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Offline perchking4ever

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best perch bait
« on: Feb 06, 2007, 06:08 PM »
i have tyred small shiners but only catch 1 or 2 a fishing trip what do you guys/ girls use?

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #1 on: Feb 06, 2007, 06:19 PM »
 Power bait maggots, small piece of fish, fish eyes, eggs and small minnows have all worked good for me.
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #2 on: Feb 06, 2007, 06:28 PM »
Silver Sweedish pimple Tipped w/ perch eye.... Good Stuff ;)
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #3 on: Feb 07, 2007, 11:51 PM »
Silver Sweedish pimple Tipped w/ perch eye.... Good Stuff ;)
i go with that jigging . tipups i use medium shinners

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #4 on: Feb 08, 2007, 04:31 PM »
Live minnows and small 1\16 or 1\8 fireball jigs

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #5 on: Feb 08, 2007, 05:15 PM »
i have tyred small shiners but only catch 1 or 2 a fishing trip what do you guys/ girls use?
  Small shiners are a good choice, but I feel it is best to go with wigglers,spkes {red and wt} and wax worms also.  Put minnow on dead stick and try the grubs or wigglers on other pole.  Allowed two lines in Mi.

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #6 on: Feb 08, 2007, 06:36 PM »
has anyone tyred putting maggots on there tip ups?

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #7 on: Feb 08, 2007, 08:23 PM »
On days I don't feel like moving much, I put small to medium emerald shiners out on a wide spread of tip-ups, and jig one pole with two jigs + mousies or spikes, and one pole with a pimple tipped with a minnow or minnow head.  Flag goes up, off I go with the jigging rod and actively fish that hole until it dries up.  This is in NY, where we're allowed 5 tip-ups and 2 hand lines.
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #8 on: Feb 08, 2007, 09:34 PM »
I've caught a lot of perch on red maggots. Bait shop adds red dye to what ever and it changes them red.

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #9 on: Feb 09, 2007, 08:29 PM »
Catch the first one, then remove an eye!!  The best perch and walleye bait that you will get.  They last for a long time.

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #10 on: Feb 09, 2007, 09:21 PM »
I agree with Bushbunny---the eyes work and last longer.

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #11 on: Feb 10, 2007, 07:53 PM »
Do the perch eye have to be fresh or could you take them out at home and refrigerate the for the next day to fish with ?

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #12 on: Feb 11, 2007, 07:50 AM »
They can be refrigerated and used quite effectively.  I have done it on many occasions.

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #13 on: Feb 11, 2007, 12:00 PM »
Hey thanks bushbunny . I wish i would have saved the eyes out of the ten i cleaned the other day when i thought of that .

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #14 on: Feb 11, 2007, 12:01 PM »
has anyone tyred putting maggots on there tip ups?

tried it yesterday and did ok it works the same as anything else would

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #15 on: Feb 11, 2007, 02:39 PM »
sometimes Ill go buy some cocktail shrimps and use them .they work pretty good and you can snack on them also. :tipup:

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #16 on: Feb 14, 2007, 05:02 AM »
this sounds strange but it works where i fish.. i take some small strips of bacon fat... if that doesnt work then i use eyes once i catch one

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #17 on: Feb 14, 2007, 07:38 PM »
I find meal worms to be the best for me.

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #18 on: Feb 15, 2007, 06:22 AM »
the absoulte best perch bait is the wiggler (mayfly larvae) hands down


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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #19 on: Feb 15, 2007, 10:23 PM »
my favorite is a hali sukkala with the lil dropper chain in glow green...
we have a lil lake here packed full of perch last time out my brother and i caught well over 100 in about 3 hours.....we sat side beside he tried all different lures jigging rappalas...fiska jigs which was our 2nd place lure by the way tipped with a small fathead minnow head....forage minnow...but i out fished them probably 10-1 with the hali....i tipped it with the following #1 was a perch eye a close 2nd was a night crawler piece and 3rd a minnow head then waxies and maggots...the trick was to pound the bottom and watch the vex ...they would follow it up about a foot the you had to slowly rise and fall it about 1 inch just enough to slowly maove the bait...
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #20 on: Feb 16, 2007, 05:58 PM »
tried it yesterday and did ok it works the same as anything else would

I have tryed it once but with no luck. Maybe ill try it again.

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Re: best perch bait pepperoni??????
« Reply #21 on: Feb 03, 2008, 04:40 PM »
I use a variety of baits to get the perch to hit, but yesterday was a little different.  The perch were hittting well all day, but we were getting alot of 6-8 inch perch that were causing alot of baiting.  I had left over pizza for lunch and a piece of pepperoni fell on the floor.  I decide to put it on my Hali jig and sure enough I landed a 11 inch perch. The next four fish were this size and all caught on pepperoni.   My fishing partner was laughing his ass off.   I my have to stop at the deli before I go fishing.    hahahahaha   :D

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #22 on: Feb 04, 2008, 07:20 AM »
Hali's have worked well for me.Tipped with a piece of crawler , pike or mousie.Jigging a small rapala has produced the most larger perch for me.I have one with the paint just about gone from it.Sometimes glow jigs tipped with the previous mentioned before or some of berkleys gulp maggots in natural or hot pink.And of course small minnows.

I change jigs alot if they stop hitting a certain size or color and most times that does the trick to warm up a cooling down hole.And moving alot in the area I'm fishing seems to dry up

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #23 on: Feb 04, 2008, 07:35 AM »
Smaller perch/bluegills  :)
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #24 on: Feb 04, 2008, 10:00 AM »
spikes or minnows til i get a perch, funny thing, the first one ends up blind everytime :laugh:

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #25 on: Feb 10, 2008, 02:56 PM »
Perch eye or a little slice of meat of the tail.
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #26 on: Feb 10, 2008, 03:16 PM »
Wax worm on a genz worm or on a pimple works for me and if your lucky the fish will hit even with out bait on the hook. ;D :tipup:
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #27 on: Feb 10, 2008, 03:35 PM »
Best bait for Perch wigglers!! :tipup: :icefish: :thumbsup:

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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #28 on: Feb 11, 2008, 10:34 AM »
Best bait for Perch wigglers!! :tipup: :icefish: :thumbsup:
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Re: best perch bait
« Reply #29 on: Feb 11, 2008, 05:43 PM »
mmm...shrimp and pepperoni...gonna try em...if the fish won't eat em, I will...
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