Ice out perch

[Mark D]

Ice out perch are one of my favorite seasonal patterns. I find them roaming on spawning areas and flats near brush and weeds were they will deposit their eggs (2-8 ft). Usually the rest of the school is near a drop off or hole adjacent to where they spawn. I love jigs and fathead minnows this time of the year. I keep the boat a long cast away from the area I'm fishing. Once the fish are found I anchor. Any body else like chasing ice out perch? Mark