chasing whitefish in the winter

[coyotezh]

Most anglers think usually whitefish would stay in deep water. They come to the shallow searching for food in the early morning, but back to the deep water when the sun gets high.

This year, I did an experiment by fishing one deep water spot. One spot only. I found that in the early season, many whites cruise along in the deep water, but Still there are better chance to see them in the morning. But the chance to mark them on the Sonar gets less and less after the mid-season. Of course, this is also related the weather. When a big weather approaches, it becomes hard to find the fish. I believe the fish move less before the weather, but more active after the weather.

The funny thing is hardly to mark them on the sonar after 2:00pm. Where all these fish go? Stay put after 2:00 pm? If so, when will they get activated again? very interesting!

Welcome any inputs!

[Fradaburidi]

Originally Posted by coyotezh

The funny thing is hardly to mark them on the sonar after 2:00pm. Where all these fish go?
Welcome any inputs!

Afternoon nap?

How can you tell with a sonar what kind of fish it is?

[fish99]

I catch my biggest whites in the afternoon .

[Curtsyneil]

Like any fish there most activity feeding in prime times. Sun up and sun down. Whites on the feed bag will bite all day long certain times of the winter. Pretty common for the whites to be alittle slower in the afternoon tho. Weather, moon phase and time of year and snow cover can all play into fish activity in my opinion.

[coyotezh]

Originally Posted by Fradaburidi

Afternoon nap?

How can you tell with a sonar what kind of fish it is?

When you fish whites all the time, you will figure out how the whites behave moving towards your hook.