01-28-2011, 02:49 PM
[cool][#0000ff]We had hoped to get some bigger perch but they seem to be moving deeper now. Most of the bigger fish are big females full of ripening eggs. They don't eat as much and are moving into parts of the lake with vegetation and/or incoming water flows. They spawn shortly after iceout and the spawn is triggered by the lengthening daylight hours.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There will still be a few jumbos taken in the shallower waters but the larger groups are deeper and are more difficult to coax to bite. They may be active for only a short time...and not every day. You really have to be in the right place at the right time with something they will bite on.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Even the smaller fish were not as active yesterday. We saw a lot more fish on sonar than we felt on the ends of our lines. Typical.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There will still be a few jumbos taken in the shallower waters but the larger groups are deeper and are more difficult to coax to bite. They may be active for only a short time...and not every day. You really have to be in the right place at the right time with something they will bite on.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Even the smaller fish were not as active yesterday. We saw a lot more fish on sonar than we felt on the ends of our lines. Typical.[/#0000ff]
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