I tried

After a brutal work schedule the last couple of weeks I decided to head home early on Friday. There is a local lake that I have caught some really nice perch in and I was hoping I could catch a few more. I never have caught big numbers in this lake, but the ones I do catch are pretty good.

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And just for good measure, Brian caught this giant Pike!
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I fished a new lake on Saturday. Although it had tons of potential and I marked a ton of fish, I just could not put anything together. I tried for crappie and perch. I caught a couple large mouth bass but it was not a great representation for this lake. I might have to give this one another try in the future.

Some nice looking perch, I wouldn't mind a bucket full like that

I went out this morning at a lake near me and the fish were not hungry, it was a beautifully day to be out

Much the same for us. My wife and I were out Friday. Beautiful day to be on the water, a lake where I expect to catch crappie, but we only got four plus a perch. Marked a lot of fish, but they wouldn't take the jigs we trolled at them. The whole summer has been below average for crappie for me.

Pretty nice Perch Rich.

nice perch i fished a local lake this weekend only got a few also. we have cool weather coming that should get things going.

For those that are wondering, in the background you will see a line counter rod. It is something new I have been working on since crappie camp.

I have a ton of them from big lake fishing and walleye fishing. I'm now using them to get a "no kidding" run depth on my lures.

So far, it has worked great. I've taken perch and crappie on this setup. No guess work on how deep I am running my pushing rods or my pulling rods.

I'll be tying some knew rods for these this winter but I like the setup so far.

Dang, I would love to get into some perch like that. Even if it were only a few. Those are nice ones.