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PERCH FACTS
« on: Dec 09, 2004, 05:27 PM »
here are some perch facts that i have hear or read about perch
1-perch in n.y. live about 8 years
2-growth decreases with age
3-smell highly developed,lot more then sight
4-1 in 5000 will make it to 10in long
5-spawns spring with water temp.45` to 50`
6-feeds most od the time around noon and dusk
7-SCALES grow with the fish the number remains the same
8-can tell the age of the perch by the rings on the the scales
9-needs 5 parts-million of oxygen in water to live
10-about 3in long 1st year,6in long 2nd year,8in long 3rd year,10in long 4th year
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #1 on: Dec 09, 2004, 05:30 PM »
11. Taste good deep fried with a bunch of spices  ;D


Neat info thanks.

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #2 on: Dec 09, 2004, 05:39 PM »
 I think Ill disagree with them feeding at noon. 90% of the time I find them feeding better the first couple of hours. Just my 2 cents.

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #3 on: Dec 09, 2004, 06:03 PM »
for you and what lake you fish,it works for you that is what counts
i have seen some guys stating they have got perch at night in over 55
years of ice fishing i have never got one at night but that doesnot mean
they didnot everybody does thing different,i would love to see how they
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #4 on: Dec 09, 2004, 06:24 PM »
I find the action to be best for perch between an hour after first light and runs for about 2 hours.  It then again picks up a couple of hours before last light till last light.

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #5 on: Dec 09, 2004, 07:27 PM »
I always have good luck at first light for a few hours. Of course I
have caught them all day and then at last light they seem to go
on a feeding binge at times.
RG - do you agree with this?

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #6 on: Dec 09, 2004, 07:32 PM »
yes i do but i don't get out off bed at 1st light i did that when i worked
in the warmer weather i do but not now
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #7 on: Dec 09, 2004, 08:12 PM »
for you and what lake you fish,it works for you that is what counts
i have seen some guys stating they have got perch at night in over 55
years of ice fishing i have never got one at night but that doesnot mean
they didnot everybody does thing different,i would love to see how they
do
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I dont fish for them and have caught them at all hours after dark. They usually start at dark for about 1 hour and then shut off till 9, then back on and off throughout the dark hours. I'm fishing for crappie and get long runs of perch in total darkness. Its not that im doing anything special,cause their buggin me and i dont want them. It all depends on what body of water you are fishing.
Just remember you cant generalize everything. Example: I took my neighbor who is a Lake walleye expert out(open water fishing) and i had a long cast (river fishin) that no sooner hit the water and a good size fish jumped up and back down for a good fight. I said ''theres one''. He said ''no way, walleyes dont jump''. OK, i kept my mouth shut and a minute later pulled up a nice walleye.
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #8 on: Dec 09, 2004, 10:04 PM »
crappieloo
i think i did not make myself clear on the perch at night
i just wanted to know how it was be done because i could not
do it there are only two things written in stone death and taxes
what lake,what jig, how deep,i would like to try again
i try and keep an open mind on all things
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #9 on: Dec 09, 2004, 10:32 PM »
crappieloo
i think i did not make myself clear on the perch at night
i just wanted to know how it was be done because i could not
do it there are only two things written in stone death and taxes
what lake,what jig, how deep,i would like to try again
i try and keep an open mind on all things
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i COULD REALLY USE ANY INFO ON NIGHT FISHING FOR PERCH, CRAPPIE. THIS YEAR MOST OF MY FISHING WILL BE AFTER DARK.

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #10 on: Dec 09, 2004, 10:40 PM »
LEON
the only thing i have been able to get ice fishing at night is a COLD
i think crappieloo does good at night,ask him
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #11 on: Dec 10, 2004, 05:14 AM »
perch,when freshly frozen, make excellent hockey pucks!!!

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #12 on: Dec 10, 2004, 08:20 AM »
i think perch will bite in the calm of morning when the suns gettin up and then again when the suns goin down. i think u can still catch them in the day just not as much action

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #13 on: Dec 10, 2004, 09:27 AM »
crappieloo....are you using any type of light to attract the crappie at night.  I learned on black lake years ago that if you used a light to attract the crappie, it would bring perch in too.  If you fished with no light, the perch would not hit. 

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #14 on: Dec 10, 2004, 09:58 AM »
Most of the time perch go to bed when it gets dark.  I have watched em on my aquaview at Lake George at dusk and you can just see em set the fins and slink back down in the sandgrass and they don't and won't bite after it gets dark in my experience.  Some guys say they have caught em and from what I have witnessed with the camera I can't imagine they are too aggressive after dark but I have heard of guys catching them after dark.  Perch feed by sight mostly not smell that's why they only usually bite during the day.  They may have highly developed sense of smells but they feed by sight.  One more thing, if you have not spent some time watching large schools of perch or individuals on an aqua view you really would be surprised at how they behave.  I learned more about perch last winter with my camera than I could have learned in fishing 30 years without one.  What's going on down there is not what you think until you see it. 
wow, slipbob, we'll have to hook up and watch some tv on the ice this year. the underwater camara sounds like a pretty neat thing, and I thought seeing a vlex for the first times was something, can't wait to see what is going on under the ice.  ;D oh, yea, excellent points, too.  ;)

