WOW What a day! I mean me and Skillet just absolutely SLAMMED the Yellow Perch at Lake Washington. I was like a little kid on the lake. You couldn't put your pole down because the minute you did one of those hogs just took your bait and away he went. Absolutely awesome day.

Luckily we had our GPS so we could mark them! No 13 inchers today but I swear we caught one last Sunday. WE did manage to get a 12.5, a couple 12's and 1 11.5 inch. I know they aren't halibut, but they are a bit bigger than some are used to catching. Even Guides!

Seriously, weather was crappy all day but fishing was just dynamite all day. We kept a little over 40 perch, and threw back at least that many that were between 6 and 8. Most of our keepers were between 8 and 11 inches. We even quit for a few hours at lunch and went in and ate and warmed up. Great day of fishing. When the Perch moved so did we, so turns out the GPS wasn't needed after all. Man did we have fun. Never did try 35-46 feet..

I used a green chartreuse road runner jig tipped with crawler or perch meat and my guide used a silver spoon tipped with perch meat. We did catch 1 pike minnow or white fish and Skillet is going to fry him up tonight. I hear they are tasty.

Good fishing everyone.

Joe

Fisherman_max

10/21/2007 11:25:00 PM

i was there yesterday watching the husky game, looks like a nice lake i just dont know were the hell to fish it it is so huge

CK14

10/22/2007 8:26:00 AM

a good starting point is the main lake points...

good job joe, love those perch.

Joe Heater

10/22/2007 9:54:00 AM

I forgot the pics. Sorry, I will be sure to upload those when I get home. I have to prove we caught those 4 over 11 inches.

michaelunbewust

10/22/2007 10:51:00 AM

sweeet joe! perch is 3/4 of the meat in my freezer, and great for fish fry's. im going up-lake from coulon park, the next 2 nights after work, so, i hope they are in. this is the time of year on lake washington for them. believe it or not, i use what my cousins in minnesota use- swed. pim.. hey what do you recommend for a fish camera? my new cell sucks, and i dont want to use my good digital.

Joe Heater

10/22/2007 10:57:00 AM

GO TO WALMART AND BUY A $5 DISPOSABLE CAMERA. THEY MAKE THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING CAMERAS BECAUSE YOU CAN DROP THEM ON THE FLOOR AND IT WONT HURT THEM A BIT

abdullah

10/22/2007 6:40:00 PM

Don't eat that pikeminnow, posters are plastered all over parks in lake washington stating that they are highly contaminated by mercury

Hal

10/22/2007 10:08:00 PM

lmao...

cavdad45

10/23/2007 9:51:00 AM

Even squawfish from good water is not for human consumption in my book. Nasty critters.

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