My own little perch party

[Shrimpboy]

I took my buddy with me up to Jordanelle this evening. It was murder dealing with all of the jetskies around us, but we still managed to find a good little spot. We went out to that point that is exposed to the SE of the marina. I started out by using a senko to try for a smallie or two, but it was just too hard to manage a canoe in rough water and finesse a senko at the same time. So, I switched over to a 2" curley tail and started knocking the perch like crazy. At first they were pretty small, but eventually we found a spot where there was some flooded brush about 3 feet under the surface in about 9 feet of water. The bigger perch seemed to be out in that deeper stuff. From 7:30 to 9:30 it was non-stop. We even managed to get a couple of huge ones. (3 at 12.5" and 1 at 13") Boy were those fat! We stopped counting at around 100, but I'm guessing that we boated 150 or so. The average size was about 8". Once the sun went down, the chubs came out big time. At one point we caught five in as many casts. We only ended up with 15 of those smelly buggers though. (Anyone ever tried eating one? I know an old guy that lives in my old neighborhood in Lehi that loves them to death. He bottles them.)

For me, the highlight of the evening was at about 9, when most of the boats had left the water. I threw a brown senko in that same little hole we'd been fishing for almost two hours and bam....a 3 pound smallie took it! It was an awesome fish....only the second smallie I've ever caught.

It was a good night and I wish I could make it to the perch party with you all, but I'll be in Spain for most of Aug. You're all in for a treat.

BTW, it's been several years since I've launched from a state park....when did it go way up to $9 !!!?!?!? Is that the price at every state park?

-Jack
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