting somewhere.. Glad to hear you got under the sandba bridge OK.
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Always nice to fish new water and yesterday was a great day to make the trip. No perch is a good thing! :mrgreen:

I checked the lake level and it's up 2.5 feet in a week! 97.6. Should be a lot of water everywhere!

Nice report guys!
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Reelax wrote:That musta been a great time, what a crew! At least the silvers are still hitting somewhere.. Glad to hear you got under the sandba bridge OK.
Matt...you should have no problem if that's what you have in mind. There was four feet in the shallows.
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Great fishing with the Homewrecker and Raz! I was very impressed at the bag of tricks the Homwrecker had. There were more lures, spinneres and rigs he made than I have ever seen anyone carry around. He is loaded for bear!

Raz had the Idea of running around looking for clear water. It's out there you just have to find it.
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Thanks for the report guys I'll probably be on the lake saturday.
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Raz / Ben / Dean,

How was the debris on the lake on the ride over? Any trouble spots?
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Digitroll wrote:Raz / Ben / Dean,

How was the debris on the lake on the ride over? Any trouble spots?


Not that bad it was worse this spring. It's mostly in the river mouth areas but the main lake is fine.
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Raz - where any ciscos over 13-inches? If so, you should enter them into the Master Angler program, if you got pictures of them. You'll be the first with that species! So far, out of the 33 species that are eligible, only 4 remain with no entries - American eel, American shad, lake whitefish, and cisco.

Be the guy that knocks that list down to 3 species!

http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/masterangler.cfm

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vtfishbio wrote:Raz - where any ciscos over 13-inches? If so, you should enter them into the Master Angler program, if you got pictures of them. You'll be the first with that species! So far, out of the 33 species that are eligible, only 4 remain with no entries - American eel, American shad, lake whitefish, and cisco.

Be the guy that knocks that list down to 3 species!

http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/masterangler.cfm

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I didn't even stop to think about that...back into the lake it went.
When I stop to think about the one I caught yesterday...it very well may have been over 13"!
It seems Ben said "Hey, want a picture of that?"
no pic... I tossed it.
Thanks for the reminder!
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Yeah...that is funny Raz. When you and I went out with Matt...I remember Matt asking me on a big cisco, if i wanted to enter it...and back it went. Darn!! Oh well maybe I will pick one up this weekend...what is the lenght on white perch? I know I'll catch a bunch of them. :mrgreen:

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White perch got to be 13" also KingF...for adults anyway.
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What da ya mean... I snaped a pic of that big cisco before I chucked him back. Seeing as thats a magnum HB, he looks like 12.789" long.. Just under
master angler... Sorry Frank... Kinda like your 1st salmon last season I returned before you got a look at it...

(very conservation minded you know) :roll:
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Ol' Matt is pretty quick with the camera, ehh? :ugeek:
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In regards to debris... The quote of "not that bad it was worse this spring" leaves me a bit uneasy!! LOL Like.. a little worse than spring or close to as bad as it was this spring!!! ;) xoxo
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