02-13-2025, 10:20 PM
(02-13-2025, 03:26 PM)TubeDude Wrote: Like most perch jerkers, I found that if you count on catching the first perch...to get eyes or strips...you sometimes gotta work a while to find that first "donor". So, on any trip...open or hard water...when I am catching perch smaller than I want to keep I keep a few anyway...to cut up for future bait. Then, when I get home I turn them into PPP...processed perch pieces. That way I have prime bait from the first cast or drop.
I am attaching a PDF file I put together on this subject. I might add that if you wanna get fancy, you can use a pair of small scissors to make the tail end of your perch pieces either come to a point...or even cut them into a V so there are two ends to flutter.
And...perch pieces ain't only for perch. I have caught just about every species available in Utah on this stuff.
Thank you. Hope you can get out fishing in someone's boat. I'd take you out here in Nebraska any time.