deadeternity
07-15-2008, 02:00 AM
EQUIPMENT: 6-10 foot ultralight or medium/light action graphite rod.
A small to medium sized spinning reel.
1-2 pound test Power Pro braid (equals 8-10 pound test strength) It is very sensitive due to no stretch..
6 pound test Trilene XL or Flourocarbon material for leaders. Also 8-10 flourocarbon leaders for what I will mention shortly.
Tiny 2 way and 3 way swivels.
Small to big splitshot sinkers
Small colored hooks, red or gold aberdeen hooks
Slip bobber stops and small to medium sized slipbobbers
Size 3 and 4 spinner blades, blade clevises, colored beads, and sharp small octopus style hooks made by Gamagatzu or Mustad. Or small to medium sized spinners made by Mepps, BlueFox, Terminator, or Panther Martin that have plain hooks to put raw shrimp,live minnows, or crayfish meat on.
Kastmaster Spoons in 1/16- 1/4 ounce,and Swedish Pimples for vertical jigging
A small tackle box.
And the following lures and setups I will now mention.........
JIG/PLASTICS:
My favorite lure of them all are jig and plastics combos. Use a tandem rig with two 1/32 ounce jigheads or a single 1/16 ounce jighead. I use 2 1/2-3 inch minnow shapes and straight tail shapes that mimic alewives,minnows, and rainbow trout the most. FinnS plastics, ZOOM Baby Plastics in 3 inch, and Berkley GULP minnows in 2-3 inch will work wonders. Colors can range but like I said if it mimics an alewives which is silvery sides with blue,green, black, grey, or brown back it is a good bet you will get some perch. Also, white, purple, motoroil, clear sparkle, baby bass, and rainbow trout are all good choices. For a tandem rig use a small 3 way swivel, 2 pieces of 6 pound test mono that are about 20 and 26 inches long, and 2 jigs in the 1/32 ounce sizes. This will sometimes get you 2 perch to hit both jigs at the same time, and there is nothing like 2 giant perch at the end of your line. Otherwise just use a single 1/16 ounce jig.If you are like me and like using the Power Pro braid or other braid use a tiny ballbearing swivel and tie a 3 foot leader of pound monofilament line. The way you work these jigs is crucial to your success. There are days these perch hit like crazy and everyone can catch them no matter how poor their jigging abilitys are but, that has been rare this year. Just use a slow almost barely turning the reel type retrieve and apply one little flick of the wrist every 2-4 seconds. These plastics have to look like injured baitfish. Everyone can be using the same color and fishing the same spot and only one guy may be catching perch so practice your jigging techniques. Sometimes they want a hard flick of the wrist which is more like snap jigging.
LIVEBAIT FISHING:
I just use a standard splitshot rig or slipbobber rig. Set the bobber to the proper depth which is normally a foot off bottom and use medium fathead minnows, small golden shiners, raw crabtail meat, or raw shrimp on a plain gold or colored hook. For a vertical presentation off the side of the breakwall or boat use a splitshot sinker,hook, and bait.
SHAD RAPPING:
A very underrated technique and not used by many is a small Rapala ShadRap, Minnow Rap, or Berkley Flicker Shad. I remove the belly hook and replace the back hook with a size 10 treble hook. This bait is not worked like a standard crankbait. I use Power Pro line, a small 2 way ballbearing swivel, and a 3 foot piece of 8-10 pound test flourocarbon line tied to the crankbait. Add 1-2 heavy splitshots 18-20 inches up the line to pull the bait down and keep it down. I use a slow snap jigging retrieve to make the bait dart around and look like a dieing alewive. The colors I use mimic alewives and you can get some huge perch on this setup.In one morning last July I landed 7 perch that were 15 inches long and 3 that were 16 inches long on this setup, and you rarely catch small ones on a shad rap.I should've mounted them huge ones but I thought more would come in the future that size.It has'nt happened yet. But big perch really love the ShadRap. The fish have to be somewhat active for this technique.
SPINNERS:
My preference is a standard nightcrawler harness setup like the walleye fisherman use but with only a single hook. I like to use a variety of different colored blades in size 3 and 4 on interchangable clevises. A clevise is what the blades spins on and interchangable clevises allow you to change blade colors without dismantling the whole rig and having to retie. Use 4-5 colored beads in chartreuse, red, and glow and a single plain hook. I use a 3 foot 8-10 pound flourocarbon line for the rig tied to a swivel and my Power Pro braid fishing line. It is basically the same setup as you would use for the Rapala ShadRap. Use 2-3 big splitshot sinkers to get the rig down and bait the hook with crabtail meat or raw shrimp meat, Cast the spinner out and reel steady and slow. This is a popular technique and always has been among perch fisherman. Or you can buy standard inline spinners with a bare plain hook and do the same thing, Chartreuse, Silver, Gold, Green, Glow, or Orange blades seem to work best for me.
SPOONS:
I like to cast and steadily retrieve 1/16-1/4 ounce Kastmaster spoons. For jigging vertically Kastmaster,Swedish Pimples, and Northland Buckshot Rattle spoons work great. I normally start with a ¼ ounce Kastmaster and work my way down if all else fails. Normally I get most fish on jig/plastics combos but there are days when the perch smack spoons with a vengence. The colors I use are Silver, Gold, Blue/Silver, Green/Silver, and Chartreuse/Silver. Again, the flash of these spoons mimic alewives.
