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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Perch => Topic started by: WalleyeCrawl10 on Jan 12, 2012, 02:14 PM
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Today I decided to try something I'm unfamiliar with. I bought my first swedish pimple. I want to see if I can jig for some perch or possibly walleyes. I got a size 3 Orange Ice 1/5 oz. So now I'm hoping someone can explain to me some good techniques to use this lure. ;D If anyone has any do's and don'ts for using this lure it'd be greatly appreciated. Also what is the shallowest water I can use the S.W.? And lastly, what works best for tipping the hooks? I've heard perch eyes, grubs, spikes, minnow heads, etc. I'm sure all have a time and place to use em. Thanks :bow:
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Apparently nobody wants me to learn this secret weapon. Maybe cuz i'll dominate with it! jk. ;D
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Aggressively pound the bottom with it for 10-15 seconds, then raise up a foot and "rock" it (very light but steady 1" pumps of the tip of your rod) . Do you have a flasher or camera? Either will be a great asset for this technique.
Sharp 1' snaps of the rod tip 5 or 6 times, then some very light jigging near bottom can work, too.
Tip with a waxies, a few spikes, or a minnow head, or fish it bare.
You really have to let the fish tell you what kind of mood they are in. Sometimes they will slurp it right off the bottom (camera is useful for this!) sometime they will just barely mouth it sometimes they will hammer it hard when you are rocking it. For perch, orange is a good color in my experience, seem to have most consistent luck on it.
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Thanks guys! Whats the shallowest water I can use this in?
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Anywhere from 1 FOW to 100 FOW !
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Love to fish the Pimple here full of maggots and works like a dream!
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use a barrell swivel up about 16 inches... will help to keep your line from twisting...those pimples spin alot underwater
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Once you catch your first keeper perch, tip your pimple with one of its eyes. I use my curved forceps to carve and pinch an eye out. Perch can't seem to resist.
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Pick up various colors of prism tape and change your colors at will.
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You just bought urself a very deadly weapon lol they are great for perch pike and the walleyes love em.
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i never leave home without the smallest size pimple in copper with cracked ice tape. red flicker blade and the original treble replaced with a red one. the original was bent by be with the foreceps when i got in a hurry and twisted. the fish will tell you what they want. start by bouncing of the bottom to create a mud cloud. raise the lure 6'' and let is spin for a bit. jig it all the way to the bottom of the ice or, work it up in 12'' increments. it/they have a very distinct drop when allowed to free fall. alot of times, the freefall and stop/spin is all it takes. i like spikes on only one of the points of the treble but, have been known to use a minnow head or perch eye also.
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Sorry you got a pimple, swedish or otherwise. Try soap and water.
Actually, they are deadly in lots of ways. My favorite is silver with glow tape. Perch, gills at times, trout, etc.
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I don't have a technique when I use them. I do however leave the treble on and hook the minnow in front of the Dorsal fin. Whatever movement I do with it, 80% of the time, it works all the time!
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Pimples are about the only thing that I use. My preference is to remove the treble hook and replace it with a single hook. I usualy bring minnows, waxies and wigglers with me and let the fish tell me what they want.
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Aboslutely love pimples but give hawgers a try. Change the single hook to Gamakatsu treble or equivelant and tip accordingly.
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I can't find hawgers anymore. Do you have a source?
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Yep, here ya go:
http://www.extacklestore.com/
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Swedish Pimples have always been my go to jig for perch. It definitely won't be the last one you buy!
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I've caught Perch, Crappies, and Blue Gills on them. The one thing I will say is tip it with a waxie and jig it like you'd jig any other jig and you'll be fine.
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swedish pimps are incredible jigs..work all the time
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I finally used some last season and had a blast, did well on the perch. I can't wait for some ice this year.
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PK spoons > swedish pimples
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it's not whether one is better than the other, it's which one the fish want more at a certain point and time.
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my dad give me his since he no loger can ice fish he use to use them all the time
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They all have there place and time. :)
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For perch go with the smaller ones and tip them with a wax worm or mousey.
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My favorite lure hands down! I've used them to catch anything that swims... Amazing Salmon lures in the summer also, especially florescent pink. In the winter I tend to use the 3 smallest sizes, just silver. Almost always tipped with a minnow head. Normally a fish is going to hit the pimple on the way down, so longer jigs help, But don't be afraid to very your presentation. sometimes pausing between long or short jigs, or just making it dance by barely moving the tip of your rod when a fish is on your flasher.
Most often when pulling the lure up you will have the fish hooked well. Use the smaller sized in shallow water.
I usually setup a still line close by for fish that were lured in but might not be as active.
Good Luck! I know you will catch many different fish with it going forward.
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Swedish Pimples have always been my go to jig for perch. It definitely won't be the last one you buy!
I second that. I use the #2 (1/10oz.) and start by matching the hatch to the baitfish they are biting on and go with the metals - gold, silver, and bronze (copper). Murky water I switch to white or orange. As dingaling says you'll end up owning more than one! I tip with a minnow, waxie, perch eye, gulp...got see what the like...but the minnow is my starting point. I also play to the bite. I'll pound the bottom, give a quick 12" jerk and then other times dead stick it or literally just drop it and fish on the bottom. Got play around! Just my two cents...
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Yesterday the only thing I could get the perch to hit was a Swedish pimple tipped with a small piece of cut bait. I had to really talk them into hitting by banging the bottom a bunch and then bringing it up slightly. Also caught a 3 pound rainbow on it and lost another one at the hole. Fun day.
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A minnow head on a gold swedish pimple has been my go to lure for years.
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Secret weapon? lol The SP was my ist icin' lure; a multi-species slayer!
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Pimples may work and then again not . I use them, but am never glued to them. Every dog has it's day. I have pulled crappies out one after the other with the pimple and then, I have had days where they didn't want it, so I switched to a jigging rap and like magic they went on a rampage.
WS
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I must admit, the Swedish Pimple is my go to for any species at any time. If I'm trying to locate fish I will use a variety of baits but always a pimple. Changing colors is never a bad idea depending on the water clarity and depth fish are at.
Congrats on buying the best hook you will ever use.
I did a test this past weekend, I was on a school of walleye and catching quite a few. I put a PK in a very similar color to pimple on with the same bait, the holes were 3' apart so no depth difference or bottom makeup. The pimple caught 8 fish to the PK's 2. That's not the first time the pimple has out caught the PK. Don't get me wrong, I have caught on the PK, both the spoon and flutterfish but, it just doesn't pull through when the pimple does.
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The swedish pimple is my go to lure. It has always seemed to catch fish I have a variety of all of them wouldn't leave home without them.
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Use a minnow head on a tiny swedish pimple.
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this is a old post but was wondering on what size of lure do you mostly use ?
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I use the smallest and hook perch minnow in front of dorsal
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Swedish Pimple and a minnow head, can't go wrong.
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I find that the whole minnow works just as good-- if not better for bigger perch. I also use bass minnows to target larger girls
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Gold/flo orange or silver flo/orange are tough to beat for perch. Sometimes the silver/cracked green does better, especially deeper water. Still the best all-around ice jig made IMO.
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When the fish are not present, but not hitting, I've had luck using a drop hook. I tie my own and put a minnow head, grub, or spike.
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love them pimps
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I was slaying perch yesterday using a pimple with spikes on the treble hook. I love my Swedish pimples.
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When the fish are not present, but not hitting, I've had luck using a drop hook. I tie my own and put a minnow head, grub, or spike.
"When fish are not present, but not hitting", I guess if the fish are not present, they cannot hit your lures.