Me and my gal got there about 12:30 fishing the shore and had nothing for four hours then we had some luck getting on some carp for my girl two to be exact. Then back to nothing. My girl was going nuts wanting to leave around 6:30. So I said lets go for a walk. I was casting out my flourescent spoon and reeling as I walked. We probably made it a good 200 yrds. Then bam!!! blew my mind tiger hit it twenty feet from the shore.Not the greatest fight took about ten minutes to land it(about 30 in.). Pissed though left the video camera and phone at camp so not even a pic. I was going nuts before that but patience prevailed got my first tiger of the year.
Question: I thought catching perch was a shoe in I found spots I thought certainly would have em' but no bites. Any advice
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Couldn't make it today after all. Congrats on the Tiger and the carp. I rarely go after the perch when I go so no help there but I guess it would be nice to know where they are at so I can probably catch more muskies.
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I would really appreciate the advice on the perch it's mainly for my girl and my nephew. It would be fun to watch them reel them in while i'm going for the big catch.
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I agree with that scenario. Need something for the little ones and others to keep them from getting bored quickly. I would think that they are shallow by now, but who knows. We need to learn how to get them.
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The last couple of years the perch have still been rebounding from the drought. Prior to the drought, any old spot would hold perch, but not so much anymore.
It is a good sign that you got a musky in shallow though... They'll follow their forage wherever it goes. So I imagine the perch are still making their way up to shallower water. This time of year I would fish smaller crappie jigs in chartreuse or chartreuse and black on the bottom with a piece of crawler or perch meat to get into the pan fish. As the water warms, use the same thing, but under a bobber. If you have a float tube, toon, or boat with sonar, that would be a big advantage..
With a couple good water years in a row (prior to this year) I would imagine that the panfish fishing will be the best it has been in awhile. We jut need some stable (warm) weather and Pineview should pick up quickly.
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[cool][#0000ff]Still too early for good perchin'. Unless you have a boat, tube or toon, with good sonar, you are not likely to get many for a couple of months.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The perch have come into the shallows to spawn and have gone back out to deeper water. You probably won't find them shallower than 25-30 feet and some may be deeper than that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch remain active under the ice all winter and most folks consider them to be "cold water" fish. However, the "comfort zone" for perch is about 70 degrees. That is when they move closer to shore and feed most actively. Or when surface temps get warmer than that in the summer they will go deeper untll they find that zone.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]So, even though a spot looks good and perchy, it might be a couple of months before the perch agree with you. Late June and early July is when the perch are usually most shallow and available...followed by September through mid October.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You should be thinking crappies. They will be coming in to the flooded brush and stickups in the shallows after about the first of May. You can fish them on a small jig, about 3 feet under a bobber. If you can find them they are great for impatient girls.[/#0000ff]
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