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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Perch => Topic started by: bib brother on Dec 31, 2004, 06:32 PM
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i fish massachusets, not exactly the perch capitol of the world, but they are still the best thing to eat out of freshwater. what exactly is a "hali"? where can i get one? and how often do you use droppers off your jigging spoons and what jigs do you like with droppers? droppers just seem to make sense though i've never used one, saw one on the pic of the buckshot rattler. nobody around me really goes for perch but it's my new quest, bass on tilts makes me want to take up knitting.
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Hey Big Brother-
Try a search. There's a ton of info at your fingertips.
Hali's rule!
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what sizes and colors should i start with? do you put bait on them? What's a good online source to purchase stuff from, local guys don't carry this stuff niether does cabelas. thanks
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I love fishing the halis also, they work when things get slow for me. I tip them with 2 magets. I like the chains with the little green or orange bead thing on themand I jig them aggresive, short and fast for me, perch love emand so do I. :o
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colors for perch eye and tear drop jigs? I've always been a swedish pimple guy, i'm not throwing them away just want to expand my options....a.k.a. looking for excuse to buy more gear
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what sizes and colors should i start with? do you put bait on them? What's a good online source to purchase stuff from, local guys don't carry this stuff niether does cabelas. thanks
Here's a good source! Try an assortment of different sizes and colors.
Perch is always a good one to start with.
http://www.fish307.com/fish/hali01.htm
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i use a regular jig head no bigger then 1/64 on the bottom tipped with a small minnow. my fav colors are orange or chartreuse. on the top tippet, i use a tetr totr jig tipped with maggots just in case there are any gills feeding with the perch. my fav colors are 2 toned either pink/white or char/orange. hope this helps. i fish mostly deep water for the perch, 15- 40 fow.
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anything contrasting seems to work best(chatuse/white,green/white)and so on.I only use a dropper if im fishing deep20+ feet,helps get the lure back down.
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i've made my order, stuck mostly with the small halis, pimples in colors i can't find, and an assortment of micro stuff. thanks for all the help guys, hopefully be posting some pics soon.
Who likes to use droppers, not rigging other stuff above your primary jig but using a leader between your spoon and the hook, sort of like the hali's are. i'm wondering in what intances you use them, and what kind of bait to put on them.
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I got some good video of the hali's in action. I should have a chance to get it edited in the next couple of days. I'll post it here when I do.
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I like fishing a dropper spoon with 8-12'' between the spoon and the hook, usually a sz. 10 or 12 treble. Tip this with a decent size minnow. The kicker is; this is attached to my Windlass tip-up. Usually it will catch my biggest perch, no matter what I'm fishing on the jigging rod. Also takes a good no. of bass as well.
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A dropper on a tip up- that's new to me.
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got my hali's in the mail today! :thumbsup:also got an assortment of micro jigs ;D
they look just like a miniature crippled herring, i also orderd some hard to find colors for pimples. i picked up a couple of extra chain and hook rigs that i'm going to try on the end of my favorite pimple(gold, smallest)
that idea with the spoon on the jigging tip-up sounds pisser
thanks to everyone for all the help, i'll keep checking this for more info, keep posting those secret tips, thanks
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that idea with the spoon on the jigging tip-up sounds pisser
Must be from Mass. ;) The idea of using on a windless does sound good.
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I love hali's. They are by far one of the best bbaits for perch. I also get many crappie and bluegill on them. I tip them with one or two spikes and jig it. I really like the perch colors and the blue glow hali. ;D
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Ok...here they are. Not my best work, but I'm tired and I want to go to bed. ;) These are big files (3mb+ I think), so you may have to save them to view them depending on your connection.
Hali Jig PT1 http://www.fishingvermont.net/Videos/Hali_Jig_pt1.wmv
Hali Jig PT2 http://www.fishingvermont.net/Videos/Hali_Jig_2.wmv
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Kewl videos Bob! Keep them coming.
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That is awsome to see that underwater how fish respond to certain jigs, got anymore kool ones?? JUMBOS away ;D
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AWSOME VIDEO BOB, THANKS FOR SHARING, REALLY GETS THE JUICES FLOWING. :o
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great videos! i really wanna go to a perch pond now!
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Way cool! Shows how many perch those of us without cameras must miss.
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wicked cool, man i need to get myself one a them
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those videos were great, were you setting the hook by feel or sight?
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All by site. Never felt most of them.
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>:(dammit Bob, now I have to buy one of those things! what kind is it and do were you in a shanty?
you have brought this thread to a whole new level......
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I have a Marcum VS500. They don't make that model any move. The new (and better) models are the VS460 and VS560. I think the only difference is the VS560 has a remote for the camera pan motor and the VS460 motor has to be run at the screen. I was not in a shanty that day, but it would have made it easier to see. As with all cameras, the less light you have when looking at the screen the better.
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awesome little jig in perch color with a mousie or wiggler on it...
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awesome videos, now I'm gonna have to get a camera.......$$$$$$$$$$$ you never have enough gear.
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just sent a hali to my machinist, within two weeks i will be making them ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :clap: :flex: :thumbsup:
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Do you ever run into patent issues doing this? ???
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just sent a hali to my machinist, within two weeks i will be making them
I hope you at least change something.
It's one thing to make tackle, but another to steal it.
JMO
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As long as you name them something else you are ok. If you are a ice fisherman you have been to a hundred different bait shops and you always see many lures that are the same thing but are named different.There are so many lures on the market that have been copied it is no even funny. I have seen the Genz worm named 6 different names,JB Lures Gemneye...now Northland makes it...calls it a eye dropper. Go to websites that sell tackle and you see the same lures different name. I can save tons by making my own,besides im just a peeon making lures in my basement
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I make my own jigs also, and build my own rods, I save lots of $$$ They work well, & I can paint them anycolor I want to. You can buy ice jig solder and the hooks paint them up I have all kinds of them, I even ship some to CT to sell and in some tackle shops up here. It keeps me busy and like I said, at 1 doller a fig, I make the same jig for 20 cents. Its awsome when you catch a fish on your jig and ultra light 24" rod. I cant make halis and some others I have to buy but I make some sweet stuff. Fish on
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Perchbuster - going to be selling those hali knock offs on Ebay like you do the others?
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::)stay tuned ::)