Silver Bullet Fishing

Sam and Frank seem to have a thing for catching small perch.  A couple of years ago Frank caught a teeny perch in Caseville Harbor, and last Monday Sam snared the little critter pictured above.  Both of these little fish seem impossible to catch on hook and line, but the Licavoli brothers did just that. I guess it must speak to their tremendous fishing skills.  Now we have to settle a dispute, “Which is the smallest perch?”

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How to Clean a Perch in Ten Seconds

Written by Dave Kern

Sam and I decided to take a quick ice fishing trip to the eastern shore of the Thumb to celebrate President’s Day.  After a check at Geiger Road where the reports were  “no fish”, we decided to drive further north and try Wildfowl Bay at the Mud Creek boat ramp.

 At about 1:30 and at five hundred and fifty five paces out from the parking lot  (Sam steps, not mine) we drilled holes and the spring bobbers immediately began indicating light hits.    We couldn’t hook a fish so Sam decided to bury his face in the hole and investigate.  He announced that there were numerous perch below, but these fish  were only about double the size of our minnows.  In fact, they were so small that they were unable to inhale the bait.

  Finally,  Sam snared a big 3 inch perch – hooked in the mouth I might add - and thus, we avoided a skunk.  Due to commitments we left for home at 3:00 with only 3 tiny fish caught between us.

Because of recent birthdays Sam and I purchased our first senior coffees at McDonald’s on our trip  home.  The fishing was non-productive, but our first seventy-five cent cups of coffee made our day.

Pictures Here

We are pleased to announce the 2009 Silver Bullet Award winners.   A few of the awards might be considered and honor, other awards are to be avoided.  Your prize?  You win our undying gratitude.   Congratulations to all.

2009 CLUB AWARD (Worst Net Job):   Jan Snyder

2009 WET WADER AWARD:  Josh Biggart

2009 LIKELY TO PUT ON WADERS AND FISH AWARD:  Joe Robbins

BEST FISHING TRIP OF 2009:  Alaska – Nick and Sammy

BEST NET JOB OF 2009:  Terry Cassidy – Unopposed

2009 DU FRATZ AWARD:  Mike “Uncle Buck” Kern

2009 FISH TAIL AWARD:  Sammy Licavoli II

2009 MOST IMPROVED FISHERMAN: Nick Pennington

2009 BEST PICTURE:  Erin Biggart – Cole’s First Fish

2009 SILVER BULLET FISHERMAN OF THE YEAR:  Dick Hazel

Your award certificates are in the mail.