I've got a few years with T/D's and can't legally use live bait. I often use a #10 or #12 treble with a perch eye, or scaled perch belly with the shiny inner belly lining with the end split off center, so one is longer than the other.
Before rigging the hook, I slide a 3/16" to 1/4" Emerald Green Swarovski Crystal Bead, up the line before direct tying the chosen hook on. I use that bead on any perch rig. Those beads have more facets and shine than any other I've found. Another good dead stick lure is a horizontal Marabou jig in chartreuse, with 1/4" of night crawler or a maggot, pointing up at a 45d. angle, away from the hook. Mainly it's that bead and all those light rays on clear water less than 6'. One last trick, never drill just one hole for a T/D. 18" away' drill a second hole. I take a 7' rod and approach, carefully, the empty hole and very often pick up several more from the school. When it goes quiet, I bring in the fish on the T/D and reset.
So, now, do you wanta share yours?
