Jumbo perch in 1' of water

[Ricko Swava]

Use buddies auger!!!

[Habfan]

Originally Posted by TROLLER

Question still remains how do you find 1ft. of water through the ice? Any water level that low is most times at the shoreline and it is froze solid to the bottom.

1 ft. I would have to call hmmmm for sure.

2ft of ice with 1 ft of water below. Very easy to do if you start in 10 ft and work your way into shore. What about fishing on tops of submerged islands ? I have caught walleyes in 1-2 foot of water below 3 ft of ice. It is like working the shore at night in the open water, lots of fish push food up into the shallows to get an easy meal.

[Habfan]

Originally Posted by Ricko Swava

Use buddies auger!!!

X2

[FISHBATTEREDBEER]

Well he's at it again,him and his son limited out on jumbos in shallow water again.I do have a pic of his son holding one up.

[dodgeboy1979]

Originally Posted by TROLLER

Question still remains how do you find 1ft. of water through the ice? Any water level that low is most times at the shoreline and it is froze solid to the bottom.

1 ft. I would have to call hmmmm for sure.

you drill a hole in a deep spot to get the ice thickness, then use your flasher to shoot through the ice to find bottom. bottom - ice thickness = depth of water

[oscar]

Can you please post the picture, I would like to see a true jumbo😀

[Brandonkop]

This is what a 15 3/4", 2 1/4 pound (the day after I caught it so probably heavier out of the ice) yellow perch. Biggest one of my life and my goal is to catch a bigger one this season, who knows if it will happen.

[RandyBoBandy]

Originally Posted by Brandonkop

This is what a 15 3/4", 2 1/4 pound (the day after I caught it so probably heavier out of the ice) yellow perch. Biggest one of my life and my goal is to catch a bigger one this season, who knows if it will happen.

Outstanding !!!

[oscar]

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[FISHBATTEREDBEER]

Originally Posted by oscar

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thanks for posting Ken,this one of many they caught

[Brandonkop]

Here is what Everyone has been waiting for Posting for Fishbatter

[FISHBATTEREDBEER]

Originally Posted by Brandonkop

Here is what Everyone has been waiting for Posting for Fishbatter

Thanks for posting Brandon,maybe one day he will send the BIG fish pics.I can truely understand why he is being so secretive about this honey hole.A 2lb perch is a fish of a life time and he has 3 or more now.

[WildCats]

Are they Alberta fish?

Originally Posted by FISHBATTEREDBEER

Thanks for posting Brandon,maybe one day he will send the BIG fish pics.I can truely understand why he is being so secretive about this honey hole.A 2lb perch is a fish of a life time and he has 3 or more now.

[FISHBATTEREDBEER]

yes,just picture how fat the females will be soon

[7finn]

I use to live in Cold lake, and in March we would go to the sand bar and poke holes until we would get about 4-6inch of water. Using UW camera we could see perch swimming with their dorsal fins scraping along under the ice. They could barely fit between the ice and sand. Really cool thing was watching pike trying to come in and grab the perch but they couldn't because they wouldn't fit.


Within a 45 min drive of CL i know of a lake that we would catch perch in the spring, starting at a 1lb all the way up to 2 1/2 lbs all day long. Im sure if i had more time on this lake i would have cought a 3+pounder sooner than later .
Good times I miss that place.

[FISHBATTEREDBEER]

Originally Posted by 7finn

I use to live in Cold lake, and in March we would go to the sand bar and poke holes until we would get about 4-6inch of water. Using UW camera we could see perch swimming with their dorsal fins scraping along under the ice. They could barely fit between the ice and sand. Really cool thing was watching pike trying to come in and grab the perch but they couldn't because they wouldn't fit.


Within a 45 min drive of CL i know of a lake that we would catch perch in the spring, starting at a 1lb all the way up to 2 1/2 lbs all day long. Im sure if i had more time on this lake i would have cought a 3+pounder sooner than later .
Good times I miss that place.

I have tried Cold for perch with zero luck ,the walleye even act weird in there.The attempt at perch was mid summer.

[TylerThomson]

Well... time to start drilling holes in every lake within 45 minutes of cold lake haha.