Ice Fishing Perch

The Perch species is very closely related to the walleye species. The perch you want to try and catch are the perch refered to as the jumbo perch. These perch are only found in sound lakes. You just have to get lucky! When you're ice fishing for perch, you should be using a spoon or small jig to fish near the bottom - no more than one foot off the bottom (6" is best).

When looking to ice fish perch, the key is finding them. Perch tend to stick with each other, so if you find one perch, brace yourself for more!

If the perch are biting really well, sometimes you don't need to bring your bait right to the bottom again. The agressive perch usually will meet your bait whilst its on the way down.

Perch are usually in the flats during the early part of the ice fishing season.

If you're looking to go ice fishing for perch, you should check-out Devils Lake in North Dakota. Devils Lake is renowned as one of the best lakes in the US for catching jumbo perch.