Ririe 1/2/09

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I was also there this morning. Roads were bad going up and very slow after the turn off. I headed out north of the rock pile and tried a few holes there. Got one good hit, but lost him on the way up. The rest of the day was like that, just little nibbles, lighter than Perch. I jigged until about 1pm and then dropped a worm to the bottom. Got a few nibbles and finally hooked a Perch about 7". Finally decided to give up on the Kokes and set up the shelter NW of the rock pile and started after the Perch. Ended up with 17 with the average size of 8". Smallest was 6", largest was 10.5". The water is very clear. I dropped the camera down and was amazed I could see things all the way down. There are a ton of suckers on the bottom and quite a few Perch. I also seen Kokes swim by about 2' off the bottom and a few trout as well. I did land 1 Cut about 12". When I measured the ice it showed 5-6". Water was every where and a slushy mess. Turned out to be a good day. Worse thing was the 4 wheelers driving around and parking next to each other and then have 5-6 people standing around the 4 wheelers bs'ing. I heard more than one person tell them that was not smart. I looked for CJ, but did not see him. I may head back up tommorow and try again. I must not have held my mouth right for the kokes today.

EDIT: Just finished filletingthe Perch, figured I would throw a pic up. The blade on the fillet knife is 10".
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