08-07-2024, 01:48 PM
(08-07-2024, 12:57 PM)the_eagle Wrote: any smallies caught hunting the perch ? the last 3 or 4 times up there we were getting nice smallies , 12" -15" , around the perch....haven't been up there in a couple weeks and looking to go tomorrow but if the perch have gone deep i would assume the smallies have followed .I usually throw some cranks and/or larger plastics when fishing for smallies. But I also often catch a few on the same stuff I am using for perch. Yesterday I was focused on getting enough perch for a chowder and was limited on time so I didn't deliberately try for smallies...or catch any by accident.
No worries about the fish going deeper. As long as the baby perch stay in the shallows for protection the perch and smallies will be nearby. The smallies won't "go deep" again until water temps coold down below 60 in the fall. You can catch them all summer and early fall with all your fave stuff. Topwater can even be good early in the am.