I think because the water stayed warmer than normal for longer that most ppl pulled their boat b4 the water cooled off enough to fire the perch back up. I know for certain that spoons were still being trolled and working well into November. normally crankbaits coming back into play end of October. there has still very few mornings that has had any ice even in the very calm harbors. in fact I as well as other I know, will be going out over the weekend. its 25% of the way through jan. I don't see any good ice making weather in the long term forcast till very late jan to early feb.

I think with all the little walleye around shiners will continue to be hard to get and the abundance of short walleye could make it hard to find the big active schools of perch we like to see