Burntstick Lake

Sage · #1 01-03-2008, 09:21 PM

Has anyone been fishing Burntstick latley? Productive or not?

brett01 · #2 01-03-2008, 11:09 PM

yeah its not bad, lots of perch and a few pike. Can really hammer the slough sharks if you target them though.

YamahaMan72 · #3 01-04-2008, 07:33 AM

Brett where is a good spot to fish out there?

stand junkie · #4 01-04-2008, 05:51 PM

was out at burnstick on monday. We got 23 perch and one small jack we normaly fish off the boat launch then west about 200yrds and out about 100yrdsoff shore the water is 20 feet and their is about 8 feet of visibilty with the camara

Sage · #5 01-04-2008, 05:55 PM

Thanks. How big are the perch?

stand junkie · #6 01-04-2008, 06:05 PM

The biggest one we got was about 11 in. The fish were biting on maggots and shrimp with wire worms and small jigs.

brett01 · #7 01-04-2008, 07:46 PM

i think i might try minnows for perch. I have caught big perch there before with minnows in their mouths. I reckon it would ward the smaller ones away and increase the chances of better fish. I will try it tomorrow and see how she works'

Sage · #8 01-06-2008, 08:29 AM

How did the minnows work for the Perch?

brett01 · #9 01-06-2008, 10:12 AM

pretty darn good! got my limit of keepers in 2 hours. with more medium sized fish instead of those little 3 inch buggers that sleal your maggots. I'll do it again for sure! Gunna go out today but i'm not sure where yet. Maybe Strubel or Cow

Sage · #10 01-06-2008, 06:01 PM

how do you hook your hooks my brother hooks them in the back.

brett01 · #11 01-06-2008, 08:34 PM

through the back for me to, their just perch, it don't really matter i find, they will eat just about anything, i catch em' on bare j hooks sometimes lol

brett01 · #12 01-06-2008, 08:36 PM

through the back for me to. There just perch, they will eat just about anything ,that goes for presentation to. Heck i catch em' on bare j hooks lol

brett01 · #13 01-12-2008, 11:43 AM

lake went to ****e the other day. Was out for 4 hours and while i did manage to catch some they were the smallest perch i have ever laid eyes on! if you held them up to the sun, you could see through them. not to fun to catch 1 1/2 perch. Did manage to get a few keepers but not like usual. I' ve never had it like that, so lets hope it picks up. But all in all a good day for fishing and to work of a good hangover.

Mish · #14 01-12-2008, 01:14 PM

Do you ever use spoons or anything, or just bare hooks?

Kelly & Beth · #15 01-12-2008, 01:21 PM

We fish deep at Burnstick and you have to be careful when pulling the fish up that you dont go to fast or the air sacks come out.
Beth

brett01 · #16 01-12-2008, 06:50 PM

mainly just a white tear drop with black or pink spots. i fish em in 18- 22 feet of water, and yah u have to pull em up slow

#17 01-12-2008, 07:46 PM

Yep slow is the ticket to saving the fish, regardless of if you intend to kill them or not. Haven't fished it this year yet but last year we were getting lots of perch from 20 - 30 ft and pike in there and shallow as well.

Mish · #18 01-13-2008, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brett01

mainly just a white tear drop with black or pink spots. i fish em in 18- 22 feet of water, and yah u have to pull em up slow

Perfect, got a bunch of those still from last summer.

brett01 · #19 01-13-2008, 06:27 PM

went back this after noon after work. The fishing was much better, went to a new spot on the north shore. limited out in 2 hours. not my biggest outa there but 11 3/4 isn't baad for a couple of hours. green tear drop with maggots today though. 25 ft of water