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Offline RIVERRAT2

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pannies and jig color
« on: Mar 05, 2015, 08:55 AM »
as per my journal over several years, just for jigs[both ver and hor] no flys done on avg numbers
GILLS--------------BLACK/WHITE---------ORANGE------------GLO----
fish per trip------------17.1------------------10.7---------------12.1
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PERCH--------------RED/EYE[h.t.jig]-------ORANGE----------GLO------PINK/WHITE-----SIL/GOLD-PIMPLE
fish per trip-------------32.2------------------11.9-------------13.8---------15.7---------------14.1----
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CRAPPIES----------BLACK/WHITE---------ORANGE-----------GLO------BROWN/BLACK--------------
fish per trip-------------39.5-----------------21.8--------------4--------------10-------------------
-MOST JIGS HAD SILVER BACKS.remember every fisher fishes different and in different waters but
i hope this helps
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #1 on: Mar 05, 2015, 09:55 AM »
that's some pretty solid information... do you fish roughly the same water or do you try different bays and lakes
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #2 on: Mar 05, 2015, 10:07 AM »
now about the same water also note i used bait on those jigs
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #3 on: Mar 05, 2015, 10:56 AM »
all fish ................50% orange ........50% glow
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #4 on: Mar 05, 2015, 10:58 AM »
Great info.
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #5 on: Mar 05, 2015, 11:03 AM »
Trap...you read my mind.  Glo/orange Caty jig tipped with a Gulp 1" minnow, cricket or fish fry.  The gills love the orange ff.
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #6 on: Mar 05, 2015, 02:37 PM »
Good stuff RAT!
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #7 on: Mar 05, 2015, 03:38 PM »
I've had great success with a clam drop jig size 10 color gold tipped with 3 spikes for the big gills or with a small rosy red minnow for the jumbo perch.  For me the smaller tungsten jigs like size 12 and 14 with all types of bright colors only produced dinks.
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #8 on: Mar 05, 2015, 03:41 PM »
I have found white to be the best for me when it comes to gills and perch. Don't get to target crappies much but I have had them come on random colors lol
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #9 on: Mar 05, 2015, 03:47 PM »
great stuff rat thanks
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #10 on: Mar 06, 2015, 02:26 AM »
Quote from: RIVERRAT2 on Mar 05, 2015, 08:55 AM
as per my journal over several years, just for jigs[both ver and hor] no flys done on avg numbers
GILLS--------------BLACK/WHITE---------ORANGE------------GLO----
fish per trip------------17.1------------------10.7---------------12.1
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PERCH--------------RED/EYE[h.t.jig]-------ORANGE----------GLO------PINK/WHITE-----SIL/GOLD-PIMPLE
fish per trip-------------32.2------------------11.9-------------13.8---------15.7---------------14.1----
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CRAPPIES----------BLACK/WHITE---------ORANGE-----------GLO------BROWN/BLACK--------------
fish per trip-------------39.5-----------------21.8--------------4--------------10-------------------
-MOST JIGS HAD SILVER BACKS.remember every fisher fishes different and in different waters but
i hope this helps
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RAT
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #11 on: Mar 06, 2015, 06:01 AM »
Rat what else you got floating around in that diary of yours...im just gonna come fish your pond.... ;D
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #12 on: Mar 06, 2015, 06:47 AM »
Quote from: Gillpill on Mar 05, 2015, 03:41 PM
I have found white to be the best for me when it comes to gills and perch. Don't get to target crappies much but I have had them come on random colors lol
i do good with crappies around inlets and cattails at this [late ice] time of the year on the NORTH SHORE if possible,it is warmer
jig colors red/green. remember all this sun [high] gets the  plankton ,bait fish and crappies moving,i hand drill and wait for about
about 20 mins to fish[noise]
hope this helps
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #13 on: Mar 06, 2015, 06:53 AM »
Quote from: xxxbeer247 on Mar 05, 2015, 03:38 PM
I've had great success with a clam drop jig size 10 color gold tipped with 3 spikes for the big gills or with a small rosy red minnow for the jumbo perch.  For me the smaller tungsten jigs like size 12 and 14 with all types of bright colors only produced dinks.
