03-02-2021, 10:50 PM
(03-02-2021, 03:56 PM)Springbuck1 Wrote: So, what I really wish is to I could learn WHY. I deeply covet the ability to walk up to a lake, test the breeze, sniff the air, feel the temperature, humidity, and pressure, photo-period, time of year, time of day, and say, "They are going to be medium deep, over rocky bottoms, probably feeding lightly on scuds..."etc. and have even a decent chance of being right.I have a theory about the bigger perch and it seems to hold true, for us at least, at the beginning of ice fishing season the perch are spread out and you can catch them at many depths but as the season winds down the bigger perch move shallow as they prepare to spawn. Over the years it comes down to experience and going back to the same locations where I have caught them before. I can't say I have ever caught good numbers of perch around any sort of structure, they are found on pretty flat bottoms in my experience.