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Perch at Willard ????
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05-01-2006, 02:46 AM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2][#002850] Just wondering what percent of the wiper diet at Willard is perch as apposed to shad? I ask this simply to aid me in lure selection. I’ve seen a few wiper taken on perch look alike lures … but not too many. [/#002850][/font][/size]
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05-01-2006, 02:58 AM
Perch flavors in lures work fine there . At least early in the season . I was using wally divers in perch and perch glass shad raps last weekend and that is the only thing that worked for me for 2 wipers .
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05-01-2006, 02:58 AM
hey coot,
to be honest with ya, i didn't even know there were perch in there. guess ya learn somethin every day [signature]
05-01-2006, 03:04 AM
I used perch colors at Strawberry with success and I don't think they are in there , but they still work . Willard has some perch in there but not to many . high waters lately might give some good spawning ground for them recently .
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05-01-2006, 08:39 AM
ralph last year perch pattern was the ticket for me i got lots of wipers and walleye on them.
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05-01-2006, 10:49 AM
[cool][#0000ff]While there are perch in Willard, it is not likely that there are enough of them to be a major dietary item for the predators. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]Perch pattern lures have been proven on many species and in many waters where perch are not found. Same with frog finish, "fire tiger" and several other patterns. [/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]There are a lot of "triggers" to getting fish to smack a lure. Horizontal stripes, vertical bars, spots and dots, eyes, contrasting and high visibility colors are all contributing factors to either or both visibility and triggering a reaction bite.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]There is not any food item in Willard (or any other water I know of) that is bright chartreuse, but during periods of cold water or murky conditions it can be a "hot" color. Same with black and white, blue and white or other contrasting color combos. The better the fish can see them, in time to react to the lures going by, the better the chances for a whack...especially when the fish are colder, less active and less inclined to chase a lure a long ways.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]Y'know, when you look at the colors on a "perch" pattern, most lures that are thus colored do not really look much like a real perch. All the colors are exaggerated. The perch in Willard are usually pretty pale and washed out looking. It is probably the bars and the contrasting bright colors on the lures that get the job done.[/#0000ff] [signature]
05-01-2006, 11:56 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2][#002850] Makes sense to me TD.
Petty ... I think I may just have to elbow in on your perch pattern technique just a bit.[/#002850][/font][/size] [signature]
05-02-2006, 12:13 AM
[cool][#0000ff]He probably didn't even tell you about the "walleye" pattern finish. That's what he caught the only fish on the day we went. Kinda like a perch only not as flashy.[/#0000ff]
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