CALFISHER4EVR
09-11-2011, 08:48 PM
I fished Perris on Saturday for the gills. I arrived at the lake early in the morning and went over to the south side of the island. I have this spot that I always go to because it has crappie, gills and bass in that same spot. I really do not know why the fish are always stacked up in the one spot because there is no structure in that area. It is just a good go to spot. I stopped there and fish metering just like usual. But not any fish on the bottom. Tried for a while for bass not one hit. Tried some crappie plastic curly tail grubs same thing. No takers. I then went over to the rocks and got a tap, tap and the fish did not commit totally on the bait. I did not meter any fish over in that area of the lake. So I went over to the
dam area into the deeper water and metered fish in the middle of the water column. Seems like it is that time of the year when the bigger gills are mostly chasing bait fish. The gills always seem to be shy
of bigger crank baits and jigs. I just could not get the small micro bait down in the water column where the fish are suspending. I could have fished but there was too much lake lice and I have a aluminum boat which is hard to keep steady while jigging in rough water. So I decided to troll the area with divers and micro cranks. HOOK UP!! The bite was constant throughout the lake after changing over to the troll and the fish where in the 8 to 10” range. The funny thing was fisherman where looking at me like I was crazy for trolling Perris. I guess nobody does it much. But it started from a slow day to a pretty good end. Thanks for reading.
dam area into the deeper water and metered fish in the middle of the water column. Seems like it is that time of the year when the bigger gills are mostly chasing bait fish. The gills always seem to be shy
of bigger crank baits and jigs. I just could not get the small micro bait down in the water column where the fish are suspending. I could have fished but there was too much lake lice and I have a aluminum boat which is hard to keep steady while jigging in rough water. So I decided to troll the area with divers and micro cranks. HOOK UP!! The bite was constant throughout the lake after changing over to the troll and the fish where in the 8 to 10” range. The funny thing was fisherman where looking at me like I was crazy for trolling Perris. I guess nobody does it much. But it started from a slow day to a pretty good end. Thanks for reading.