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We
crossed the state line and I couldn’t take the anticipation anymore.
On my way to one of my favorite places I have ever been, Devils
Lake, North Dakota. We’d be once again chasing after those jumbo
perch. Rumor had it the perch weren’t as plentiful but they were
bigger, and that rumor seemed to hold true. We got out on the ice
the first day and the weather was nothing like the year before,
much, much warmer. And keep in mind, you can actually get sun burnt
from the sun reflecting off of the snow, I know because it happened
to me. 
Moving
ahead, we set up in our heated shacks on the outskirts of some brush
piles in a bay out in the middle of nowhere in pursuit of perch.
However, we had a pleasant surprise when we basically got attacked
by a school of walleye. Hit after hit, walleye after walleye, we
were pulling them out of the holes left and right nonstop for about
3 hours. We were fishing in 12-16 foot of water. The size #8 Pelkie
jigs tipped with a minnow head produced plenty of gravel lizards.
Later that day we did run into some solid perch fishing but nothing
like the crazy Walleye bite. 
Our
next trip out on the ice, same thing happened, we slayed walleye for
the first couple hours and then the bite stopped. We then moved
locations across the lake to another bay and in 18 foot of water we
got into those big perch. They were extremely finicky though. I had
to call them in with some sort of flashy decent sized spoon to get
their attention. Then I would drop down a small Pelkie jig tipped
with a waxworm and jig it a few times and let it sit and wait for
that faint little nibble. My ultra-light stick helped me out greatly
in this situation. 
