Fishing for dinner...

[BobLoblaw]

Last Saturday, Ogre & I made the 3 hour drive to the south country to fish with Dago. It was a super early start; as you can see, we were already on the lake when the sun came up...

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Dago & 2 of his buddies were in his big tent, another of his pals was set up in his tent, and I hung out with Ogre in his tent. Turned out to be a gorgeous day; got a bit of snow & a bit of wind for a while, but not much of either. This was my weapon of choice...

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My first of the day...

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Slightly better...

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"You gonna eat all that sandwich, Mr. Ogre???"

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I switched to a little jigging spoon with a chunk of dew worm; got this small 'eye plus about a dozen perch before I had to re-bait...

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Catch & release (into the grease!!!)

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It was fun watching the perch on Ogre's camera. At one point, Ogre put on a Lil' Foxee jigging minnow & started bouncing it off the bottom; drove those perch nuts- they got super aggressive on that thing!
Shortly before we called it a day, we saw another little walleye come in & head towards my hook; watched the tip of the Marmish rod dip slightly, and pulled this guy up...

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(To be continued...)

[BobLoblaw]

You wouldn't believe what I got that walleye on, but I'll tell ya, anyway.
I had been fishing with the jigging spoon & had a small red single hook about a foot & a half up the line. I had tried a couple different types of bait, but had only got a couple perch on it; got way more on the spoon. After a while I just stopped putting bait on that hook. That didn't seem to bother Mr. Walleye...

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He tried to eat the red hook!!! Crazy little 'eye!

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Looks like time to call it a day; still have that 3 hour drive...

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My wife & I had a dang fine meal of perch the next day. Filleted 'em & cut 'em into nice boneless chunks; rolled 'em in flour, then dipped 'em in an egg wash. Coated half of 'em with Italian seasoned bread crumbs & the rest with crumbled french fried onions, then deep fried the lot. Good lord almighty, they were fantastic!!!:sHa_shakeshout:

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I had such a fun day of fishing for them tasty little buggers; can't wait to do it again!
Thanks for sharing such a fun spot with us, Dago; always great to get out & fish with you & Curt, my friend. Where are we off to next, Mr. Ogre? I know it will be a blast, buddy; it always is!:)

[Richmuiz]

Great pics !!!

[Ken07AOVette]

as always, great story and pictures, and many jealous guys reading your adventures.

thanks for sharing!

[owlhoot]

Really nice pictures

[Dale S]

It was a great day.Yourself and orge always have an open invitation to fish with me. Till next time my friends.

[kevinhits]

I feel so left out:cry:

[ogre]

Shouldn't have left, Kevin. But I'd only seen small ones all day, the big ones all seemed to be drawn to the other side of the tent :angry3:

All in all an awesome day. Dago and his buddies were awesome hosts.

@Kevin, how did you do on your alternate lake?

[kevinhits]

Shouldn't have left, Kevin. But I'd only seen small ones all day, the big ones all seemed to be drawn to the other side of the tent :angry3:

All in all an awesome day. Dago and his buddies were awesome hosts.

@Kevin, how did you do on your alternate lake?

I know I should of stayed.....Kickin my self in the butt...Went to first lake...Nothing...There were 4 other groups there and notta for them. Stayed there till 330 and decided to try second lake till dark and nothing...Not even a bite all afternoon

[Badback]

Great story and pics

[Wild&Free]

Nice pics, specially like the dorsal fin shot. Thanks for sharing.

[tacklerunner]

Looks like an awesome day guys. Then again, with Bob's photography skills he could make a truck stuck in the ditch with a flat tire in the middle of a storm look good.

Looks like some good eats.

[Dust1n]

has anyone tried to cut them up into square chunks and battery/fry them like popcorn chicken? Looks good even though I dont eat much fish!

[huntsfurfish]

Great pics, yum. I also dont eat much fish but those look tasty!

[tight line]

Droooooooool!!! Nice pics!

[SNAPFisher]

Bobloblaw, you always have the a great way of telling the story and embedding mind-blowing pics. Very cool! That does look like one heck of a tasty meal.

Thanks for the post.

P.S. Great sunset pics too!

[LCCFisherman]

Man I'm hungry!! AWESOME!

[Alberta Bigbore]

Congrats!! Tasty looking fish.

[WayneChristie]

tasty fish and pics, thasnks for sharing mr loblobloblaw

[GregT]

great pics!!!!

[BobLoblaw]

Thanks, guys!:)

I like the "popcorn perch" idea...:sHa_shakeshout: