Catching Jumbo Perch on Lake Simcoe

[@kenwindsoron1399]

Prob one of the most honest and best video I’ve ever seen

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks

[@christianb8228]

SR Fishing would you not recommend fishing cooks bay if your after jumbo perch?

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

@christianb8228 still lots of jumbos in cooks bay. You just have to move when you find small fish. Bigger ones tend to stick together.

[@fishquestcrew]

Great job on the fish and very informative, I love the big lake and I learned lots from your video and tips. Thanks for posting.

[@iratherbfishin]

Great video Steve

[@owencoyne8104]

Amazing video, I never comment on videos but this one was so good I had to. Great perch action, and great info, felt like I was watching an uncut angling video. Please make more!!

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks Owen. Ive been busy guiding, but hope to cut a few videos shortly

[@bassrutten9838]

I'm definitely hooking up with ya for a guided trip next season. Picking your brain would be worth any cost. Great video as usual.

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks man. Great tag btw. Bass Routen lol

[@Hogbellylife]

Nice perch. That is all I have caught this winter on the lake I live on not one gill or crappie. Ty 4 the vidz

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

I havent spent much time on Simcoe crappies

[@henrymostert2125]

I like how you raise your Rod as opposed to reeling up slowly this way it seems you have more control. I'm going to copy that

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

you feel a lot more this way

[@emileebalzer8225]

Very nice, you make it look easy!

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

it is easy when theyre around

[@toddmaziarz7412]

What is that yellow plastic. Can you order slab grabber with yellow beads also?

[@HookLineandKyleP]

Nice job out there. Can't wait to get out ice fishing!

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks dude

[@elanrider]

Good fishing Steve! Some nice perchies))

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks

[@marchfifth1754]

Jesus fuck this was fun to watch. You killed it bro, good job. Tons of good information, you really know your stuff.

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@michaelbuziak5100]

Great video, thanks for the info

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks Michael, I hope you can use some of the info to your advantage

[@glenndaugherity6187]

Great vid ! I so wish we could come up but damn they closed the border again !!

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Soon enough

[@dabprod]

Excellent.

[@johnwalker9388]

Great video Steve do u fish them perch with a smaller Meegs same way as u would for the whitties and do u pair it with the medium atoes

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Medium or medium light aetos. The meegs has its place for sure, but I'll hit bottom, then do a slow lift same as the plastics

[@reelcanadianlunkerhunter7574]

Steve, can you tell me what end of the lake is best THIS time of year? Orillia, Beaverton, Cooks Bay? I really want to make the trip but 4 hrs is long way to be at wrong end...,

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

cooks, beaverton, virginia beach, sibbalds all hold good fish through the entire winter

[@josephm6839]

Whats some good plastics that you use for them?

[@dougmiles6489]

Which one ice shelter are in you

[@KZtheFisherOutdoors]

WOW Absolutely love it 😉👍🎣🎣🎣

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks. I love me some perch fishing, dont get out often enough

[@keithcotnoir6331]

Great video! What kind of shelter are you using?

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

This one is the Otter Pro Resort

[@m.gibson2500]

SR - the Halo bait you mention, is this a "vibra-tail" style (eg Billy Bay)?

[@fatalforceoutfitters]

The Halo is a bait I made for targeting whities and lakers. It apparently does well for the perch I see. Good job Steve👌

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

It's a very small bait that Tom designed. It's ugly as sin and if you saw it on a shelf, you probably wouldnt buy it, though you would be missing out

[@polarisoutdoors3105]

Great video dude. We fished cooks before on atvs and dropped the camera down to see if we could find transitions on the flats. Any idea on how far out from shore we would have to be to see these transitions?

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

It depends on the area you're in. A lot of times the transitions aren't necessarily on the contours you will find on a map. We know them from a lot of time sidescanning.

[@dantso3665]

Haven't even targeted perch this season. This is making me hungry lol. 👊👍

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

the thought of a perch fry always makes me hungry. Actually, I'm always hungry anyways. That why I'm fat

[@TheLeger22]

Do u do guides ? I’ve been to lake simcoe a few times and every year I can’t find anything beside 5” perch

[@TheLeger22]

Nvm found ur Facebook group I’ll be seeing u this winter tight lines bud

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

It's my full time job www.srfishing.ca

[@biol0gical718]

Nice! Was this in Keswick or Innisfil?

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

😎😎😎

[@biol0gical718]

SR Fishing ok thx

[@coutzzzcoutzzz9505]

WTF...you just caught more fish in this video than I did in my entire life

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

hahaha

[@paddlehooked4687]

Solid perch day. I’m out by cooks and it’s constant dink’s. You mentioned you use side imaging to find sand flats. Without side imaging, do you have tips to find flats? Tough for me to move around a lot being sledless and using a hand auger. I’m thinking I need to become more mobile.

[@polarisoutdoors3105]

It's all flats dude. We run atvs and underwater camera. Yet to find predominate structures or defined drop offs

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

hard to find the absolute sweet spots without good electronics or cameras. They will roam the entire flat, but the sweet spots obviously tend to see more fish

[@hardwatercamper]

Great vid man.

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thank you

[@giulianocancian6673]

Stellar vid buddy

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

thank you

[@iScootToronto]

That double up was wild bud

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

its not uncommon when the wolf packs come in

[@timwilson6526]

Like your videos.

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks Tim

[@joem3556]

Nice going!

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thanks Jam

[@82nulton]

My fiance and I are planning a trip up north for Valentine's weekend. We would love to bring some perch home from our trip. really don't want to sort through the dinks at Cook's Bay any suggestions as to where to start? Have never fished Simcoe before. And we are just hoping for a good memorable trip, as we are coming from six and a half hours away in Ohio.

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

there are a number of good locations to target bigger fish. Deeper water in Cook's often holds better fish and sand flats in 15-40 ft further north and east on the lake hold schools of good fish. www.srfishing.ca

[@82nulton]

@@SteveRowbothamfishing awesome that's for the helpful tips.

[@owencoyne8104]

If your in 13 FOW on Simcoe couldn't you be sight fishing?

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Could be. I enjoy my spinal cord as it is though lol

[@owencoyne8104]

@@SteveRowbothamfishing haha I hear ya

[@mathieubazinet7253]

do a vidio on your gear

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

which gear are you interested in?

[@HauNguyen-hf1kt]

Hi, just wondering if you have the link to jigs you use?

[@georgeryerson5788]

great vid thanx

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

my pleasure

[@marcolvin1]

that's embarrassing for me, two outings this winter - 3 keepers all together. don't even dare to take the kids with me :)

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Thats the way she goes sometimes

[@donnypatoine4475]

I know everyone says it, but stay moving! Bound to find a school eventually just gotta find the hot hole :) tight lines this coming season hopefully

[@glen6945]

and i usa a 4.99 canadian tire rod and reel

[@glen6945]

ace fish

[@glen6945]

throw 20 dew worms in the hole and perch will go nuts-lol

[@glen6945]

wheres your cold beers

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

Im not much of a drinker, especially not when I'm driving. It's my job

[@glen6945]

ace

[@glen6945]

where the fkis the canadian cold beers

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

haha, not much of a drinker.

[@glen6945]

i use dew worms perch go ape over them

[@glen6945]

ACE

[@ryankukulski4230]

Let me see your HALO

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

one day...

[@kenwindsoron1399]

How the fuck can you get 6 thumbs down lol haters gonna hate

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

there are certain haters that click the dislike without even watching the video lol. I get one dislike within 3 minutes of a video posting almost every time lol

[@manfredbuchholz7126]

perch are BORING !!!!!

[@SteveRowbothamfishing]

But they taste so good

[@manfredbuchholz7126]

@@SteveRowbothamfishing perch are like cheap cuts of pork blah if you want prime rib you go for only one fish RAINBOW TROUT !!

[@manfredbuchholz7126]

@John Smith orry been fishing for 60 yrs tryed all trout is the best pan fired in butter shore lunch

[@abdullahcorporation8801]

In Sweden perch can attack 6” lures and grow to over 6 lbs, different species of perch though. Just saying.

[@sleestac69]

Thanks for coming out.

[@glen6945]

ace

[@glen6945]

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