Simcoe jumbos

[sleepjigging]

Toronto weather finally hit positive degrees. Found my PB perch in the afternoon in 10fow, Cooks Bay. Felt like a walleye.

They liked Berkeley minnows on a 1/8oz jig. Didn't want perch bellies, guts or perch eyes.

Edited January 9, 2018 by sleepjigging

[DanD]

Nice!

Thanks for the report.

Dan.

 

[b2kptbo]

Some nice ones, good stuff...

[NAW]

Good job! 

 

I know they are in that shallow.  But for some reason, I can't stand fishing that shallow.  I need that 15 - 40 ' on my fish finder or I get this mental block....   Plus I usually fish a few holes, and my humminbird doesn't mark multiple lures that shallow... 

[Acountdeleted]

1 hour ago, NAW said:

Good job! 

 

I know they are in that shallow.  But for some reason, I can't stand fishing that shallow.  I need that 15 - 40 ' on my fish finder or I get this mental block....   Plus I usually fish a few holes, and my humminbird doesn't mark multiple lures that shallow... 

With all the perch in Simcoe I find my flasher shows me one of two things. 

1) perch aren't there and I see my lure and nothing else 

2) the school of perch came in and all I see is one massive red bar on my sonar. 

[sleepjigging]

I agree. The first jumbo snuck up on me. Nothing on the sonar before he hooked himself. I hate staring at an empty screen (just my jig up and down), and then a tug. But they do come in schools.  I walked around, drilled a few holes. On the way back, retracing my steps and trying the holes a second time, I got lucky and found one, and then the bunch.