Ben's Devils Lake Perch |
2 Limits of 14" Perch |
Ben took over the Heating and Air Conditioning business from Mike Wenaas, his long time employer. With this winters weather he has been plenty busy and after stopping by on Sunday, he was ready to get out of town. He sent these pictures via text messaging of his wife and his successful day on Devils Lake. These perch are in the 14 inch class and one has to be impress for sure. Apparently they each got a limit of walleyes as well but I didn't get a picture of them. Knowing Ben, he'll be out tomorrow fishing again before returning for the weekend. With a little luck I'll be invited to the fish fry. These pictures remind me of the time Ben's dad Kevin, Paul Wenaas, my brother Steve, and I went to Devils Lake to fish walleyes an perch in the winter. I remember bringing my secret bait, freshwater shrimp, a sure bet for perch. Well the locals pretty much laughed at me as the lake is full of them, to the point where they float up to the top of your hole, oh well. Not having any luck on Devils Lake, we got a tip about a lake east of there, Stump Lake, where the water was once too salty to support fish but the overflow from the rising waters at Devils Lake had brought the level in Stump Lake up 32 feet. Enough water entered the lake to again support fish so the North Dakota DNR planted over 2 million perch in the lake and we arrived at the perfect time. Driving to a spot where the trees extended out of the ice and we could look into the old blue heron nests, we started catching perch, all in the 10 - 11 inch range, and hundreds of them. It was probably the best perch fishing ever yet it looks as though I need to reschedule a trip back out to take advantage of these beautiful looking perch. Thanks Ben!
Tomorrow morning I head for Houston to meet up with my brother Steve, dear friend Joe Stanfield, Jim Cox, Matt Davis, The Professor (long story), Mike Schubert, and Dick of Lighthouse Charities for a weekend of fishing the coastal waters of central Louisiana. I had done this with Joe a few years earlier in Rockport, Texas and it was an absolute blast. We are headed for a private fish camp near Cameron, LA and I'm looking forward to showing those Cajun boys a thing or two about fishing. We have a few surprises in store and interesting, Dick asked if I could bring down some walleye fillets for them to try. Not one to skimp on who we are, Steve is bringing some Wisconsin Cheese, I have the walleyes as well I'm bringing some real hand harvested wild rice from my friend Bill. I'm not sure what they will think but you can bet this Yankee will give em hell regardless! I have the APEC show in Fort Worth on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday so it will be a busy weekend for sure.
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