Sunday report- Cotton Rd.

[jiggineyes]

Finally got away from the dinks on the lake. Ive been hittin alot of canals to find some better fish. Decided to hit cotton yesterday now that the ice is better. Hit one of my wps from last year off the beaten path and it paied off! Two of us brought home 32 perch from 7 1/2-12 1/2". Got into some jumbos with 9 over 10"! Minnows were by far the bait of choice yesterday. Dark purple tear drop took alot of them too. Fish were suspended about 2' off the bottom. Fished the minnows 2-3' up in 7 fow. Sorry i dont have pics. No batteries for the camera. :sad: Would have been a nice pic for the fishing album. All I can say is try to get away from all those weeds that have over taken that area. I found this spot last year which is a small area that has a mostly clay bottom thats about 50 yds across and surrounded by weeds. The small weed beds in that area have reallly gotten out of control the last few years and turned that whole area into weeds. Find the edges and holes to find the fish.

[mczerny]

Great job, awesome to hear this for the fact that I'm taking my 5 year old son out today after school for the first time this season for him!

[PerchOnly]

Nice job. When I came off the ice on Sunday I talked to a couple of guys that did Cotton & they said no one was catching anything but dinks.

[fishing extreme]

could you see the fish?

[jiggineyes]

Nice job. When I came off the ice on Sunday I talked to a couple of guys that did Cotton & they said no one was catching anything but dinks.

I talked to others coming in who were fishing by the crowd who said about the same with a couple keepers. We werent there!;)

could you see the fish?

No. Visability was about 3' and clouding up a bit by the end.

[BOEDY]

Good to hear, thanks for the report.

[slowpoke]

Is there still parking at the end of the road?

[jiggineyes]

Yes there is but get there early. i bought bait the night before for that reason. I pulled in the lot at 635 and was the 5th car there. The guys that fished there saturday said it was full by 7am.

[TeamSnapper]

About time someone caught some thing. How thick was the ice? Safe for a quad?

[jiggineyes]

Ice was about 6". There was quite a few machines out. However, there was several soft spots that i noticed where machines have ridden over. There was quite a few open spot 2 weeks ago after that warm day that may not have caught back up yet. That area is also known for gas pockets so use caution! The access is in great shape. One thing i would recommend with the parking situation. if you have a trailer with your machine it would help out everyone to make the trip up from selfridge. It will also keep the residents happy without machines driving by their house early in the morning. If we want to keep that access open much longer we have to keep them happy!:)

[TeamSnapper]

Thanks jiggineyes I'm out at cotton right now and doing nothing but a few dinks :(.I have a similar wpt in 4ft and its pretty dead. Trying out farther past the pack now

[steve myers]

It pays to know that area well.I tried alot of spots but like you said weeds everywhere need to keep looking for sand next time and I will take the camera too.

[jiggineyes]

Wish i could tell ya where to go! get to 7FOW and go ... :evilsmile:help:

[TeamSnapper]

Wish i could tell ya where to go! get to 7FOW and go ... :evilsmile:help:

Haha that's the one thing I haven't tried yet. I tried going to an old wpt about a half mile out and the ice started crunching a little. Kinda scary. Almost was calling help but for the wrong reasons. Just the surface ice though. Still don't know what cracks have been here recently

[jiggineyes]

just be careful of the old/new ice border. You will see the slight build up. Its just outside of where I was. Dont know how much new ice there is out there. Just iced over last week!

[shackman]

Yes there is but get there early. i bought bait the night before for that reason. I pulled in the lot at 635 and was the 5th car there. The guys that fished there saturday said it was full by 7am.

How much does it cost to park in the lot at cottton road?

[jiggineyes]

no cost. just a vacant lot. Room for about 15 or so cars

[TeamSnapper]

Well we never got into em all that good. I was out with willietippit. He sat in the shanty when i went out and explored. he must be gettin old :tdo12:. finished with 3 keepers and some dinks (only fished 2.5 hours). he had a nice 12" at the hole though that got off. I dunno, i wasn't there to see it and I know it was just him and the captain together in the tent. Who knows what really happened.:dizzy:

[jiggineyes]

sorry it didnt pan out for you guys. It hasnt for me that often this year either. This cold whether will definetely help get out into some better water this next week!

[Mark Sylvester]

Ice was about 6". There was quite a few machines out. However, there was several soft spots that i noticed where machines have ridden over. There was quite a few open spot 2 weeks ago after that warm day that may not have caught back up yet. That area is also known for gas pockets so use caution! The access is in great shape. One thing i would recommend with the parking situation. if you have a trailer with your machine it would help out everyone to make the trip up from selfridge. It will also keep the residents happy without machines driving by their house early in the morning. If we want to keep that access open much longer we have to keep them happy!:)

I wouldn't want to have to hear all thar racket in the am!

no cost. just a vacant lot. Room for about 15 or so cars

I know the owner and it will stay free till it gets messed up and then it will be closed. So be good out there guys!;)

[Willie Tippit]

Well we never got into em all that good. I was out with willietippit. He sat in the shanty when i went out and explored. he must be gettin old :tdo12:. finished with 3 keepers and some dinks (only fished 2.5 hours). he had a nice 12" at the hole though that got off. I dunno, i wasn't there to see it and I know it was just him and the captain together in the tent. Who knows what really happened.:dizzy: That was a good thing you leavin.....The kid leaves i start catching:D...actully with some unsafe ice around i was more worried about the other kinda drink then the captian :rolleyes: Know what i mean snapper...i dont like to see ya wet behind the ears....;) i had steady action jiggineyes soon as he left ,and it was a nice fish..i didnt have time to measure it .it was long and fat and had stripes...:lol: and went bye bye ..prolly due to my not so agile pysique....G/L Mark

[jiggineyes]

good to hear. We had some nice fish Sunday. Also lost several other in the same stretch when we were gettin the bigger ones. the bite was light on the minnows and you really had to know how to read the spring bobber! got 1 that went 12 1/2". best fish of the year. ill be out thursday afternoon probably with the heater on HIGH!:tdo12:

[Willie Tippit]

good to hear. We had some nice fish Sunday. Also lost several other in the same stretch when we were gettin the bigger ones. the bite was light on the minnows and you really had to know how to read the spring bobber! got 1 that went 12 1/2". best fish of the year. ill be out thursday afternoon probably with the heater on HIGH!:tdo12: Cool,glad u got into um...Seens the smaller non keepers mostly 6 and 7 inchers hit lite but the keepers 8' and 9 were hitting harder...i caught maybe 15 just sitting in one spot... Ever use those ice free bobbers the slip kind...i love themu can see went the fish is messin with it very easy...Good luck Mark

[jiggineyes]

Ive used them in the past but wouldnt trade my schooly for anything when fishin minnows! Nice job on the fish. Maybe we can salvage the season afterall!

[Willie Tippit]

Ive used them in the past but wouldnt trade my schooly for anything when fishin minnows! Nice job on the fish. Maybe we can salvage the season afterall!Amen on the schoolys...actlly i use both when fishin in my trap the ice free i put way out front and the rod with the spring boobers to my side and in my hand..This way u can wacth the boober and still fish one hand free:D Yano free for a few cold pop's ...:lol:
g/L maybe catch ya out there some time.. Mark..

[jiggineyes]

Il be out there some time this weekend