Benmin Smith There’s a natural frustration to ice fishing. Drill the hole, throw the line in, wait. And you’re waiting for a lethargic, suspended fish to notice your lure in the dark water. Fish aren’t chasing bait like they do in the summer. They’re saving energy. That changes how effectivness a lure is. It can no longer … Read more
When the yellow perch top out, you’ll experience an odd frustration as the sight of a feast becomes a sound barrier after the hook goes down. In clear water, perch is very visual feeding fish. They will chase a bait like a hound on scent trail. But if it doesn’t look right, or if presentation … Read more
The common thing we often hear in angling circle is that bass and perch alike are hungry mouths looking to take any lure offered to them if it’s rigged correctly. But that simply isn’t true. Sure, they eat similar things from same body of water, but their feeding behaviors differ greatly. Bass are ambush feeder … Read more
There comes a time in every angler’s life where sitting back and waiting for a bobber just doesn’t cut it anymore. Sitting on the bank waiting for something to happen can take hours before anything happens. Live bait fishing can work for perch, but it’s passive. How To Catch More Perch With Lures Why Moving … Read more
When cold weather hits, something in an angler’s soul gets stirred up: We want something hard to catch that is small, fast, and will jump off of hook when caught. Enter the yellow perch. While present across all types of freshwater systems throughout North America, these fish eludes both the experienced and beginner angler alike. … Read more