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Hey Guys,
I recently moved to a place right on Pigeon River near the Emily Park area. I went out today and drilled holes all over the place but most holes the water was only 2-3 feet deep. I found one spot that was 5 and 1/2 feet deep but that was the deepest I could find. Do you guys think 5 feet is deep enough to fish for perch? Or know of any areas nearby that might be deeper? Any tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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I've never ice fished the river its great for bass fishing in the summer. There's a spot at the end of valley rd about a ten minute drive from Emily park rd some good perch fishing there.
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Lots ofperch sunfish and crappie caught in 4-6 ft of water under the ice on scugog, don't see why the pigeon river would be any different. Give it a try and let us know how you do.
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I've lived on this river for 13 years..... For Christ sakes, be careful. The channel will open with one or two days of warmer weather. Chemong is less than 5 minutes away and the lake is loaded with all the perch you can handle.
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Thanks for all the tips! I checked the ice often as I know there are certainly some soft spots. A couple weeks ago there was open water under the bridge when it was warm for a week so I didn't risk going over that way.
I tried to find the main channel but I don't think it goes deeper than 5 feet in the area where I was checking, next time I'll go a bit further and try a different spot.
I ended up fishing for an hour to test it out in the 5 foot water hole. I got a few bites and caught one small perch which I threw back so there are definitely some fish in there. I'll probably give it one more go but if I can't find deeper water / catch some perch I'll drive over to Chemong as I saw there were all kinds of guys fishing over there and figure it must be pretty good.
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Pigeon River Ice Fishing?, Is it deep enough?
