Category Archives: Perch Fishing Tactics

Winter Panfish Toolkit

The essential gear you need to ice panfish isn’t extensive. An assortment of baits, a light action rod, and a good auger are the key ingredients. Spicing up this menagerie are sophisticated tools, such as electronics. These aren’t mandatory, but … Continue reading

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Ice Fishing for Perch

Small Holes = Big Perch – Catching Jumbos Through the Ice by Justin Hoffman To some people it is always a sad occasion to put the boat to bed, and bid farewell to the open-water season, knowing that it’s a … Continue reading

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Ice Fishing Perch Pointers

By Tim Allard Targeting perch through the ice is one of my favourite types of hard-water action. Not only are perch relatively easy to catch and often eager to bite, they are one of the best tasting freshwater fish. To … Continue reading

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Soft-Bottom Perch Ice Fishing

By Tim Allard – www.timallard.ca A good perch bite is tough to beat during the ice fishing season. Aggressive and competitive, once you get a school of jumbos riled up you can often put a few on ice before they … Continue reading

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Tips to Ice More Perch – Part One

By Tim Allard Getting into steady action from a biting school of jumbos is every perchers dream. Ultimately, the more diverse of an angler the better prepared you’ll be to handle whatever fish throw at you. Here are five important … Continue reading

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Winter Perch Fishing

By: Tyler Dunn Tyler Dunn Guiding Perch can be a funny bunch. Doesn’t it seem like you catch more of them when targeting other species instead of when you’re actually fishing for perch? Most of the time when I am … Continue reading

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Using Plastic Baits for Perch Fishing

Persuasive Panfish Plastics By Tim Allard* Soft-plastics are becoming fan favourites with hard-water panfish stalkers. Lifelike profiles, irresistible actions, and durability are a sampling of the reasons whey more anglers are opting to use artificials instead of live bait. Perch, … Continue reading

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