Open Basin Fishing! We spend an exaggerated amount of time scanning contour lines. We drill those contour ledges endlessly looking for areas to search for Perch. We speculate on what depth level ledge those Perch are hanging out on. 15 feet, 20 feet, 30 feet, 35 feet. Those are the usual depths we find those Perch…
Open Basin Perch! Drill…Drill…Drill…FLURRY…Repeat!! 36-38 feet of water has been the key the last few days and drilling a lot of holes to find each flurry of nice perch has been the ticket for us. Minnow head on Gold Varmints and Gold Buckshots AND Gold Buckshots with a Perch Eye and a Minnow Head were how we enticed these Golden…
New Moon Is In Play This Week The New Moon cycle is in effect over the next seven days and the New Moon is one of our favorite times to fish. Sub-Zero temperatures also return and last week when we had sub zero temps, our Perch went off, hopefully the same hold true this time around as well. The ice…
We’re Getting There The cold temps last week and nightly temps below freezing have gotten us into that 14-18 inch range with the ice and we have even found some 22 on the edges. We are driving trucks now but are still drilling as we are going. Not ALL the ice out there is pick up worthy yet. After this…
WOW, What A Week For Perch! Relatively Shallow! Normally, we think about beginning our Perch search we look at numbers in the upper 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s when it comes to feet of water. This past week such was not the case. Sure, there were a lot of fish coming out of that 30+ range. However, most of…
