Perry 5/17/11

[Bluebasser86]

Weather looked pretty good and wind wasn't supposed to be too bad last Tuesday so my friend Van and I drug the boat out to Perry. Started a little slow with it getting pretty cold that night but once the sun got higher we started lighting them up pretty good. Van stuck the first keeper that was 5 even.

2 docks later he stuck a 4 pounder and I stuck a 3 pounder at about the same time, didn't take a picture of mine because we caught several 3 pounders.

Finished fishing those docks and ran to the marina by the dam where I caught my first keeper over 18".

ran around and caught several more nice fish including a 4 pounder I forgot to take a picture of before I tossed it back. Lots of crappie fisherman out there even though it was a weekday. We ran back to the docks Van had caught his bigger fish on and I caught a 5 pounder off the same dock he caught his 4lb fish off of. It looked like the same fish and was 5 pounds on the nose just like his but mine was missing a piece from the bottom of its tail and his wasn't.

Would have had around a 21lb limit, not bad on any lake in Kansas.

[Getfished]

Those are some real nice pics. Lots of good fish in that part of the lake. What ramp did you put in on ? I mow grass for the marina there.

[Bluebasser86]

We put in at the state park ramp. Most of those fish came off of the row of docks just north of the bridge from the ramp. We caught fish almost everywhere we went but the places with dirtier water seemed to be better with the high sun and fairly calm winds. The marina by the dam was really good last week but it was getting hammered by crappie fishermen and I didn't want to step on anyones toes getting back between the docks so we just left it and fished other places. Found a couple other good spots because of it though.

[skunked_again]

Perry Lake scares me. id rather not have my boat in a lake with all the zerba mussels.

[Bluebasser86]

Perry Lake scares me. id rather not have my boat in a lake with all the zerba mussels.

I either take my boat to the car wash or spray it down with a bleach and water mix after fishing Perry. It's too good of a lake not to fish it in my opinion. I just try to be as careful as possible to not spread them but I'm afraid there may be too many people who either don't care or don't know to stop them from spreading.