Crowley Perchfest 6-2-09 w/pics

[Sierra_Smitty]

Life is crazy for me now that Parchers is open so I'll keep this relatively brief.....well as brief as a long winded blow hard like myself can. hahahaha

EPIC EPIC EPIC DAY at Crowley yesterday. We kept 48 perch and threw plenty back, farmed a few too. I had a full day off so I had to get out of the canyon, if only for a few hours. We arrived at Crowley at 8am and after BS'ing with the folks that work there, got headed out on a Pontoon with my brother Lane, his lady Sarah and one of my employees and new friend Brett.

Leighton Springs was showing the better fish from all accounts so we headed straight there. As soon as we saw some weeds we stopped and bam - first cast had a fish. Then Lane gets a fish. Then I get another. Then Brett hooks up and farms a big one. We're all stoked - until we drift off the spot and the bite died. Took us about an hour to find them again but when we did it was fantastic. We sat on anchor for about 3 hours straight just wailing on perch to 1.5lbs. TACO TIME!!!! The wind blew a bit and we got some rain but it actually seemed to improve the fishing - while some chickened out, we hung tough and were rewarded.

Sarah works at Gull Lake so we had to drop her off at the dock at 1pm so she wouldn't be late for work - fishing was a bit slower when we got back and the wind was really kickin. We tried Green Banks for four toad perch before we drifted off the spot and with the wind blowing like it was, we had no chance of staying on the spot. Tried a few more spots with no love but we already had two buckets full of perch and that was plenty for the big fish fry we're having next week.

We caught fish on several different colors of the 2" Berkley Power Grubs but by far the hottest color was motor oil and pumpkinseed. 1/16oz leadhead was working better than 1/32oz.

Here are a few pics of what was a freaking awesome day on the water!!!!



Yours truly stoked on a perch
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/jaredjumbo26-2-09.jpg

Brett with a dang ol' perch
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/BrettJumbo6-2-09.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/crowley16-2-09.jpg


I'm posing with a fish and my bro lane is totally bent behind me.....DOUBLE!!!!
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/jaredjumbolanebendo6-2-09.jpg


http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/jaredperch26-2-09.jpg

Lane bendo
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/lanebendo6-2-09.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/lanejumbo6-2-09.jpg

Lane's first of the day...
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/laneperch16-2-09.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/pontoon26-2-09.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o181/sierrasmitty/sarahperch6-2-09.jpg


Peace,
Smitty

[troutdog]

Great report and pics Smitty, although you should have Sue show you how to catch the larger models :Wink: :LOL:


TD

[Fisherman57]

Awesome! I can't wait!
See you in a couple weeks Jared.




57

[Granny Fish]

Perch fest!

I am so jealous of you Jared. You can fish everyday for minimal cost. :Cool:

[TroutOnly]

KILL THE PERCHES,,,LOL,,,YOU GUYS SLAYED SMITTY,,,,,,,,,t/o

[crappie stalker]

Those were some great Sacs... Would love to get up there on some of those.. Nice size ones...SLABS

CS

[fishtacomag]

nice job as usual...what a life you have
shawn

[FISH_HUNTER]

Nice going on the taco meat. I guess everything about you is Sierra, your screen name, in the Sierra's, and drinking a Sierra! :LOL: :Beer Toast:

[diamondbear]

GREAT REPORT SMITTY , those fish look tasty .

[Troutman65]

Nice going Jared. I really liked your artical in the new issue of the Fish Taco Chronicles. :Big Grin::Wink: Thanks for the reports.

[greg]

I bet those fish tacos were great! Hope you had an electric fillet knife for fast cleaning.

Using a buoy may help to find that great drift spot in the future...

[Koshaw]

Or a GPS would be useful too ;) to find that location.

[Wingnut]

That's awesome Jared, looking forward to coming up there to your backyard in a couple of weeks! :Wink: :Cool: :Big Grin:

[Loco]

I really need to learn how to catch the Perch. I always fly fish at Crowley and catch Perch by accident on midges, but they are sure a lot of fun. Do you just jig the grubs or reel them in. What is a good area? I'm very familiar with the lake. I keep my boat at Crowley, so if someone wants to show me, hit me up. My Dad and I will be up next weekend, fishing the 13, 14 and 15th. The boat is full on the 15th. We are camping at McGee Creek. I have an 18.5 ft boat, so I can fit 2 more people if you can stand midging in the morning. Don't like to midge, I can run back in and pick you up. It is a pretty fast boat. :)
Do the perch bite later in the day? That was a great post! You guys slayed them.