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February 17th, 2015, 07:35 PM
#1
Gilford perching??
Anyone been fishing perch out of Gilford?
I have a hut booked for this Friday with Terry Goy for my son & grandson's yearly trip, but haven't seen any posts lately on any of the boards on the catch at Gilford lately.
If so, what's working - minnows, grubs, jigs???
Any tips would help, as its the only trip we can make there this year.
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February 17th, 2015 07:35 PM
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February 17th, 2015, 08:33 PM
#2
check the imcoe forum but try to get there early an tr for the deepest water he has................good Luck........minnows nd jigging rap have een working for me....
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February 17th, 2015, 08:35 PM
#3
Terry Goy does a great job and has nice huts. Perch were biting this weekend on small jigs & minnow heads, lots of small ones and a few jumbos. I'm sure you'll have a good time.
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February 19th, 2015, 07:18 AM
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Do you watch Blue Ice Report? Videos from Gilford posted almost every day. https://www.youtube.com/user/THEBLUEICEREPORT
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February 19th, 2015, 11:32 AM
#5
Hey, it's quite simple. I like to use small spoons with treble hooks that are small as well. Marabou crappie jigs tipped with minnows will work too. Just get out there and try. Push comes to shove, just put a minnow on a hook.
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February 19th, 2015, 07:50 PM
#6
Drove 4 plus hours for Lake Simcoe "jumbos". 100's of perch about 4-5 inches long. Will scratch it off my bucket list. We fished near Terry's huts.
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February 19th, 2015, 07:55 PM
#7

Originally Posted by
archie126
Drove 4 plus hours for Lake Simcoe "jumbos". 100's of perch about 4-5 inches long. Will scratch it off my bucket list. We fished near Terry's huts.
Thats the norm i find this time of year it gets better as it gets closer to the time huts have to be off the lake mid march. And even better in the bay as long as the ice is safe after that.
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February 20th, 2015, 08:22 AM
#8
As said above I get most of my perch in 20-30' of water and think most depths around Gilford are in the 10-20' range. just my thoughts on why mostly small fish. think I've fished out of the huts there maybe 4 times over the years and it's mostly smaller fish.
if making the long drive check and see what depths they have their huts at.
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February 20th, 2015, 04:04 PM
#9

Originally Posted by
BIG MAC
As said above I get most of my perch in 20-30' of water and think most depths around Gilford are in the 10-20' range. just my thoughts on why mostly small fish. think I've fished out of the huts there maybe 4 times over the years and it's mostly smaller fish.
So what would be a better Cook's Bay access point for the depths you're talking about?
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February 20th, 2015, 04:43 PM
#10
You want to head out of Keswick to get into deeper waters . unless you have a machine you could go out of gilford road and head towards the main lake.
If your fishing off of gilford road around the hut rentals you will catch fish but not many of a decent size.
12 fow is not deep enough. Fish 25 to 30 fow and you should do well.