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #15 on: Dec 10, 2004, 10:40 AM »
We'll get out for some perch tv for sure.  You won't beleive it when you put that thing down on one of the grass beds at the king and see sometimes 100 perch at once.  :o :o  The problem is most of em are about 5" long but when you see a big one mixed in you can tell cause it looks so big compared to the legions of peewees in that lake. 
sounds like a plan to me.  :-\ hope you got some time off comin.  ;) I'm a weekday icer.  ;D

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #16 on: Dec 10, 2004, 07:53 PM »
We usually light up the lantern 1/2 hour BEFORE sunset because at sunset (and 1 or 2 hours later) we dont even have time to light a cigarette or take a pee. I dont know why it happens but it does on certain lakes WITHOUT any (or very few) predators. I tried fishing for perch 1 time on a ''dead'' body of water and actually caught them. Being a night crappie guy i couldn't figure out why they shut down at sunset ??? But now i know its normal for them to do that.
I do fish a  certain small lake at night and those little buggers will bite all night. If i'm catching them that much i have to move to get on to crappies otherwise they tear up all my bait.
It doesnt matter what jig, as long as its small. Another thing that bugs me is my marks that i ''know'' are crappie are perch, at 2 or 3 feet down. I hardly ever fish on the bottom or anywhere near the bottom.
Some nights on this lake all i get is crappie. BUT,some other nights........ ???
We had a run of silver bass 1 night after midnight.
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #17 on: Dec 10, 2004, 10:28 PM »
crappieloo
thanks for the info.the key is the lantern 1/2 hr.before sunset
i have got to try this
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #18 on: Dec 11, 2004, 08:05 AM »
RIVERRAT2, dont misunderstand me. We DONT fish for perch, this event just happens on certain bodies of water. Most people here (not me) know how to fish for perch and are correct when they say they shut off at dark. The first time i fished this lake i started at 3pm and didnt even mark a fish till 1/2 hour before sunset. Then all i caught was perch for about 1 hour and didnt have a lantern, so i dont think thats the ''key''.
All of the fish were caught 3 to 6 foot off of the bottom, IN 10 FOW!
Next time i brought a lantern (strictly crappie fishin) and caught a mixed bag ( gills perch crappies silver bass) throughout the night. I dont know why this happens. It may be because of no predators and or a small shallow lake.

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #19 on: Dec 11, 2004, 01:28 PM »
crappieloo
thanks,with the info you gave me i am going to try night ice fishing again
for any kind of fish.i just hate it when i cannot do something.
i been looking for football/willowleaf ice blades[i make jigs] for about 10 years
COMET TACKLE  where i got them,went out in 1994?? and i have not been able
to get anymore,one of the best blades for perch & crappies,but all things change
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #20 on: Dec 11, 2004, 03:01 PM »
i been looking for football/willowleaf ice blades[i make jigs] for about 10 years
COMET TACKLE  where i got them,went out in 1994?? and i have not been able
to get anymore,one of the best blades for perch & crappies,but all things change
thanks
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check this site out.
http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/Content.aspx?src=home.htm
this is were I get all my blades from, great bulk prices.  ;D

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #21 on: Dec 11, 2004, 09:28 PM »
camo
thanks for the info,will try them
thanks again
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #22 on: Dec 14, 2004, 04:07 PM »
I've caught my perch whenever the sun's been up.  About five years ago, for about three weeks we had perch fishing that kept us busy all day long.  Every fish was 8-10 inches.  They bit from 7 am - sundown when the walleyes came in and started chasing them around.  So my two cents is as follows:

When they've been biting, i've caught them all day long, but never at night.

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #23 on: Dec 14, 2004, 05:24 PM »
can't remember ever catching perch after dark they seem to look asleep on the camera just like slipbob mentioned.
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #24 on: Dec 14, 2004, 08:27 PM »
last year we had them timed for every 30mins after the first hour of light being the best

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #25 on: Dec 26, 2004, 08:20 PM »
I find the best time to catch perch is from first light in
the morn til about noon then they slow down noon to about two. From about two thirty til dark they hit good again
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #26 on: Dec 29, 2004, 06:50 AM »
I would have to think that the light from the lantern shining down the hole probably draws small bait and if a perch is in the area he thinks why not grab a snack as long as he can see it.I've thought of trying a glow stick on the bottom after dark and see what comes around to check it :tipup: out
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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #27 on: Dec 29, 2004, 07:29 AM »
Perch sleep during the night...they lay on the bottom, and don't move at all it appears. They don't seem to be able to see very well, as walleye feast on them while they're down there. Also, you can easily grab them if you go scuba diving at night where they are at, they dont even seem to care that a person is swimming by right over there heads. :)

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #28 on: Jan 18, 2005, 01:32 PM »
I have caught a few( and only a few ) by accident, night fishing w/ a lantern during late spring for trout and crappie.  I don't think they are active, but the light attracts the algea, which attracts the plankton, which attracts the minnows, which attracts....you get the picture.  I do have to say I was dumbfounded.  Dawn to 11am, 3pm to dusk on ice imho...Dave :tipup:

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Re: PERCH FACTS
« Reply #29 on: Jan 19, 2005, 12:49 PM »
daytime is the best time but I too ahve caught a few small ones  at night    not on purpose either
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