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Offline Stickhick86

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Perch Belly
« on: Mar 07, 2019, 06:24 PM »
I have heard of a lot of people using Perch belly pieces as bait but have never seen it done. Are they being used on jigs or set up on tip ups or both? I have heard they work for both perch and walleye and I was thinking about giving it a try. If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great. Thanks.
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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #1 on: Feb 12, 2020, 01:53 PM »
No perch up here, but pike belly works very well on everything.  Big strips for lake trout and pike,  two to three inchers for whitefish, grayling, rainbows, and burbot.

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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #2 on: Nov 22, 2020, 04:33 PM »
I have heard of a lot of people using Perch belly pieces as bait but have never seen it done. Are they being used on jigs or set up on tip ups or both? I have heard they work for both perch and walleye and I was thinking about giving it a try. If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great. Thanks.

I've seen people do it. They usually cut a u or v shape part out of the belly then hook it on the spoon or jig. Works well if you don't have bait.

What works even better is popping out a perch eye and fishing with that. Be careful though because it is illegal in a lot of states.......Mainly because idiots were popping out the eyes on a perch then throwing it back in the lake. It's one thing to use an eye from a perch you iced and plan to eat that's dead and taking it from one you plan to throw back.

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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #3 on: Nov 22, 2020, 04:47 PM »
My father would use perch belly strips for bait when he ran out of minnows. As I remember they seemed to work well.
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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #4 on: Nov 22, 2020, 05:11 PM »
X2 on the pike belly...
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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #5 on: Dec 23, 2020, 12:38 PM »
In Illinois:  " It is illegal to cut up or dress or be in possession of cut up or dressed fish on any body of water where there is a size limit for that particular species of fish".  We used to use perch belly meat when catching perch in Lake Michigan.  It was a very effective bait that lasted a long time on the hook.  You just had to include the cut up fish as part of the daily quota.

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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #6 on: Dec 24, 2020, 11:07 AM »
Thanks for the input
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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #7 on: Dec 24, 2020, 11:21 AM »
I have used the V shape piece of meat under the chin of the perch. It is between where the gills come together and the chin meet. Hook the V point of the meat on a jig it’s usually 1/2 inch to 1 inch long. It is soft but stays on the hook. Good action!!

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Re: Perch Belly
« Reply #8 on: Dec 24, 2020, 11:34 AM »
In PA, there is no size limit on yellow perch, just a creel limit of 50
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