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Simcoe perch - open water, earliest opener ever?

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Longshank	Posted: Mar 14, 2024 - 09:47 pm #permalink #16
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 10987 Member No.: 118 Joined: February 11, 2011	Great to see you on the water. enjoy the eats

Smilee	Posted: Mar 15, 2024 - 05:00 am #permalink #17
Trophy Trout Group: Members Posts: 808 Member No.: 11276 Joined: February 11, 2016	Nice fish! Congrats! Enjoy your upcoming meals.

metalbuckle	Posted: Mar 15, 2024 - 07:09 am #permalink #18
World Record Trout Group: Moderators Posts: 10055 Member No.: 2 Joined: February 09, 2011	Well done and good on you getting out there so early and what a beautiful day! NICE! Don't tell the ice fisherman crew. Shhhhhhhhh. But I prefer open water fishing to looking down an ice hole all day.. LOL

Jerkbaiter

Posted: Mar 15, 2024 - 07:34 am

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QUOTE (mykola @ Mar 14, 2024 - 06:18 pm)

Awesome! I was out there today and couldn’t buy a fish. We fished shoals out between snake and Georgina and marked some big fish, had a couple chases, but no hookups. Tried in shallower, all depths around Sibbald and nothing on the perch front. Fished 8:30-4pm. Chilly day out there today with no sun. Put my 9.9 to work that’s for sure. I forget how big that lake is.

I think the issue right now is murky water after the ice melt
Perch is a sight feeder so in murky water on the overcast day they may not feed at all and spread out making them very hard to catch .
Shallows are still cold so it’s a bit too early for them moving shallow in big numbers .
Good luck on your next outing .

Jerkbaiter

Posted: Mar 15, 2024 - 07:35 am

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QUOTE (Knuguy @ Mar 14, 2024 - 08:22 pm)

wow. Some of those look well stuffed. Did you really catch 3 at a time or is that your stringer?

Brooktrout	Posted: Mar 15, 2024 - 09:58 am #permalink #21
Trophy Trout Group: Members Posts: 522 Member No.: 64 Joined: February 10, 2011	Great day on the water! I'm hoping to get my boat ready this weekend (of course they're calling for snow LOL). I remember maybe 9-10 years ago the ice went out early. It was March break - the kids were playing ball hockey here in Barrie, and there were still boats out in Kemp chasing lakers and whities - before March 15th.

Species8472

Posted: Mar 15, 2024 - 04:52 pm

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QUOTE (Brooktrout @ Mar 15, 2024 - 09:58 am)

Great day on the water!
I'm hoping to get my boat ready this weekend (of course they're calling for snow LOL).

I remember maybe 9-10 years ago the ice went out early. It was March break - the kids were playing ball hockey here in Barrie, and there were still boats out in Kemp chasing lakers and whities - before March 15th.

Pretty sure that was 2012. Early out everywhere that year.

Drew	Posted: Mar 16, 2024 - 07:46 am #permalink #23
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 2308 Member No.: 8190 Joined: January 11, 2015	Yup, 2012

Jerkbaiter	Posted: Mar 16, 2024 - 08:17 am #permalink #24
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 2077 Member No.: 12665 Joined: December 22, 2016	In 2012 it was also early ice out but not as early as this year Mar 13 there were still some ice and people have been rescued This was after 26 people have been rescued from floating ice on Mar 9 2012 I know about it as a buddy of a buddy was rescued that day . That was quite a story at the time . https://torontosun.com/2012/03/13/another-i...77eed71b2b/amp/

Andy14	Posted: Mar 17, 2024 - 10:06 am #permalink #25
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