Casey's ...14 and 15th

Booked those dates last week and arrived on the 14th and fished from noon till 5 or so..



On the 15th I was joined by 2 friends and we fished from 7 am till 1 pm and took the drive home

ice.......up to 10 inches including the white crap ice.....4-6 inches of blue depending on where you were....The winds from Monday creating some pressure cracks running north south and even though they are not high, they are basically invisible, so just pay attention to that...early ice conditions can change rapidly

quite a few argos running all over the place and s decent amount of snow on the ice for sleds if the ice is run able right now



On to the fishing........Bite was a bit sketchy on day one till 2 pm when it got overcast and the screen lit up.....with minnows you went nuts trying to keep the dinks off, so I just pulled that up and used 1 rod with the biggest slab grabber I had and got around 60 perch till 5 pm.


Still some dinks but quite a few 9-12.5 inchers the big ones are there but ya had to weed through the small ones........wound up keeping my target 0f 25


day 2 .....7 am till 1 pm.....after getting set up, it started with dinks again........tried perch talkers, minnows etc. and got the odd keeper, but switched back to the 1 rod slab grabber program and did quite well from 8.30 am till 11 am with quality fish. my friends did the same


the bite even on the slab grabber was either a solid hit or just a tiny bump so ul rod choice was a factor regarding bite detection

kept another 25 solid fish and was more than happy with that.......overall we had a great time again and a big thank you to Taj's son who went out of his way to find my cell phone which I stupidly lost somehow.......It was frozen when I got it back so only got a very few pics

I stopped counting after 150 perch lol


Thinking of going back next Friday


on a final note. man I love those huts with the vehicle seats as they are so comfortable

just got the 1 pic with a pair of jumbos

now I got to fillet them and have a great dinner tonight

Sounds like you had a great couple days and a nice haul of perch!

That is a great 2 days. Glad you had a good time. Can't wait to get out.

Great post Shank!! I was out with Caseys on tuesday also with similar success, and one surprise Burb at 28in!!!!

Fishing in comfort, that's the way to do it.

Thanks Werner for this great report....been waiting for that post. I will probably book with Taj this coming week........I am sure we will be bumping into one another soon........Have to call my buddy right now and see an availability day. Tight lines and wishing you a great ice season Werner.

Arnie

Nice report, solid 2 days of fun.

oh, that was you..........well done

Werner you look like your driving a bus with fish and seats behind you great catch LOL.

thanks Arnie........it should be really good ice by mid next week if that forecast is correct


good luck


dang. was planning to go again next Friday, but have a medical appointment

good one Frank


as I said, those are truly comfy and my old body surly appreciates that

thanks for the positive replies guys..........perching is just downright fun

Looks like you had a great couple of days, glad you were able to figure them out. Hopefully you’ll get back up there soon!