12-30-2016, 02:04 AM
Wiperslayer and I got out today and fished from 8am to 1pm. We were fishing in 30 to 40 FOW. Started getting aggressive bites right off the bat and it was steady until the sun came up over the hill, then it slowed down, by noon the bite had stopped. We had no problem catching fish with a variety of small jigs but for me the perch really liked TD's Fire Tiger jigs. For a while it was hard to keep two rods in the water, they seemed to come by in waves, toward the end of the morning. Lots of people out there today. We only keep the perch that were longer 8.5" and we caught a couple up to 10.5". We started off tipping with wax worms and when that bit slowed we started using perch strips. Not a bad day on the ice until the wind came up. Got to try out my new Nils auger with the battery powered drill and that was a sweet setup. Better bring your ice cleats, if you go and get there early.
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