I was able to get out fri. and sat. to chase some perch around. Found the fishing to be slow on fri, lots down there they just weren’t interested. We did manage some nice eyes though. Sat. was much better for numbers and size of the perch, and the weather, beautiful besides the sunburn as you can see from the pic…MAN my face is hurting!! That sun was toasty. SO, note to all…DO NOT forget the sunscreen if your going out to chase some of these late season jumbo’s.
The biggest jumbo’s measured in at 15″ even, true JUMBOS. The one was so fat it’s belly was actually tearing, we managed 3 that touched the 15″ mark. If we hadn’t put the knife to them they’d have looked good together on the wall. We managed a full 5 gal bucket sat. The bite still isn’t slammin but if you put the time in you can scratch out a nice mess. Looking forward to this warm weather this week, the bite should really take off, one can only hope.
Lots of slush spots out there, 6″ of hard pack then 1′ of slush before you hit solid ice!! Watched more than one truck resting on the frame getting yanked out, could smell that clutch burnin from a mile away! 
Besides that the shore was solid and the ice was the entire depth of the auger.
The bite should only get btter from here on out, get out there and take advantage! 
First pic is a pair of 15″ers.
BIRDDOG
I hope you are heading up to Winni next weekend. If you are I will be in tow. You seem to know what you are doing. If you are not going I guess BrianK will have to do 
If you ever want to share a boat, or stay somewhere for free where you can use all the propane, electricity you want etc., and invite all your freinds, call me and you can use my cabin 
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They’re the exotic species,…..Peacock 
