MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
for you and what lake you fish,it works for you that is what countsi have seen some guys stating they have got perch at night in over 55years of ice fishing i have never got one at night but that doesnot mean they didnot everybody does thing different,i would love to see how theydo RAT
crappielooi think i did not make myself clear on the perch at nighti just wanted to know how it was be done because i could notdo it there are only two things written in stone death and taxeswhat lake,what jig, how deep,i would like to try againi try and keep an open mind on all thingsrat
Most of the time perch go to bed when it gets dark. I have watched em on my aquaview at Lake George at dusk and you can just see em set the fins and slink back down in the sandgrass and they don't and won't bite after it gets dark in my experience. Some guys say they have caught em and from what I have witnessed with the camera I can't imagine they are too aggressive after dark but I have heard of guys catching them after dark. Perch feed by sight mostly not smell that's why they only usually bite during the day. They may have highly developed sense of smells but they feed by sight. One more thing, if you have not spent some time watching large schools of perch or individuals on an aqua view you really would be surprised at how they behave. I learned more about perch last winter with my camera than I could have learned in fishing 30 years without one. What's going on down there is not what you think until you see it.
We'll get out for some perch tv for sure. You won't beleive it when you put that thing down on one of the grass beds at the king and see sometimes 100 perch at once. The problem is most of em are about 5" long but when you see a big one mixed in you can tell cause it looks so big compared to the legions of peewees in that lake.
i been looking for football/willowleaf ice blades[i make jigs] for about 10 years COMET TACKLE where i got them,went out in 1994?? and i have not been ableto get anymore,one of the best blades for perch & crappies,but all things changethanksrat