Stack all the variables in your favor. These include weather, equipment, bait, and a plan of where you are going to fish.
That’s the case with a lot of the younger walleye fisheries in the state now. Still, while word of a good walleye bite can lure ice anglers from afar, when a North Dakota lake is rumored to be kicking out nice perch, off-the-beaten-path waters can turn into small towns overnight.
The decision comes at a time when the Michigan DNR is implementing new measures to balance the walleye and yellow perch predator-prey relationship. For the complete story, click here. Categories: News, Walleye Tags: Perch, Saginaw Bay, Saginaw River, Walleye, Yellow perch
Tapping into a great sight fishing bite – in less than t feet of water.
Yellow perch action has been very good so far this year in New York waters. However, not everyone on the lake is enjoying similar success.
(Devils Lake Tourism)Summer fish population surveys by North Dakota fisheries crews peg Devils Lake walleyes, perch and white bass all doing exceptionally well. “The test netting results showed numbers for all species up over last season and most considerably higher than traditional averages,” said biologist Todd Caspers.” Walleyes caught in test nets were 32.4 fish per net this summer. The long-term…
Anglers reporting limits of “yellow gold” in Erie’s Western Basin.
Small spoons tipped with plastics, worms, or minnow heads and tails will attract more perch, crappies, and sunfish thus boosting your odds of catching more fish.
(Photo courtesy of Scott Harrington)Martina Drugovich didn’t expect to land a state record fish on her first-ever day as an ice angler. Armed with a new fishing license and brand new ice fishing traps, she was just hoping to have some fun on Mount Desert Island’s Long Pond and maybe catch a fish she and her fiance, Scott Harrington, could…
Check out this in-depth, deep-dive look into targeting perch with Tony Roach and Cody Roswick, who talk perch tips and strategies in both Minnesota and the Dakota in this Angling Buzz video. Categories: Fishing, How To’s, Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips Tags: Angling Buzz, Ice fishing, Perch
Because Great Lakes perch is so hard to come by, some businesses are turning to European perch, or Zander, he said, which comes from Poland and other areas in Europe with bodies of fresh water. The fish comes to the U.S. frozen and is not as tasty as yellow perch.
New perch regulations in Michigan have reduced the daily creel limit to 25 perch per angler, per day, on most Michigan waters.
Perch – not walleye or trout, the state’s poster fish species – attracting big numbers of ice anglers from across Montana and beyond to Holter Lake, boasting unexplainable quantity and quality of fish.
Combination of first Erie December freeze-over since 2000 and a surging walleye population in the lake could make for a fishing season to remember. But with great ice-building weather comes First Day Hikes cancellations.
Brian “Bro” Brosdahl demonstrates his technique for down-viewing with his Aqua-Vu HD underwater camera system. “Bro” also shows the features of Aqua-Vu’s HD system. Categories: Fishing, Fishing, Fishing Tips, How To’s, Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips, Illinois Videos, Industry News, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, News, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Aqua-Vu, Aqua-Vu HD, Brian “Bro”…
Lake Fish – Modern Cooking With Freshwater Fish by Keane Amdahl “Reprinted with permission from Lake Fish: Modern Cooking with Freshwater Fish by Keane Amdahl, published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. mnhspress.org” This fun and delicious dish makes use of an often neglected ingredient: dried mushrooms. Dried mushrooms can be fairly inexpensive, and a little goes a long way. The…
Respect your fellow anglers on the water and hopefully that same respectful attitude will be paid back to you.
Ice not completely gone, but enough of it has retreated and broken up to allow careful angler to search for perch while dodging icebergs.
Despite snowy weather, all access ramps expected to be open for New Year’s weekend, with hopes walleye bite also might ramp up
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