Winter bite is on

Tom and I went to Murray this morning to try the Perch bite. Sure looks like the winter pattern has started. We never made it past the first spot barely out of the landing.
Underwater island in 35 FOW. All mine came on Flexit Spoons.
I caught several on my 7/8oz spoon but was missing a lot of bites. I noticed the shad one spit up was smaller than ones I'd seen them feeding on at Monticello so I switched to my smallest Flex it and my hookups increased a good bit. Tom caught most of his on a 3 jig rig like Comalander uses.
Got my PB today. 1 Lb 6 oz White Perch. Tom got one almost same size and many over a pound. We kept 17 and threw back as many short Stripers.
Wind got up and water was coming over the bow so we quit at 9 AM. I made it back in time to join my wife and 2 oldest GKs. for breakfast before they left after a weekend visit. Can't have much better morning than that.
(The board in the picture is 12" wide for reference. )


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Sounds like a fun day. Did you go up river above the elbow at all? Curious how muddy the water is after Friday's torrential down pour.

Good job SeaRay! You did have a great morning, fishing with a great buddy and breakfast with family. Great looking family! :ThumbsUp

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Sounds like a fun day. Did you go up river above the elbow at all? Curious how muddy the water is after Friday's torrential down pour.

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We put in at the dam. Fished maybe 1/4 mile from towers. That's why the water was rough. We were in middle on big water so waves were rolling. White capping when we quit.

You did great finding them in the big water. I tried to find perch down that way several times last winter and never could, just small stripers. I can usually find them up the lake till all the mud comes. Then it gets tough for me.

Thanks for the great report and pictures

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Nice catch Ray

Thats puttin the old whoop ask me on em !

First off nice talking to you the other week Ray. Hope you made it to work on time.
Glad you and your buddy had a good day on the lake. Congrats! Makes me want go and forget about this deer hunting. Lol!!
The fancy restaurant y'all ate breakfast is it Eggs Up Grill? Thanks for the report Ray.


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First off nice talking to you the other week Ray. Hope you made it to work on time.
Glad you and your buddy had a good day on the lake. Congrats! Makes me want go and forget about this deer hunting. Lol!!
The fancy restaurant y'all ate breakfast is it Eggs Up Grill? Thanks for the report Ray.


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Yes it was and while it is a good restaurant I have to say Creekside is just as good and much cheaper. Our breakfast for the 4 of us was $60 with tip. We all had basic food, nothing fancy. Glad my wife was treating.

Great day looks like!!


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Yes it was and while it is a good restaurant I have to say Creekside is just as good and much cheaper. Our breakfast for the 4 of us was $60 with tip. We all had basic food, nothing fancy. Glad my wife was treating.

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Oops. Ray thanks for the report. Looks like a great time. Always good spending time with family. A bonus was the catching fish.

Congratulations on your PB perch Ray. Sounds like a awesome day on the lake.


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Great post and pics Ray. :santa