perch??

[panfishman13]

    perch are harder to catch than bluegill and i know that they really like meat are there any other things i could try that might work?

[minnowguy]

perch eyes work really good after you catch one

[brewer]

The last few days I've been using a forrage minnow jig tipped with wax worms.  The perch seem to like it.   

[Pasquatch]

There is a specific forum related to everything perch fishing. Just scan through that, and you'll learn everything that you need to know about them. And then some.

Perch Forum

-Wes

[Jer]

Try a 1 cm long piece of worm on a #8 hook. Nothing works near as good.

[JCaughtem]

  perch are harder to catch than bluegill and i know that they really like meat are there any other things i could try that might work?

TRY A SWEDISH PIMPLE WITH A GULP MAGGOT ON THE HOOK IVE CAUGHT ALMOST 600 IN A DAY FROM DARK TO DARK. 

[moosebait]

TRY A SWEDISH PIMPLE WITH A GULP MAGGOT ON THE HOOK IVE CAUGHT ALMOST 600 IN A DAY FROM DARK TO DARK. 

600!!! were do you fish?

[pikeking]

I think I saw that guy at the super market. He had a cart full of Perch.

[moosebait]

I think I saw that guy at the super market. He had a cart full of Perch.

Ithink I seen him there too!!! He had a hand full of marmish jigs too!!

[JCaughtem]

Ithink I seen him there too!!! He had a hand full of marmish jigs too!!

All fish were caught in a non marmish way

[JCaughtem]

600!!! were do you fish?

Fish pond

[moosebait]

All fish were caught in a non marmish way

I seen you with a hand full of marmish jigs!!

[JCaughtem]

600!!! were do you fish?

I forgot to mention i was with Russ.

[moosebait]

I forgot to mention i was with Russ.

Is that your guide?

[JCaughtem]

 

[Nitro_372]

buy a vex that should help u catch some more perch

[rgfixit]

Perch fishing isn't hard, It's just different.

Understanding their movement is the key. They're a schooling fish. They school by year class and they tend to move between deeper water and shallow water feeding areas. You'll need to adapt to fishing deeper water than you're used to when bluegill fishing. This means heavier tackle. (your jig collection is going to grow)

As a rule I start outside weed lines at the entrance to weedy bays. When the fish are relatively inactive you need to be mobile.....keep moving. It's nothing to drop 100 holes in a days fishing. Other times (when the fish are moving)  I will set up my tipdowns in an "entrance area" and work the schools as they move in and out to feed.

It's important to know what they're feeding on. I check stomach contents. If they're full of shrimp I move shallower and fish over the deepest weeds I can find. If they're on minnows, sculpins or clams I move deep and jig with pimples, forage minnows etc.

On deep lakes I fish the slobs like walleye, ripping bigger pimples, rapalas and even bottom rigging with 2 spaced hooks (open water style). I don't use electronics, except on unfamiliar waters,,,,old school I guess.

RG

[captain54]

600 fish div.by 12 hours of fishing =50 per hour  or 1 fish every 1.10 seconds. Thats what I'm talkin about! Your ready for team Sweden.

[MrMarty51]

Like to jig for em through the spearhole then You can watch them take the bait and see when to set the hook.

[LoaderGuy]

Better yet, try a Swedish Pimple with a dropper hook!!

 

[4cator]

I use a hali with a perches eye.

[panfishman13]

great suggestions! the worm tip helped, yesterday i went on an impromptu ice fishing trip, i was duck hunting with my dad and brother, we decided to bring some 6' rods if there was a good looking spot on the river, we stopped by a frozen lake that this guy was just getting off of he said he caught about 30 perch and said we were free to use his holes if we wanted,the ducks weren't flying so we took our rods down to his holes baited a regular hook with some worm and in an hour and a half we caught 115 perch, one small puny trout hooked a giant suckerfish and kept 33 of the perch ranging from 10" to 12". hot fishing with crappy gear and used holes. it was pretty much like this guy

[who me lost?]

600 fish div.by 12 hours of fishing =50 per hour  or 1 fish every 1.10 seconds. Thats what I'm talkin about! Your ready for team Sweden.

ummm, every minute?   

[rgfixit]

Math without calculators....ran out of fingers and toes I guess.
RG

[bucketbass]

hot fishing with crappy gear and used holes.

redneck style love the story perch over duck breast think its a fair trade?
everyday of the week

[Pasquatch]

600 fish div.by 12 hours of fishing =50 per hour  or 1 fish every 1.10 seconds. Thats what I'm talkin about! Your ready for team Sweden.

That's 1.1 fish per minute, not second. Still impressive, but plausible.

[wnybassman]

Math without calculators....

See what happens when you don't use electronics RG?

j/k   

[captain54]

Sorry did the right math but posted seconds instead in min.Still alot of perch for one day