day or night

[timetwofish]

 what is the best time to ice fish for perch day or night

[nontypical]

for me early morning or last light but i have slammed them after dark with a lantern on last ice!

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8 to 10 am

[52niner]

Wow what a spread.

The truth is the best bite is Early morning from dark to an hour after first light and the same for the evening good from about 4 pm til a lil after dark. After dark is not notoriously known for doing great on perch but it has happened, and they will bite anytime they feel like it.  But so far this year for me and alot of others the best time has been from about 2 pm til just before dark.

[Bgreen02]

i've had a lot of luck with early afternoon on some lakes. not a whole lot after dark but i guess if they arent eating enough i can see them feeding all night too.

[walleyesteve]

I follow "In Fisherman Best times" lunar chart, times for peek bite seem to coralate closely to the calander. Check it out.

[jer204]

Early morning.  I usually try to get set up about an hour before light.   Then, the lake I fish seems to have a 2 o'clock run.  No luck at night.