It was snowing in the morning when I woke up but the weather report for the Eloika area was for sunshine so I decided to go out and catch a few perch. Sure enough, the closer I got to the lake, the sky was starting to clear up. Went out from the public launch and I was the only one on the lake. Went to my favorite area and drilled a couple of holes. The ice was still a foot and half out in the middle of the lake. The ice along the shore line was still ok too. Caught about 20 perch and kept a dozen. Did not catch any crappies or bass and also no pickerel. The last couple of times I went out, I couldn't keep the pickerel off the hook They were a nuisance. The fish bite was sporadic and initially, the fish were biting extremely lightly. I got a lot of bites but couldn't keep them on the hook. Later in the day, the fish became more aggressive. It was a beautiful day to be out of the house.

stigman87

3/8/2009 10:36:00 PM

glad to hear someone else got in on the lake today i go out at least twice a week and dang today was good and like you said later on in the day is when we got ours and they really took off.. anyways maybe ill bump into you one of these days..

tight lines

Anglinarcher

3/9/2009 10:15:00 AM

Those pickerel are a pain, but they may be the only thing keeping the perch population in check. I don't think we can catch enough perch to dent the population.

Xwisconyfisherman

3/9/2009 12:14:00 PM

Glad to hear your catching fish... After the my last outing on amber and downs i figured My Ice fishing season was done!!

Motor1

3/9/2009 8:27:00 PM

xwisconyfisherman
Based on the weather today and the next few days forecast, we'll have a lot more ice fishing time. Probably will go out on Wednesday again. We won't be doing any flyfishing for a while.

Motor1

3/10/2009 12:14:00 PM

stigman87 - I have been fishing the lake pretty regularly this past winter so I probably ran across you on the ice at some point unless you fish out of Jerry's Landing as I have been sticking to the public launch area. Apparently you are a resident on the lake so in your opinion, do you think the fishing is better out of Jerry's place or the south end of the lake? I have heard that more crappies are caught out of Jerry's.

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