I had such a great time fishing for perch last week I just had to get out and do it again. When I arrived at Fish Lake on Sunday morning it was snowing. The snow was falling so hard that I was a little concerned about getting lost out on the lake. I could just make out a couple of groups of anglers and the trees behind the Cove Resort. Anyway, I stopped a drilled two holes and put down my baits. This time I used one of those tip extensions that fit on the end of the rod and have a bright ring. They are called Big Eye and I have seen other people use them. They really made a difference when I was trying to see a light bite in the flat light on this cloudy and snowy day. I was using two rods and I would set the hook and let one fish swim around while I hooked another and brought it in. If one rod didn’t get a bite I knew that my bait was gone. I had 25 perch on the ice in about 2 ½ hours. It might be my last ice fishing trip this winter and it was really fun.
Perch were piling up fast for me on Fish Lake last Sunday.