Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations planning a PB member Yellow Perch experiment

Bill, we have a water temp in the 36-37*F at the surface with the air stations running today.

I was fishing right on the bottom with a worm. Caught another white sucker too, but mostly very very large shiners. They were all of 6"s if not more. Found a crayfish hiding under a rock and dropped him on the hook for a good hour moving around the pond placing him on the bottom with no perch action.

I do wonder if we feed them too well in the fall. We have never been able to catch any perch through the ice. They do hit really hard after the spawn. No need to cast just dip the worm in and pull out a fish every time. Just a 1" of worm works with white jig head. Most luck with white or orange jig heads.

Need a few more heat units and I expect to see ribbons around the pond.

Cheers Don.