Agreed on the effects of Barotrauma - That's why typically I'm setting up off drop offs or weed edges usually. Typical is 8-16 feet kind of thing - but there are lakes, even here in Alberta where you can fish over a spot 50+ feet deep but can be marking and fishing down only 10 feet below the ice when the schools are feeding on scuds.
These perch are cruising just under the ice and there is no barotrauma issue.
I do not jig past 25 feet or so ... (except when targeting trout)
Out East, on Simcoe or LOTW, people are jigging bottom for perch in 50+ feet of water. It's pretty common.
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