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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Perch => Topic started by: bird-man on Jan 23, 2013, 03:48 PM
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I just bought a few Hali's and my mission is for perch. Would you guys fill me in on what is your favorite colors and what size? I've heard these are good perch jigs. Thanks for any help.
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Best ive done with has been bright green by bottom. i like to lift it up a few times shake it real quick then let it sit 10 secondss and repeat. with 2 spikes on it. have had decent luck for crappies and perch even a trout or 2
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When using spikes I load it up with 3 to 6 spikes. With a wax worm I "T"Bone it. Sometimes I bait it with a minnow head. Thump it on the bottom a few times, then raise it slowly.
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I have good luck with halies for perch tipped with spikes as far as coler dependes on where and how deep you fish if the water is real cloudy try aglow in the dark pattern. I real mine up a lot and let it fall. The deeper the water the heavy the jig you want to use also (let me try to explain) I do not want my lures to fall to fast I want them to flutter down go out away from the hole and then drift back to the center oof the hole. I guess i would say 12 feet of water use a hali about 1.5 inches long 20 feet go to the longr ones. I have to admitt northland forage minnow smelt patterns have been deadly for me this year so far. I remove the treble hook and replace it with a #8 wide eye hook which can be bought at fly tying shops and tip them with maggots. The treble hooks will work tipped with maggots but remember there are two more barbs out there when yuo grab that fish
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My go to rig this year has been a Hali Sukkula 25 AWFR glow white with yellow stripes and pink head. I remove the chain /hook and tie on a 6# Segaur fluro leader ~6" long with a #14 scud type wet fly with gold bead head. Tip with a mousie when I can get them and 2 spikes, a waxie and 2 spikes or as many spikes as I can get on the small hook, including a dead brown spike on first. Caught so many on this rig the bead is the only thing left and I caught 1 Saturday with bead only, no meat. Tied a new one on today. 2 weeks ago I didn't even get another jig wet and got my limit.
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Those jigs work great for lots of fish species.
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Has anyone else had problems with the hooks straightening out on Hali jigs? I lost a jumbo yesterday due to that. The hooks seem pretty wimpy to me.
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The ones I've had the most luck are the 25mm (the smallest size) in yellow glow perch (AYF), green glow perch (AFRG), yellow/red glow perch (AFYR) and perch glow.(AFRG)
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Ist lure I drop down for perch, I like perch/ gold pattern and replace single hook with #14 treble. Also love Perpetual Motion spoon too!
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Perch gold has been the best one I've used for perch. Tip with maggots. When the maggots pull off after a few fish, pop a perch eye out and use that for meat. I've literally caught over a 100 (at a time) of perch this way.
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One of my go to lures, certain lake I fish they are the only lure I'll tie on! Semi aggressive jiggle then hold steady for a bit, smack bottom, rip up, repeat! :icefish:
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Does the halo jig eliminate the little perch from biting? Anyone tip with minnows
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No, I've caught 3" bluegills on em... I use the smaller size of them though.
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Does the halo jig eliminate the little perch from biting? Anyone tip with minnows
Definitely no. They seem to catch the most little perch for me. They will catch big ones too (even landed some nice walleye) but you will not avoid the small ones if they are there.
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green,blue bronze and perch color all work,glow ones work great
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Where do you buy your Hali-jigs?
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Where do you buy your Hali-jigs?
Most local tackle shops carry them. If not, try online.
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The hali used to be my go to for perch, that is before I tried the lindy perch talker, I have a new go to.
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I noticed when I fish minnow heads with the Hali-jig and the dropper chain that the minnow head floats and rest up against the jig.Doesn't seem like a natural presentation. Catch some but seems like a lot of lookers. Like the dropper chain just doesn't work with minnow heads. Tried split shot on hook but couldn't seem to keep heads on. Any suggestions ?
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Green hali is my go to lure. It stays right on one of my rods.
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The hali used to be my go to for perch, that is before I tried the lindy perch talker, I have a new go to.
What color do you use?
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boy i looked at those perch talkers...for 5 bucks i think i could make them a whole lot cheaper.Just saying..just beads on a wire and a chain & hook like the hali.
(http://www.lindyfishingtackle.com/media/catalog/product/cache/9/thumbnail/440x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/i/lindy-ice-perch-talker-medium-1-8-ounce-lptkm35-metallic-red-chrome-093718895341.png)
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The ones I've had the most luck are the 25mm (the smallest size) in yellow glow perch (AYF), green glow perch (AFRG), yellow/red glow perch (AFYR) and perch glow.(AFRG)
These are my go to perch jigs also.
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I found on late ice halis really shine for perch I'll thread a wax worm on the hook and I personally like the ones with the tail like shape on one side.. I search spots that they will spawn in, in a few weeks when the ice melts usually 4-6 feet of water over cabbage. I'll drop it down to the bottom real up so the hook just rests on the bottom with about 2 feet of line above the hole, then I rip it right up to the bottom of the ice and drop my tip to the hole leaving lots of slack. The spoon should lay flat on its side and slide way out then as your line tightens up raise it slowely so your rod tip is 2 feet above the whole at this point your spoon will have slid way out then slowly floated back to the center of your hole alot of times this will bring perch in from a distance. The biggest perch I catch on hard water are caught this way I've found it will out fish minnows every day. I'll drill a dozen holes 40 feet apart or so in the bays the perch span in and walk from hole to hole I'll give it 2-3 good rips jig it a bit let it sit rip it again and move on if nothing comes in. My favorite color is red white n blue however the plain glow one works good too.
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boy i looked at those perch talkers...for 5 bucks i think i could make them a whole lot cheaper.Just saying..just beads on a wire and a chain & hook like the hali.
(http://www.lindyfishingtackle.com/media/catalog/product/cache/9/thumbnail/440x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/i/lindy-ice-perch-talker-medium-1-8-ounce-lptkm35-metallic-red-chrome-093718895341.png)
Hali jigs are too dang much $$$ too.. That perch talker does look pretty easy to make.. I think I already have all that.. I'm assuming that it uses glass beads for weight and noise? I'm going to try to make a couple...
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So for you guys that fish with whole minnows on the Halis and the like...hook through the mouth or back?
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I've just got into hali jigs and i rig the whole minnow in the back. did very well on a bite that was hot on a small shallow lake but never got anything on another body of water with 30-40 fow
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Has anyone else had problems with the hooks straightening out on Hali jigs? I lost a jumbo yesterday due to that. The hooks seem pretty wimpy to me.
IceRookie:
Yes, I think the hooks on the Hali jigs are real flimsy. I replace the chain hooks on my Hali's with the ones made by Northland Tackle that are available with either size 6 or 8 hooks. These are much stronger hooks.
There is a lure company in Iowa that makes a jig that is similar to Hali's and are less expensive: https://www.shuckslures.com/
ClearCreek