Fished Van Eversest for the 1st time this year, 3 pm to 5:20 pm. Cleaned 20 and threw back prob 20. Biggest was prob 10". 28' was where I got 90% of them. I'd/The Vex would say about 80% of them were active but they were pathetic in size. About 8 fisherman in shallow and I was fishing the deepest. Made it out to 32" FOW with no luck on perch there and didn't want to risk going out any deeper. About 6-7" of ice in most spots with all the slop on top of it. With next weeks temps, I'd say Monday/Tuesday you might be fine and then your risking it..... 7-8" and dink/short perch ain't worth it their... Wear your life jacket if your going late week....
