The perch decided to eat today. A couple days ago they would come off the bottom but I couldn’t get many to bite. I was fishing in 40-50 fow, with the best areas being around 47’. They were biting all sorts of lures as long as the were tipped and preferred jigging to dead stick today. I was really trying to catch a walleye but no luck. Ended up catching about 35 with a couple that went 12”, and only a few little ones. The ice was pretty good but got a little thin behind the island.
Looks like you did well. I would love to see the perch at Deer Creek make a little bit of a come back. How thick was the ice???
The area I fished was 3 1/2 or 4 “ of good ice with a couple inches of white ice on top. But be careful, I backed out of an area that only had maybe 2”.
I fished that same spot Sunday. Marked fish all day, they followed lures all day but wouldnt bite. a few hit and misses but only caught 2 perch. I put everything in front of them. Was looking for walleye but only got 1 good hit and miss on a walleye lure. Im guessing too much pressure in 1 area. Everyone was huddled together for some reason. We were alone and saw fish all day. Doesnt make much sense to me
Sounds like me Friday. the fish that did show, would follow…but nothing.