Made it out to Chatfield today for a couple of ours, landed a small, perch and two small rainbows.
Water temp was 55-56 degrees. The largest concentration of fish were holding in deep water in the main channel just about 100 meters south of the center bouys marking the no wake zone south side of the lake; fish of all sizes were stacked in this area.
I dropped a float marker in this area and worked it for about two hours. Picked up the perch on a pink and white dick nite trolling bottom. Picked up one trout on a Mepps rubber minnow imitation in 15 ft of water, and the other trout on a silver kastmaster in 10 ft of water.
All released. When I caught the perch, all I could think about was Dan's desire for perch eyes. Somehow the comical thought of a little blind perch sitting on a stool at the bottom of the lake, selling apples to make a living crossed my mind.... couldn't do it Dan, had to let him go.
Pete
Water temp was 55-56 degrees. The largest concentration of fish were holding in deep water in the main channel just about 100 meters south of the center bouys marking the no wake zone south side of the lake; fish of all sizes were stacked in this area.
I dropped a float marker in this area and worked it for about two hours. Picked up the perch on a pink and white dick nite trolling bottom. Picked up one trout on a Mepps rubber minnow imitation in 15 ft of water, and the other trout on a silver kastmaster in 10 ft of water.
All released. When I caught the perch, all I could think about was Dan's desire for perch eyes. Somehow the comical thought of a little blind perch sitting on a stool at the bottom of the lake, selling apples to make a living crossed my mind.... couldn't do it Dan, had to let him go.
Pete