Favorite Perch Jig?

[MMDon]

Over the years my favorite for large perch has been the M&M jig. Having over 500 different jigs, I've lately moved to a horizontal M&M with a long shanked gold hook and Atomic Ant Rubber Legs.

What works for you???




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[MattinIdaho]

Do you have a picture of your setup? Where do you buy your jigs?
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[MMDon]

There is actually an M&M jig hanging right behind the side fin on that mounted perch. Unfortunately it's hard to see with the flash glare.

I'll see if I can grab some pics of my rigs and post them.

The M&M jigs were being sold by a place on N. Yellowstone and at Ski's. Unfortunately both were put out of business by Sportsmans. I bought about 200 of them before they closed. They were being mfg'd somewhere in Rigby or Ririe but I haven't seen them since.
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[windriver]

I don't think any one jig is the answer all the time. I have caught some huge perch with most of them coming on jigging rapalas in perch color. Live bait also works well in Wyoming.[]

For most of my perching I like really small jigs which I add those little stinger tails.

I just ordered a bunch of perch jigs from jamminjigs. I'll let everyone know how they are when I get them.

Windriver
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[MattinIdaho]

I really like Hali jigs because for their size they are heavy and will get down very quick. They are expensive though. I'm always looking. I wish we had some better perch fishing here in SE Idaho. It would be nice to have a lake that held some really nice perch!! I have fished Yuba reservoir in Utah when you could catch some true pigs!! Hopefully Ririe will be kind this winter!!
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[MMDon]

Ririe is always tough for Perch. I'm hoping Wild Horse in Nevada makes a comeback. That lake has some great Perching!
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[windriver]

Just got my order in from jamminjigs and I am very impressed. Can't wait to get out and try them.

I think people would be surprised how many perch there are in Ririe. I target them most of the time when I am at Ririe. Usually I get a nice mess of them in the 8-12" range. Look for mud flats next to rocky points then find the depth that they are at. I drill a ton of holes and then go exporing with the Vexilar until I find them.

This year might be difficult since the water is still much higher than it has been in years, so the old perch areas might not be perch areas anymore.

Windriver
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[MMDon]

My buddies are Perch Nuts. Ken put in 67 days straight on Ririe last year Perching. You may remember the camper shell on skis. Still, 15 to 20 keeper perch is a good day at Ririe. At Wild Horse or even the park in Aberdeen early in the season you could pull 50 keepers in a morning. I'm not much on Perching once Kokanee gets in gear but I do enjoy a good Perch fry a couple of times a year. It drives them crazy to see me C&R the perch I get. To me catching perch is like playing golf. I don't throw my ball away after every hole and I figure I can catch the same perch over and over. Ririe is the exception as you are pulling them up from depths that a lot of times kills them from the gasses in the blood stream if you were to release them. I try to fish for Perch in shallow waters for that reason. I only keep enough usually to replenish my Perch meat supply for bait. [laugh] Perch do seem to love Perch! []
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[MattinIdaho]

I have had some good #'s days on Ririe but most are in the 7-8" range. Keepers but not the really nice perch we caught at Yuba or Deer Creek years ago.
Ririe is a strange place. There is a lot to learn there besides poking holes around the island and hoping for the best.
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[MattinIdaho]

Can you get maps of Ririe that show the bottom contour? Do you check bottom firmness with your flasher?
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[MattinIdaho]

By the way, I LOVE the avatar Lucas!! Wish I were going to Vegas next week!!
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[MMDon]

There is a lot to learn there besides poking holes around the island and hoping for the best.

The best way I know to learn a lake like Ririe is to map it when setting crawdad traps in the summer. Poking around the banks with my big color screen allows me to map the bottom and mark gps waypoints. We download the points onto the computer and then upload them onto the unit you use for icefishing. We can walk into them with the handheld gps and be right on top of the perch. Most of my icefishing success comes from accurate mapping during the summer.
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[windriver]

I agree. Most of my perch areas, I found bass fishing in the summer. I wish we could go past the line. Then there would be a whole new world opened up to ice fishing.

Windriver
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[windriver]

I can tell what the bottom is like using my vexilar. However, it is easier to drop in the aqua-view and see exactly what is down there. I found several of the mud flats using the aqua-vu.

Windriver
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[MMDon]

[quote windriver]I agree. Most of my perch areas, I found bass fishing in the summer. I wish we could go past the line. Then there would be a whole new world opened up to ice fishing.

Windriver[/quote]

I'd be packing my camping tent and heading out for a couple days at a time! That would be huge!!!
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[maghunter]

I went up there a couple of days ago to check on the ice. The little rock island is above water, so I don't think the water is going to be much higher than it has been the last few years. Can't wait to get into some Kokes and see how big they've gotten since I was trolling for them last.
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