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[Slotkeeper]

I'm Slotkeeper. Just joined the state. Typically fish saltwater on west coast, but stuck in Utah's winter cold am learning to ice fish.
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[wiperhunter2]

Welcome to the site SK, how long are you stuck in Utah?
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[Slotkeeper]

Probably forever now. I have a trawler in Pudget Sound, but its on the market to pay for my kids tuition(: Prefer saltwater fishing, but once the trawler sells all I'll have left is my 16 foot Klamath here in Utah.
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[wiperhunter2]

Well in that case, I'll move this post to the Utah board so some of the locals can say Hi.
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[redneck_delux]

welcome to the site and the state slotkeeper I dont know how much expierience you have on the ice but there are alot of people on her with valuble information. ive been ice fishing for years and I still get great tips and pointers from these guys and gals. i try to get to the gulf and fish when I can. but i prefer to stay here because this state has more to offer as far as hunting

[Ahi1953]

Welcome aboard Slotkeeper.
I worked a lot of boats in my younger years. Longline for bluefin in Hawaii, Lempara net , harpoon swordfish, jig boat for albacore, purse seine tuna , and squid fishing in Southern California. Never had the opportunity to fish on a trawler.
Been land locked for over 25 years now. Sure do miss the Sea.
This is a great form. lot of helpful people here.
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[Slotkeeper]

Wow. So much of that kind of fishing I wished I'd done commercially when I was young. Instead, being a Mormon, I got married, went to college and had eight kids.

With all those experiences you still need to catch a king salmon on the west coast if you haven't already. Ocean salmon are my first favorite fish followed by maui then ahi.
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[Slotkeeper]

I've only been ice fishing once, on Deer Creek Res. Got skunked, but liked it enough to go to Cabela's and buy all the right stuff. Went to a jigging seminar at Cabela's for ice fishing a couple days ago too. Where do you usually go?
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[a_bow_nut]

The three popular spots on Deer Creek are by the island. rainbow bay, and walsberg bay. There are mostly trout and perch in these spots but I have seen some of the other fish types swim by on the camera from time to time.

Another spot that people like to chase the trout is where the river flows into the lake if it is within resonable access.
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[Slotkeeper]

I lived here as a kid for a couple years in the 1960's and always treated perch like they were a trash fish. Now I hear they're pretty good eating. Better than a trout anyway. What do you think?
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[Jazzperch1]

the funny thing is i still hear of people that think they are trash fish, personally they are up there with eyes and wipers. gotta love some fried perch.
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[wagdog]

I think they are superb. Do you like bluegill or crappie? Very similar taste to yellow perch. I love 'em fried.
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[a_bow_nut]

Perch are pretty tasty. A nice white flaky meat that isn't heavy with the taste of fish.

Back in the day people here hated perch because if you fished within a hundred yards of shore you could bet on having a three to four inch perch on your hook. They were to small to try to eat and they were everywhere.

EVERYWHERE!

People talk about breaking the hundred fish day mark, but back then you could do it multiple time a day every day of the week if you wanted to so perch were not very popular.
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[Slotkeeper]

Yea its strange how we determine some fish are inedible. For decades no one wanted to eat Patagonian Toothfish because of its name. Then they changed the name to Chilean Sea Bass and we love it so much its being over fished.
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[Slotkeeper]

Maybe stuck her forever. I'm sick and tired of moving into homes and spending tens of thousands to make them to my wife's liking.. I could live in my suburban.
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