Perch at Schaefer’s–Lake Onalaska

  • erod61
    Posts: 45
    December 15, 2008 at 6:44 am #1299872

    Here’s an early season perch caught in front of Schaefer’s on Lake Onalaska. Caught on an orange Little cecil and a waxie. 16″ long and 11″ around. The biggest I’ve ever caught and it’s going on the living room wall! E.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18924
    December 15, 2008 at 6:57 am #728686

    Simply… wow.

    dandorn
    M.I.N.N.E.S.O.T.A.
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    December 15, 2008 at 7:19 am #728689

    Nice first post Eric!

    Be sure to show us the mount when you get it back.

    That is a perch of a lifetime.

    Dan

    pool13_jeff
    NW, IL
    Posts: 884
    December 15, 2008 at 11:29 am #728693

    Beautiful! Welcome to IDO!!

    jeff_jensen
    cassville ,wis
    Posts: 3053
    December 15, 2008 at 11:38 am #728694

    That thing is a FREAK!! Nice job!

    Welcome to IDO!

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    December 15, 2008 at 12:30 pm #728698

    Thats a great looking perch and welcome to IDO

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    December 15, 2008 at 12:39 pm #728703

    Awesome orange fin dude

    Welcome to IDO

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    December 15, 2008 at 12:56 pm #728708

    Awesome fish and welcome to IDA, I lost one that size this year. Thats is a trophy!!!!

    luke_haugland
    Iowa City, Iowa
    Posts: 3037
    December 15, 2008 at 1:19 pm #728715

    SUMO!!!

    What a great first post!

    Jami Ritter
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 3065
    December 15, 2008 at 2:36 pm #728728

    Wow, thats a biggun.

    Jami

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18924
    December 15, 2008 at 2:36 pm #728730

    Did you get a weight on that bad boy?

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    December 15, 2008 at 2:37 pm #728731

    I didn’t know Peacock bass lived this far north. Wowser.

    Congrats and welcome to the best fishing site on the net.

    mrwalleye
    MN
    Posts: 974
    December 15, 2008 at 2:39 pm #728733

    What’s the weight?
    the record is 3 lbs- 4 oz and yours has to be close to that.

    that’s a beautiful fish congratulations
    make sure you post some pic’s of the mount when you get it back

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    December 15, 2008 at 4:38 pm #728760

    Nice perch!

    wimwuen
    LaCrosse, WI
    Posts: 1960
    December 15, 2008 at 5:58 pm #728803

    I saw one other perch that looked like that, one time also caught in front of Schaefers. I thought it was a freak and that I would never see one again. You proved me wrong on that one.

    Great fish, I’m sure you’ll remember it for years.

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    December 15, 2008 at 6:29 pm #728828

    Quote:

    Simply… wow.

    Well put…

    Steven Krapfl
    Springville, Iowa
    Posts: 1600
    December 15, 2008 at 6:52 pm #728839

    WOW!!! A fish like that pretty much says it all. CONGRATS!!!

    .mnmike
    red wing, mn
    Posts: 165
    December 15, 2008 at 7:40 pm #728854

    Beautiful fish. Way to go

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    December 15, 2008 at 8:03 pm #728866

    HOLY TOAD!! Congrats

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 16, 2008 at 7:52 pm #729274

    I live a total of 10 miles from there in La Crosse and that means I might have to make a trip up there!!!

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
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    December 16, 2008 at 10:14 pm #729333

    How did I miss this??? Congrats! That is one beautiful perch! Who is doing it for you?

    r._kayle
    Cedar Falls, IA
    Posts: 205
    December 16, 2008 at 10:33 pm #729338

    So did you get a weight??? Awesome fish, especially through the ice.

    erod61
    Posts: 45
    December 17, 2008 at 2:22 am #729411

    Sorry for being away…I was fishing! We went back to Schaefer’s today and did’nt do quite as well. Thanks for all of the great comments! I’m not sure of the weight of the fish as we didn’t weigh it…….maybe a big mistake. It’s at Dan Brown Taxidermy in LaCrosse. He told me it’s the biggest perch he has seen or mounted. Either way, I could get skunked the rest of the season and still be happy!! Let’s go fishing, screw work. E.

    amwatson
    Holmen,WI
    Posts: 5130
    December 17, 2008 at 2:39 am #729420

    That is Lake Onalaska for you, feast one day and famine the next. Congrats on a very nice perch
    Lntony who I used to spend a lot of time on the lake with has caught 2 perch on the lake through the ice that were close to 2 pounds and were 16″ or so. The pictures used to be on the wall at Schaefers, but not sure if they still are.
    There are some very nice perch in there, but finding them consistently is very tough to do

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    December 17, 2008 at 3:48 am #729445

    VERY NICE FISH!
    Two points –
    1. Next time my wife asks why I need to fish so often – I’m gonna show her the pic:)

    2. Just read an article in the Wisconsin Sportsman magazine on Perch on the upper Mississippi by Ted Peck. A short blog out of the article – “In recent years, we’ve cranked up a perch 16+ inches long”, Short said (WI DNR Biologist). “Scale samples of these fish indicate they are at least 12 years old.”

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