The start
The appointment is given, so we meet at 12 am at the launch for a session until the sunset. I find Will, already on the water probing around. Then we pick up Christophe, who had just made a beautiful morning in float-tube with beautiful perches already on the counter.
An icy wind blows from the West, so the choice is made to go to the shelter and to look for our first schools of perch. Without surprises, Will and Tof know the lake like the back of their hand and we directly fall on schools of more than 8 meters high. I chain microscopic perch one after the other, without succeeding in deciding on a nice size one.
During this time, the friends are looking for pike in pelagic without unfortunately any successes either. It is already more than 1 pm, it is the good moment to make a break for a snack.
No time to rest
Arrived on a new zone, a plateau at about 8 meters of depth. Everyone unwraps his sandwich and Will takes advantage of it to make me a small demonstration of the fishing with the gambe, very effective technique on the perches in winter. Ãeuros hardly in contact with the bottom, it is already hung. It is a little surprised that we realize that the fish hooked on a size 14 hook is not a perch, but rather a big pike.
The latter had to seize one of the small perches, pricked on the descent. A fight begins and it will be necessary to be patient, because the wire in 16 hundredth intended for the perches will not make long fire if it touches a tooth of the pike. A few minutes pass and it becomes obvious that the hook must be planted in the best possible place, the corner of the jaws.
The fish put up a superb fight on a 2-8 g rod and Christophe caught it to bring it on board. It is a magnificent fish of more than 80 cm, the belly undoubtedly filled with small perch. The luck was on our side, but it remains a nice line to have managed this fight on such a material.
Each in turn
Christophe and Will both managed to catch fish on this day. I am the only one left who needs to validate a fish. Will places us in the schools of perch, hoping that a nice fish is hidden in the batch. After having fished in different schools without much success, the choice is made to go a little deeper.
As soon as we arrive, we come across a huge school of perch, so our lines go down in the bunch. Some fish are bitten and I bring up my line to catch them. A few seconds after having hooked the last one, the sounder draws us a school of about ten very big individuals.
I go down in the center, I begin my animation and a heaviness is felt. I hook and the fight begins. I thought at the beginning to have taken two fish of average size, but the fight quickly makes me change my mind, it is only one big fish which is at the end. A magnificent perch of 42 cm bursts the surface for my greatest pleasure.
Perfect to end a session with friends and go home with a smile.
