Chicken Coop 1/2/11

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Spent new year's at toledo with some mixed results. we took off from the camp at 7 on saturday mornin and rolled to where we have been catching and it just wasn't happening. after fishing all morning and with only 2 perch in the cooler, we decided to call it and go get warm at the camp and watch some football.
this morning we decided to run over to the texas side and try the chicken coop. we got there at 8 and fished until 11. we caught all our fish on shiners and a depth of 25'-28' seemed to be most productive for white perch. seemed like if we got deeper than 30', all we would catch was yellow and white bass and catfish. we ended up with 49 nice white perch, averaging about 13" and close to a pound. they're fat lil suckers with bulging bellies. we found several shad in the cooler that had been upchucked by the perch. wish i had the whole week off, cause it's on at the coop!
i'm attatching a pic of a little perch i caught that had some interesting markings, looked like someone took a sharpie to his head.. thought i'd share...