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I figured after 3 or 4 very cold nites that the edges would re-freeze, and it looked like good edges all around RP this morning..I chose the farthest West side entry area..a bit too rocky for ingress/egress, but doable..my sled already has holes, so no worries..little shallower than I'd wanted, but some marks on bottom right away, and BINGO, decent action and good average sized perch all morning, til I had enough at noon..wind direction changed, snow starting about when I got back to truck, and snow most of the way back to SLC..some kept ave 81/2", but most culled and kept were 9 to 93/4", just really nice fish..bite still hot at noon, hard to quit..sometimes used 2 poles..1 with donor eyeball on small wonderbread white jig, 2nd rod with small cut perch belly meat, also on small white jig with home-painted wonderbread dots..both very effective, but cut perch meat generally catches my bigger perch..Guluk...hope the edges hold up for awhile..be safe, use your ice prod at edges..
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Good job Joe. I’m with you - hope these edges hold up for a bit. A couple more batches of perch fillets would be nice!
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Nice job and thanks for the report, the info is appreciated... Later Jeff
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How thick was the ice?
Thanks for the report.
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Ice thickness where I drilled was solid 6"...re-frozen edge where I got on maybe 2 or 2.5"..when I got there about 0745, there was a guy scooting around in his Snow Dog, so no issue for him either that I could see..
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Leave skin on for sure..it'll stay on much longer..meat alone would work great, but used up fast like wax worms...cut small pcs from your last trips catch..freeze about 8 pcs..I change out after about 10 or so fish..I cut small pcs, about 1/8" by about 1/2", sometimes add a little liquid flavor to a small baggie before I stick in freezer..then thaw in fridge the nite before..I guess you could cut some pcs off your first catch out on ice,but I never have..always bring some with me..Guluk..
