Thank again!, Cooks bay perch

[Jstubbs]

Good day folks!

Well the annual trip went well all things considered. No issues with travelling. Decent weather Friday - nice sunny day.

Since we didn't bring the sled (ironically is snowed Thursday night, would have been perfect) because of the questionable ice (which was also fine in Cooks bay after a cold Thurs night) we walked out of Gilford and picked a spot that looked good on navionics and seemed to be in line with the cooks bay marina huts.

We did well for numbers, just not for size.

I caught close to 50 on the day my gf about half that.

Biggest was in the 8 inch range. A few came through the hole that we considered keeping but we chose to let them all swim back.

It was just nice to get out. We have 0 ice down here so it was out only trip this year.

Thanks for all the help again!

Next year probably going to move spots on the lake over to where Taj operates I think.

Cheers!

[Longshank]

glad you had a good time

next year pm me on other locations. I have noting against cooks bay at all and somedays you can slam big ones there, but i have always considered it a nursery for lots of fish

there are many good operators there as well, but evet since the parking issues started, unfortunately I felt it was time to move to other parts of the lake

[passionforfishing]

Glad your trip worked out. It's always nice to get some tips from fellow fisherman.
I just got back from Nipissing for the first time and did a lot of leg work myself. Unfortunately got skunked. Going back to make up for this trip! Next time there WILL BE FISH!

[Jstubbs]

Hey it happens sometimes! Ya get skunked.

But that's part of the drive to go back and do better.

I went to Simcoe 4 or 5 times before I really had the day that I was going up there for.

Massive jumbos and action all day with good size almost no dinks at all.

It was a thing of beauty.

Next year, to Port Bolster (or beyond)!

[bassmasterrr]

I’ve only been to the port bolster area for perch a couple times but each time there wasn’t a perch in sight. And that was around the hut operators out there , perhaps I was just unlucky those days.

[Jstubbs]

Yeah it happens I guess to the best of us bassmaster.

I've heard lots of good things.

Duclos point or whatever my buddy slayed then near there this year which is close to there - 3rd times a charm for trying to bring the snowmobile up LOL

Steering linkage broke last year - got it all ready this year......didnt even bring it.

Should have though.

Oh well.

Tight lines!