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Perch
Early Ice Pike n Pannies!
First ice opportunities almost always has me chasing panfish and pike on
the lower parts of the St. Mary’s River system. The small, shallow,
weedy bays that freeze first offer great cover for pannies which creates
the ideal grounds for monster pike looking to gorge. The following are a
few techniques I use when ice fishing shallow weedy bays for panfish and
big pike. 12/11
Rigging Options for Early Season Yellow Perch
Understanding temperature is critical to the timing of the yellow perch
arrival to annual spawning grounds in spring. Perch begin arriving as
waters warm to 6-7 degrees Celsius (43-45 degrees Fahrenheit) , seeking
out relatively shallow water (4-8ft) and soft bottoms with remnants of
last years vegetation. 06/11
Persuasive Panfish Plastics
Soft-plastics are becoming fan favourites with hard-water
panfish stalkers. Lifelike profiles, irresistible actions, and
durability are a sampling of the reasons whey more anglers are opting to
use artificials instead of live bait. Perch, crappie and sunfish can be
tempted into slurping in soft-plastics whether aggressively feeding or
inactive.
Winter Perch Fishing
Perch can be a funny bunch. Doesn’t it seem like you catch more
of them when targeting other species instead of when you’re actually
fishing for perch? Most of the time when I am actually targeting yellow
perch, I will routinely put in a full day on the ice punching dozens of
holes searching for signs of a school.
Yellow
Perch Rewards
After enduring the often too long
winter I focus my attention on one thing and only one thing. I
impatiently wait and watch the progress of the ice breaking up of the
ice on main lakes all over Ontario. Not only will I get a chance to get
the boat out after 5 very long painful months, I will get to have some
of the most fun that I will have all year catching giant Yellow Perch.
Tips to
Ice More Perch Part One
Getting into steady action from a biting school of jumbos is every
perchers dream. Ultimately, the more diverse of an angler the better
prepared you'll be to handle whatever fish throw at you. Here are five
important tips to keep in mind when the bite gets tough.
Soft-Bottom Perch Ice Fishing
A good perch bite is tough to beat during the ice fishing season.
Aggressive and competitive, once you get a school of jumbos riled up you
can often put a few on ice before they move on. Soft-bottom flats are a
great spot to search out perch. Here are some tips on fishing these
areas.
Ice Fishing
Perch Pointers
Targeting perch through the ice is one of my favourite types of hard-water
action. Not only are perch relatively easy to catch and often eager to
bite, they are one of the best tasting freshwater fish. To help boost your
perch fishing results this ice season, here are some tips to put more
jumbos on the ice.
Last Chance
Jumbos
Soon, it’ll be rotten out there. Not rancid like spoiled
produce, but soft and dark nonetheless. I’m talking about the ice. It’s
thick and resolute now, but it won’t last forever, actually, scarcely
longer than a few weeks, less in some areas. Fortunately, though,
ice fishing’s swan song is a cheery tune; one fraught with foraging fish
and wonderful weather. And lead vocals are belted out by my favorites,
jumbo perch.
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