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move, move, move....look for quick depth changes...like 40 feet to 20 feet not gradual foot at a time drops but quick or steep ones. Another way is to cheat...follow the huts
How do I locate perch without a vexlar on a lake I have never fished?
hehehehehhe. Man those things get to me. It never fails. Ice fishing isnt exactly easy. There's alot of work involved so I get frustrated when I go out and only catch perch for an entire season! I think it was 2 seasons ago on Winnipesaukee, we put our bobhouse right on top of a perch mecca! Man that was frustrating! Every single flag was a perch.
Very true Tax. Interesting....I didnt know perch were murder on Brook Trout....explain please
hummmm, interesting. We have a lake out here thats a PREMO brook trout lake. Its huge, Deep, The bottom looks like an ekg reading and it holds SM, CP, BT,YP,BG. It is stocked with smelt. I wanted to ice fish it but found ya cant....alot of the Designated trout ponds/lakes are closed from Oct to April. I know theres some big perch in it from reading the bottom......Ill keep ya posted
But it's planted annually with brook trout above fingerling size right? I'm talking about a natural fisheries that depends on natural reproduction of brook trout.The following can give you an idea of what I'm talking about: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/reg5/r5fish/adkfish.html
I had a local guy here in Indiana bring in a couple of nice perch to mount. I asked him where he got them. He said, "you'd never believe it." I said, "try me." He said, "Moosehead Lake, Maine!" He and his fiancee were on vacation up there. Funny thing is they couldn't stop catching them but got worried they could be over the limit. So they found someone and asked them what the limit was. The reply was something to the effect to please catch every last one of them with a few colorful expletives thrown in. I love perch too but they are murder on brook trout. It's a shame they are spreading to native brook trout waters. Brook trout have a hard time competing with them. Funny how fish preferences change in different parts of the country. I know a taxidermist in Idaho that says people catch monster walleye and throw them up on the bank. I catch bluegills off the beds with a fly rod on vacation in Massachusetts with no competition. Unbelievable.