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Yesterday in 30fow had fish under me and my buddy from sunrise to sunset. A few short breaks in action but for the most part it was non stop. Between us probably 20 keeper eyes, 21 perch and as many shorts as you wanted, way too many to count plus a bonus 4+lb smallie. I caught majority on raps, he did better on spoons. Faster the better was the general rule, was almost like lake trout fishing.Today two quick limits by 830 and 6 perch, touger more finicky bite but quailty fish maybe only 25 shorts and we decided to search for a more consistent perch bite instead of having to unhook any more shorts. Couldn't find any perch and bite just completely shut off so we called it a day at noon.
Similar day for us on Sunday. Walked a mile out. Fished in a little shallow water than you. 100+ fish for two guys sun up to sundown. All but three fish came out of the ice house holes. A usual outing for me in PA is 25-50 holes drilled and constant hole hoping. Fish weren’t picky, took tungsten jigs, raps and spoons equally well.
Looks pretty tasty!
Reminds me of a perch bite one year when I first started where the perch were in such a frenzy one day we were pulling up two at a time on double rigs and even had a couple jump up through the hole chasing the caught fish we were reeling in.
Fished my same holes today from sundays trip and did pretty well again. The bite was aggressive right from the first drop with a rap then they got shy. After seeing what was in their stomachs from Sunday I decided to scale waay down and match the hatch. That was the ticket and finished my walleye limit out and caught 10 perch before I finally forced myself to pack up ,most were 11 and 12” fatties. Snapped my favorite perch rod setting the hook on one of the walleyes that barely bit. The jig was a tiny bluegill jig tipped with a tiny plastic I use for panfish. I really hope this ice has a chance to firm back up so we can get a couple more weekends out here.