The perch bite on Mille Lacs has sure been a pleasant surprise so far this early ice fishing season! I have been on the lake just two times and both trips we have caught some dandy perch. This perch pic that I am posting was just under 12 inches……..I kept 3 of these dandys for supper tonite. We have been catching them in 16-17 feet on the rocks. Today while I was holding up this perch for a picture, I noticed another mark on the Vexilar! With the lack of snow on the lake right now. The visibilty on the bottom in 16 feet of water is really good. Well I looked down the hole and saw a big walleye, looked like it was 2-3 times bigger than the perch I had been catching. This walleye was just swimming around not looking to eat my bait any how. The perch are hitting jigging spoons with a minnow head. The ice depth today on the reef 1/4 mile off shore was 11 inches.
December 18, 2003 at 12:38 am
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