Good luck everyone out on the water..... -JASON- (Dead Eternity)
A small to medium sized spinning reel.
1-2 pound test Power Pro braid (equals 8-10 pound test strength) It is very sensitive due to no stretch..
6 pound test Trilene XL or Flourocarbon material for leaders. Also 8-10 flourocarbon leaders for what I will mention shortly.
Tiny 2 way and 3 way swivels.
Small to big splitshot sinkers
Small colored hooks, red or gold aberdeen hooks
Slip bobber stops and small to medium sized slipbobbers
Size 3 and 4 spinner blades, blade clevises, colored beads, and sharp small octopus style hooks made by Gamagatzu or Mustad. Or small to medium sized spinners made by Mepps, BlueFox, Terminator, or Panther Martin that have plain hooks to put raw shrimp,live minnows, or crayfish meat on.
Kastmaster Spoons in 1/16- 1/4 ounce,and Swedish Pimples for vertical jigging
A small tackle box.
And the following lures and setups I will now mention.........
JIG/PLASTICS:
My favorite lure of them all are jig and plastics combos. Use a tandem rig with two 1/32 ounce jigheads or a single 1/16 ounce jighead. I use 2 1/2-3 inch minnow shapes and straight tail shapes that mimic alewives,minnows, and rainbow trout the most. FinnS plastics, ZOOM Baby Plastics in 3 inch, and Berkley GULP minnows in 2-3 inch will work wonders. Colors can range but like I said if it mimics an alewives which is silvery sides with blue,green, black, grey, or brown back it is a good bet you will get some perch. Also, white, purple, motoroil, clear sparkle, baby bass, and rainbow trout are all good choices. For a tandem rig use a small 3 way swivel, 2 pieces of 6 pound test mono that are about 20 and 26 inches long, and 2 jigs in the 1/32 ounce sizes. This will sometimes get you 2 perch to hit both jigs at the same time, and there is nothing like 2 giant perch at the end of your line. Otherwise just use a single 1/16 ounce jig.If you are like me and like using the Power Pro braid or other braid use a tiny ballbearing swivel and tie a 3 foot leader of pound monofilament line. The way you work these jigs is crucial to your success. There are days these perch hit like crazy and everyone can catch them no matter how poor their jigging abilitys are but, that has been rare this year. Just use a slow almost barely turning the reel type retrieve and apply one little flick of the wrist every 2-4 seconds. These plastics have to look like injured baitfish. Everyone can be using the same color and fishing the same spot and only one guy may be catching perch so practice your jigging techniques. Sometimes they want a hard flick of the wrist which is more like snap jigging.
LIVEBAIT FISHING:
I just use a standard splitshot rig or slipbobber rig. Set the bobber to the proper depth which is normally a foot off bottom and use medium fathead minnows, small golden shiners, raw crabtail meat, or raw shrimp on a plain gold or colored hook. For a vertical presentation off the side of the breakwall or boat use a splitshot sinker,hook, and bait.
SHAD RAPPING:
A very underrated technique and not used by many is a small Rapala ShadRap, Minnow Rap, or Berkley Flicker Shad. I remove the belly hook and replace the back hook with a size 10 treble hook. This bait is not worked like a standard crankbait. I use Power Pro line, a small 2 way ballbearing swivel, and a 3 foot piece of 8-10 pound test flourocarbon line tied to the crankbait. Add 1-2 heavy splitshots 18-20 inches up the line to pull the bait down and keep it down. I use a slow snap jigging retrieve to make the bait dart around and look like a dieing alewive. The colors I use mimic alewives and you can get some huge perch on this setup.In one morning last July I landed 7 perch that were 15 inches long and 3 that were 16 inches long on this setup, and you rarely catch small ones on a shad rap.I should've mounted them huge ones but I thought more would come in the future that size.It has'nt happened yet. But big perch really love the ShadRap. The fish have to be somewhat active for this technique.
SPINNERS:
My preference is a standard nightcrawler harness setup like the walleye fisherman use but with only a single hook. I like to use a variety of different colored blades in size 3 and 4 on interchangable clevises. A clevise is what the blades spins on and interchangable clevises allow you to change blade colors without dismantling the whole rig and having to retie. Use 4-5 colored beads in chartreuse, red, and glow and a single plain hook. I use a 3 foot 8-10 pound flourocarbon line for the rig tied to a swivel and my Power Pro braid fishing line. It is basically the same setup as you would use for the Rapala ShadRap. Use 2-3 big splitshot sinkers to get the rig down and bait the hook with crabtail meat or raw shrimp meat, Cast the spinner out and reel steady and slow. This is a popular technique and always has been among perch fisherman. Or you can buy standard inline spinners with a bare plain hook and do the same thing, Chartreuse, Silver, Gold, Green, Glow, or Orange blades seem to work best for me.
SPOONS:
I like to cast and steadily retrieve 1/16-1/4 ounce Kastmaster spoons. For jigging vertically Kastmaster,Swedish Pimples, and Northland Buckshot Rattle spoons work great. I normally start with a ¼ ounce Kastmaster and work my way down if all else fails. Normally I get most fish on jig/plastics combos but there are days when the perch smack spoons with a vengence. The colors I use are Silver, Gold, Blue/Silver, Green/Silver, and Chartreuse/Silver. Again, the flash of these spoons mimic alewives.
Good luck everyone out on the water..... -JASON- (Dead Eternity)