
The hunt for jumbo perch
How to find jumbo perch on large bodies of water – narrow down location and presentation to find and start catching fish quickly.

How to find jumbo perch on large bodies of water – narrow down location and presentation to find and start catching fish quickly.

If the weather allows, river fishing would be the best option to put catch a few late season walleyes.

Hunting is heating up, but for anglers, fishing is still pretty good. Salmon runs are about over, but steelhead bite is good, and they’re still catching perch and walleye on the big waters.

Cooling waters set up bass bite in state’s lakes.

Many anglers targeting other game fish catch pike incidentally on a wide array of lures and baited walleye jigs. Muskie on the other hand, are known to be very difficult to rise for a strike.

The recent avalanche of outdoor coverage about Dave Genz and his invention of the Fish Trap portable fish house in 1980 reminds veteran anglers of how the ice-fishing sport and related industries have changed dramatically

With a higher perch population available this year, fishing should get better again later in the season, weather permitting. Last fall, anglers who fished after mid-October saw perch fishing improve markedly.

If you’re not heading to the deer stand, it should be an excellent weekend of late fall, open-water fishing opportunities.

Walleyes remain at low densities, but provide another option for anglers.
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