i find that the dinks and larger ones MOST times times are in different parts of the water column,but that could be
the waters i fish,one they were mixed at 23ft on bottom and i was using larger jigs and was getting both dinks and
big ones
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #14 on: Mar 06, 2015, 06:55 AM »
Quote from: big_guy_13021 on Mar 06, 2015, 06:01 AM
Rat what else you got floating around in that diary of yours...im just gonna come fish your pond.... ;D
O.K. i will P.M. you if you want??
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #15 on: Mar 06, 2015, 07:02 AM »
Quote from: merkleyb on Mar 06, 2015, 02:26 AM
If only it were that easy.... :icefish:
NO ,fishing[getting fish] most times is not easy,but i found one real easy way[price chopper and it is cooked]
and in the last few years it is even harder,but i want to wear out,not rust out ::)
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #16 on: Mar 06, 2015, 07:09 AM »
I've observed that on a bright, sunny day near the end of the season, perch like small, black jigs tipped with waxies or maggots. Now this probably depends on the amount of snow on the ice. As you may know, the more snow, the less sunlight gets through the ice. They also seem to like water that is 8-15 feet deep. Hopefully this helps some people ice some nice perch. This seems to be about the same for crappie and bluegill. Never had luck with any bass or anything.
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #17 on: Mar 06, 2015, 07:26 AM »
Quote from: lil maggot on Mar 06, 2015, 07:09 AM
I've observed that on a bright, sunny day near the end of the season, perch like small, black jigs tipped with waxies or maggots. Now this probably depends on the amount of snow on the ice. As you may know, the more snow, the less sunlight gets through the ice. They also seem to like water that is 8-15 feet deep. Hopefully this helps some people ice some nice perch. This seems to be about the same for crappie and bluegill. Never had luck with any bass or anything.
your RIGHT,i have talked to several biologist and been told that some fish eyes[ganglion cells] are  more receptive to contrasts
in color,like your BLACK jig with a WHITE waxworm that is big contrast
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #18 on: Mar 06, 2015, 08:23 AM »
I haven't seen Sandman active on IS this year but he would tell you that his go-to lures are Black with Black polka dots!!  Gotta love Sandman.
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #19 on: Mar 06, 2015, 08:26 AM »
I don't use jigs often anymore but I remember fishing a small river in massachusetts one day and when I had a red jig I would catch nothing but perch.  When I switched it to black(exact same jig, just different color), all I would catch were bluegills.  I was casting in the same spots and jigging the same way.   Pretty cool to see your post agree with my experiences.
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #20 on: Mar 06, 2015, 09:02 AM »
What size Jigs do you guys find most productive for perch?
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #21 on: Mar 06, 2015, 09:31 AM »
I like jigs in the size 6 mm wide and 16 mm long with hook size 8 or 10
this size is just about the size of the greeneyed dragonfly larva which
the perch love,but all waters do not have them[looks like a roach]
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #22 on: Mar 06, 2015, 11:57 AM »
Looks like I need some more black and white jigs to try
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #23 on: Mar 06, 2015, 12:44 PM »
Doesn't anyone use Chartreuse?  That's my go to color, then pink.
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #24 on: Mar 06, 2015, 01:55 PM »
Quote from: FrankM on Mar 06, 2015, 12:44 PM
Doesn't anyone use Chartreuse?  That's my go to color, then pink.
holds it color deeper ,and i use the color, some are even fluorescent
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Re: pannies and jig color
« Reply #25 on: Mar 06, 2015, 02:15 PM »
Quote from: djj717 on Mar 06, 2015, 09:02 AM
What size Jigs do you guys find most productive for perch?

Small. Stuff like Ratso's and Shrimpo's and Ratfinki's.
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