04-15-2007, 12:06 PM
[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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[#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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