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Offline tipup28

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Yellow perch as bait?
« on: Jan 17, 2018, 11:35 PM »
There is a local lake near me with northern pike and tiger musky, as well as lots of dink yellow perch. I was thinking putting one of the smaller ones under a tip up might bring good results. Is it legal to use small yellow perch caught, as bait, just as long as they aren't transported?

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #1 on: Jan 18, 2018, 04:24 AM »
Sure is i been using them for years as bait, and they work great.
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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #2 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:02 AM »
dangle perch in front of me i'll take it  ;D

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #3 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:05 AM »
You can use them as bait.   I believe the only regulation is that the ones you use as bait count against your daily limit. 

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #4 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:08 AM »
You can use them as bait.   I believe the only regulation is that the ones you use as bait count against your daily limit.
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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #5 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:31 AM »
i have used yellow perch for pike for 60 years. works great.

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #6 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:32 AM »
i have used dink sunfish aswell

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #7 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:35 AM »
tried it yesterday with no luck. Think I was in to deep of water
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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #8 on: Jan 18, 2018, 07:16 AM »
tried it yesterday with no luck. Think I was in to deep of water
You'd be surprised where pike are foundsometimes, I got one the other day 4 feet down over 45 feet of water on a tip up set for salmon when my Pike sets in water ranging from 3 feet to 25 ft didn't take a shot all day

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #9 on: Jan 18, 2018, 08:37 AM »
small PERCH works great on lakers and pike [works for me]
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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #10 on: Jan 18, 2018, 09:13 AM »
my daughter caught the biggest smallmouth ive ever seen on a 7 inch perch. it measured 23 inches

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #11 on: Jan 18, 2018, 09:19 AM »
What is the best way to hook them? single circle through the back, or through the lips? or a quickstrike rig?
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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #12 on: Jan 18, 2018, 09:35 AM »
 small blue gills worked well for me last year on Otisco Lake for Tigers

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #13 on: Jan 18, 2018, 04:01 PM »
I cut off the dorsal fin and use a circle hook. Seem to work better with dorsal fin cut off. Probably easier for them to swallow and better hook set with circle hook.

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #14 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:00 PM »
It's just like you, local food or food from another part of the country.

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #15 on: Jan 18, 2018, 06:07 PM »
They trip alot more flags tho

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Re: Yellow perch as bait?
« Reply #16 on: Jan 18, 2018, 08:37 PM »
small blue gills worked well for me last year on Otisco Lake for Tigers
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