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Well i made it out for the first time this year and did some poking around. found em up on the deep side of scattered rock piles in 15-17'...kinda surprising in regards to the past few years but hey i guess one cant complain anytime there is a nice mess of jumbo perch to be had? i would really like to see these fish move ou onto the flats which i think they will here soon mainly because the schools are a bit larger and activity above the ice has less of an effect on them. The size is running good, lots of smaller ones 8-9" perch which is good to see but plenty of very healthy 11-12.5" perch too. Genz worms and waxies or spikes seemed to be the rig of choice for this day on the ice

here is a pic of one of the jumbo's from yesterday

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i was catching a couple jumbos sight fishing the day after christmas. (i hooked into a few, but only landed one, one wrapped up in the bullrushes and broke off, and the other flopped out of my hand and back down the hole)


here is nice one from christmas day on LHD

cant wait to get out during late ice on LHD for more jumbos like i got last winter!

My dad and I got into a bunch of nice perch this past weekend. 3 were 13 inchers. Heres a pict of one I got and a video of one my dad caught comming through the hole...

Nice perch!! Great to have the video with your dad.

Nice work.

Look at the Orange on that thing. Great pic and vid.

Great fish dark cloud. Now the billion dollar? what body of water are they caught? I would like to come get a few for my taxidermy display.

Nice looking fish guys.

nice fish, dark cloud

Thanks all!

Jim - those two fish came out of a small 110 acre private lake in NE Pennsylvania. It was actually the first time we fished there. We cut about 40 holes till we found some fish and picked a couple a dozen before calling it a day.
I typically get a handfull of perch in the 13-15 inch class each season. Have come close but never broke that 15 inch line, yet...

now that is a beautiful perch Dark cloud SR!

love the colors!

I should have known, I'd have to drive over 8hrs to get a good perch.

JigginJim - I wish it was only 8 hours. A few years ago I fished LOW and Upper Red. Yep we drove, and I believe it was a tad over 20 hours to the Twin Cities!
It sounds like the place out there for the best shot at pig perch is in the UP of Michigan...

2 nice ones from today

Those are nice perch Jake, you have skills.

thank you. these were caught in 5 and 8 FOW. jigging using either little atom wedgies. and also minnow heads

Will you be fishing tomorrow Monday/18?
I will be around, I may call you if I don't hear from you.

yes i will. give me a call. i dont think i have your number

My buddy nabbed this one in my perm last weekend. Lake of the Woods--DNR Reef

13.5"

A good friend of mine with a jumbo

My sister and I.

very nice