10-19-2015, 04:09 PM
[#0000FF]I share your positive expectations. Looking forward to better times perch jerkin'.
As I struggled to find out, catching the larger ones required fishing outside the big clouds of perch. I couldn't get past the smaller ones when I found them stacked up. I had to look for areas there were fewer but bigger fish...close to the bottom. And I had to use perch meat on bigger jigs to attract the bigger ones and keep the littler ones from de-baiting me.
I am guessing/hoping that with the higher and warmer water the fishing will remain good for a few weeks yet.
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As I struggled to find out, catching the larger ones required fishing outside the big clouds of perch. I couldn't get past the smaller ones when I found them stacked up. I had to look for areas there were fewer but bigger fish...close to the bottom. And I had to use perch meat on bigger jigs to attract the bigger ones and keep the littler ones from de-baiting me.
I am guessing/hoping that with the higher and warmer water the fishing will remain good for a few weeks yet.
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