02-02-2017, 10:29 PM
Was able to get up to Cascade Lake with my son to fish for some of those jumbo perch there. Lots of snow ... lots of slush ... few fishermen. Saw several coyotes crossing the lake on a dead run, saw two herds of whitetails (one eight point), a bobcat came to visit us at the cabin, caught 53 perch mostly 13+ inches and had a super fish fry for all the family.
Stopped by to see Tackle Tom and that's always a pleasure. Did not meet up with any BFTer's from Utah and not sure if they made it up this year.
The lake had 10" solid ice + 10" slush + 10" snow. We had to resort to wearing snowshoes and was very grateful we didn't bury one of the snowmobiles. Very cold at first, but it warmed up some before we left. On 1/31 we had to leave by noon and a snowstorm delayed us some. Complete whiteout. Would probably still be there going in circles if it weren't for my handheld GPS. It reminded me of fishing in the fog at Strawberry.
Caught all our perch at 34 FOW and north of the island. Here was the talley ... 1/25 afternoon: (5); 1/26 (14 with a couple over 14"); 1/27 (4); 1/28 (4); 1/29 (4); 1/30 (18); 1/31 (5).
Here's the pictures:
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Stopped by to see Tackle Tom and that's always a pleasure. Did not meet up with any BFTer's from Utah and not sure if they made it up this year.
The lake had 10" solid ice + 10" slush + 10" snow. We had to resort to wearing snowshoes and was very grateful we didn't bury one of the snowmobiles. Very cold at first, but it warmed up some before we left. On 1/31 we had to leave by noon and a snowstorm delayed us some. Complete whiteout. Would probably still be there going in circles if it weren't for my handheld GPS. It reminded me of fishing in the fog at Strawberry.
Caught all our perch at 34 FOW and north of the island. Here was the talley ... 1/25 afternoon: (5); 1/26 (14 with a couple over 14"); 1/27 (4); 1/28 (4); 1/29 (4); 1/30 (18); 1/31 (5).
Here's the pictures:
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