It was a beautiful morning last Sunday, so I decided to drive up to Fish Lake, near Lake Wenatchee. I arrived about 8:30 and the parking lot was full of vehicles, and I could see people either sitting on chairs over their holes in the ice or in shelters. A couple was just leaving, and I saw their bucket of nice perch they had already caught that morning. Everyone I talked to had perch on the ice. Later that day I ran into a buddy of mine at a grocery store in Leavenworth. He just got back from Fish Lake and said he had been up there a few times this winter. He always gets a mess of perch and has also caught some kokanee. He told me that he got a transducer for the depth sounder in his boat and can now use it when ice fishing. This really pays off when you are trying for kokanee. These fish are usually shallow, not on the bottom like perch, and it really helps to spot them when they pass under this hole. He can put his Swedish Pimple at just the right depth. He said Fish Lake kokanee are mostly 12 inches long.