02-15-2023, 09:06 PM
(02-15-2023, 02:42 PM)TubeDude Wrote: Another factor that contributes to fish moving shallower later in the ice season is water quality. As oxygen levels drop and pH factors change during long spells of ice coverage the fish will move to find better living conditions. Often this means gravitating to shallower water closer to a stream inflow.
So do you have any other theory as to why the ratio of 'bigguns' to 'littleuns' decreases so dramatically as the perch season progresses? For me/us, it seemed like about 3 to 10 just before and just after Christmas, then soon 2 to 10, then later Jan. maybe 1 to 10, and lately more like 1 to 20...Any other 'piscophilic proximations' - other than my previous thoughts of heavy harvest and them skipping school and just spreading out later??