Luckily for us, none was required. While we were able to get around to areas we wanted to fish, the bite was tough. Early in the day we caught a few aggressive small males but even these fish had to be coaxed into a bite. Finally about two in the afternoon, we started to get some of the female perch in about three metres of water. We had a variety of different baits along, including minnows, shrimp, Berkley Power honey worms, but there did not seem much of preference until the end of the day when a minnow impaled through the dorsal on a small upright hook got some bigger fish to commit.
For the first time in four trips we also started to catch some pike, all of the small variety. With heavy snow conditions, and a delayed spring compared to last season, it might be a couple more weeks until the pre-spawn bite really happens.
