great day

[buffalo man]

i'd rather set all day and catch a doz. keepers then to pull dinks off.
fished cotten rd. thurs. took the taxi out (what a great service for guy's that have bad body days like myself ) to the left and out aways moved in a couple of times. then there they were, bam 12" right perch off the bat then again, thought it was going to be and even bigger perch but out popped this silver fish didn't no what it was at the time had to come home and check turned out to be silver bass. i caught 4 and everyone was bigger the the one before .
then in the early after noon i heard a 4 wheeler coming my way so i opened my shanty thought at first it was a fisherman coming to see how i was doing, was going to ask them about those silvers and as it got closer i seen it was a gal then i seen the markings on the 4 wheeler ( quick hide the beer ) it was a friendly dnr officer she ask how i was doing and i told her she looked in my bucket and said wow that's a big one. well that mayed my day.
it was fun catching fish again, i mean fish you have to grab with a firm hand to take the hook out. total for the day 4 silver bass released, 12 perch all between 8''-12'' , another 8-10 small perch released and one big ugly released.

[andy capp]

Silver bass?? Already? Sure it wasn't a shad? I caught a few out that way before.

[tommy-n]

buffalo man, sorry I can't help but laugh at "pull dinks off " :lol: Why did you have to hide the beer? I always take a sixpack with me on inland lakes and the dnr never says anything, I ask them if they want one and they always say I wish I could, but not right now.

[Frozenfish]

sounds like you had a good day on the lake. Nice catch. Hopefully that is a good sign.

[Ed Stringer]

Thanks for the report, a great day indeed.

[tedshunter]

It's about time we got a desent report from Cotton Rd. Them D.N.R. have reallly been out checking this year,me and my girlfriend got checked while at Cotton Rd. a few weeks back also but it was a guy not a woman.Well where do I go tomorrow Campua Bay or Cotton?Might go to Cotton I have always been partial to that area I have done really good in the past especially near last ice.If anyone does good out there today let me know.Shoot me a p.m.

[buffalo man]

i was just kidding about hide the beer i don't even drink anymore just something i say when the man comes. and as far as i know they were silver bass from the pic's the dnr site had. a guy was telling me that they were cathing them at sang also.

[Gone Fishing]

White Perch and Silver Bass look pretty similar. For what it's worth, here's a couple links to pics:

White Perch
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/white_perch.cfm

Silver Bass.
http://www.danbarnett.com/fishid/whitebass.php

[buffalo man]

can't find a pic of a shad and i think the dnr calls the silver a white bass i could be wrong. i should of takin a picture of it with my phone i forget i have that thing

[buffalo man]

thats the one white perch cause it had that single strip in the middle .they were pretty big. dam i wish i would have known cause all 4 were over 10" could have got a master angler award. i'll know next time. thanks for the info gone fishing
that's why a come to this site always somebody to help.

[CrappiemanGUS]

Well first of all them were probally silver bass...... I've seen a few get caught at cotton rd. tis year... and second of all....... Theres fish at cotton.. but a little farther than everyone else is fishing.... and a lot of people are fishing with minnows.... try something differant like a perch eye and maybe a jigging rapala..... i caught a few nicer fish out there last weekend on a pech eye and jiggin rapala... but as for me........ im going to go get ready for the J perch over at lake simcoe.... heading out there tonight:woohoo1: ....... good luck this weekend.....

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