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Sometimes, on the smaller jigs, moving the knot forward toward the hook point , makes a difference too.
It gets a little better action that way I think.
Noticed the same if they are looking but not taking a lot of times getting my jig back to horizontal will turn them back on. It gets a little better action that way I think.
Just a question what do you consider keepers. I here people catching they're limit. Personaly a 8'' perch is barely a keeper in my eyes. I have seen soo many people just get all the dinks and toss them into there buckets. I know people make fish patties but some of those fish need to be tossed back! Poersonaly
It depends what I'm catching.If all I catch are 7" fish. I'm taking a handful for the pan when I get home. I won't take 50 fish like that, but 15 or 20 is perfect for the kids and I. Perch reproduce so much that I don't think human pressure could ever have an affect on LG perch. I took a limit yesterday because I was fishing with 2 buddies that don't get out much. After the clinic I put on yesterday... I don't think they'll want to fish next to me again, but they each left with as much as I took home. I took 5 little ones right off the bat. Once I realized that I was going to have no issues filling a bucket. My criteria went up. The other 45 fish were 8-14".
Throwing too many fish back can have negative effects on the size of the perch. There is only so much available food (carrying capacity) and less perch means more bigger perch; removing them usually helps, as others have mentioned there are plenty of them out there.
In my opinion, I think that's one of the problems with the bass population in toga and their size, disregarding the talk about the weeds. I know there is somewhat of a healthy population of larger fish, but there's so many small ones. I will keep some 12 - 13inches when possible.
Thank you man. I'll save that tidbit for the next time Tony is giving me grief for 7's and 8's in my bucket.