04-15-2007, 11:57 AM
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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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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