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By Ayr Miller Perch can be moody. They can also be indifferent, curious, finicky, easily spooked, and downright aggressive‌.sometimes all in one day! For these reasons perch are my favourite target through the ice. In my opinion, learning what mood the perch are in when you are fishing for them increases your success rate dramatically and the best way to learn about them is with an underwater camera. Once you have located fish, the camera allows you to quickly decipher if the perch are
reacting to pronounced jigging motions (aggressive), small jigging motions (finicky), no motion (easily spooked), or a slow steady rise (curious). Before the use of cameras the only presentation I used was the aggressive jigging motion and I know that on many days the only thing I succeeded at was clearing the area of any and all perch. Using an underwater camera takes the guesswork out of which presentation to use and when. On most outings, I will use one or two long rods (refer to
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