Managed to convince our staff this year at the school I work at to have our end of the year party at a house on Lake Stevens. I of course brought my fly gear.
Lot's of little perch rising in the shallows when I started fishing from the dock. I landed two right away in the 6 inch range and then managed to land a larger one in the 10 inch range fishing a little deeper. After that they seemed to wise up, which is unheard of for perch, because I could see them follow after that and not take. I gave it a break for awhile to socialize and managed to pick up a few more small once again after that.
The surprise fish though was about a pound and half smallie that took a maroon micro leech fished next to a dock. At the time I was using a short 3 weight and it was well bent over.
I hooked all the perch on a little rainbow trout streamer baitfish pattern.
Ira..
Lot's of little perch rising in the shallows when I started fishing from the dock. I landed two right away in the 6 inch range and then managed to land a larger one in the 10 inch range fishing a little deeper. After that they seemed to wise up, which is unheard of for perch, because I could see them follow after that and not take. I gave it a break for awhile to socialize and managed to pick up a few more small once again after that.
The surprise fish though was about a pound and half smallie that took a maroon micro leech fished next to a dock. At the time I was using a short 3 weight and it was well bent over.
I hooked all the perch on a little rainbow trout streamer baitfish pattern.
Ira..