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Originally Posted by Grant
Thanks for the report! I was up there the week before (original Derby date), and saw a lot of unstable ice. Saw some fish photos on the Rotary web site, but hadn't heard too many reports.
I bet all those "disinterested" parties would've been real keen to get that area marked off if THEY had fallen through!
One question: Did you get any fish?
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We put two of our tilts in shallow water, about 4' deep, and 2 were about 12-14 feet deep, shiners on all 4 tilts. I caught 3 perch, nothing over a pound. My buddy had one "screamer" that tore off about 50 feet of line. He set the hook, nothing! We were thinking he may have had a rainbow on, but thats only a guess. All the action came on the shallow tilts.
When I put a new shiner on my hook, in the shollow hole, I could see the perch race over to check it out. I was amazed at how many times they picked it up, then spit it right out, never tripping the flag. It wasn't enough to kill the shiners, almost like the perch were playing with them
We both used size 8 hooks, which may allow for a few more hits. On the other hand, the hook is so small, it's easy to pull right out of the fish, when setting it. We figured that's what happened to my buddy, arrrggghhhhhhhh!