I'm still ticked I had to miss most of last years season. This year I'm going to fish a ton, and I am planning already as well!
Yea those were monster perch, seemed like good numbers of them too... usually large perch = reduced populations but it didnt seem this is the case there. Good luck, get one of those popup tents (I use a 6 man, it is SOOOOO roomy inside) and a Big Buddy heater. Its way fun in a tent, with all the light around you, being in the dark you can see sooo far down into the water. Can see your line move before you even feel a strike.
Hopefully you stocked up on gear when the spring clearance happened
-DallanC