09-07-2003, 04:14 PM
I was there but didn't meet anyone. My wife and I started off trolling in the mouth of the rock cliff arm. we started out with a wedding ring and a frog flatfish on the top. As soon as we got our lines out we both hooked up at the same time. They were both nice rainbows. We continued to troll along the north side of the channel for 15 minutes without any more hits, so we went to the other side and changed to a jointed rainbow rapala and a perch taildancer. We were seeing lots of marks around 30ft so we hooked up the downriggers and dropped to about 28. We started getting hit as son as we got down there. We were getting fish so fast I couldn't keep them both down. As soon as I would get my wifes down she would get a fish. I need to teach her to work her own rigg. We caught about 10 nice rainbows all between 16 and 18 inches. We also caught a bunch of perch and 1 sucker. I have never caught a sucker trolling before. I was fishing about 30 ft down with a jointed rainbow rapala. I couldn't believe it got the whole back treble in its mouth. All but 2 of our fish were caught 30ft down. We were fishing about 30 to 50 ft from shore and it didn't seem to matter how deep of water we were over. My intention was to troll for a few minutes and then go cast for perch and smallmouth but the trolling action was so great I couldn't bring myself to stop trolling. We started getting lots of perch just before we got to the wakeless area Once we got to that point we reeled in because it was pretty crowded when we went through. We made a loop through looking for bft stickers I didn't see any but I thought I might have saw some bft members but I wasn't sure. I guess I'm just to shy to come up and introduce myself. Where do I get a bft sticker? I want to stick one on my trolling motor. After we made our loop around the end of the rockcliff we headed home. It was earlier then I wanted to leave but my wife is almost 7 month pregnant and I was just happy she lasted that long. All in all we had a good time and we pulled out of the marina just as it started to rain.
Jed here is my favorite recipe for perch I got it from activeangler.com
Oven fried perch. 1lb perchfillets
2 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese- grated
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1 Tbsp. Margarine, melted
1/4 cup milk
1/2 Tsp Thyme
Dip fillets in milk. Combine crumbs Parmesan cheese and thyme. Coat fish with bread crumbs. Lay in single layer on greased shallow baking pan. drizzle with melted margarine. Bake in oven for 12 minuted per inch of thickness of the thickest part of the fish. Or until fish flakes easily.
I like this recipe because it seems easier than deep frying to me. I kept a few fish for my smoker if anyone has any recipes for smoking trout I always like to try something new.
Cableguy
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Jed here is my favorite recipe for perch I got it from activeangler.com
Oven fried perch. 1lb perchfillets
2 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese- grated
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1 Tbsp. Margarine, melted
1/4 cup milk
1/2 Tsp Thyme
Dip fillets in milk. Combine crumbs Parmesan cheese and thyme. Coat fish with bread crumbs. Lay in single layer on greased shallow baking pan. drizzle with melted margarine. Bake in oven for 12 minuted per inch of thickness of the thickest part of the fish. Or until fish flakes easily.
I like this recipe because it seems easier than deep frying to me. I kept a few fish for my smoker if anyone has any recipes for smoking trout I always like to try something new.
Cableguy
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