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I fish with a jig tiped with perch meat.what do you use.[] [center]matt brown[/center]
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[cool][#0000ff]If you find active perch, it usually doesn't make much difference what you use.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fish mostly with weighted jigging spoons...glow...in several different colors. I almost always tip either with perch meat or crawler.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A lot of perch jerkers use a small kastmaster or swedish pimple. Many use a small leadhead with either a tube or grub. White or chartreuse are the two best colors. I use a lot of fire tiger...with some orange in them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the perch get picky, you sometimes have to drop down in size and use smaller jigs and smaller baits. But, in most places you find perch they are feeding on smaller perch, so larger jigs and spoons work best most of the time. It is almost impossible to use something too large. We have been using large tubes and bladebaits at Yuba, to try to catch pike or walleyes and to keep the perch away. No luck. Would you believe 7" perch on a six inch tube jig? They really have to work at it to find the hook point and get it inside their mouths. Maybe they are just looking for a way to get up out of the water that holds so many big fish that will eat them.[/#0000ff]
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[center][laugh]thank you for the info.[][/center] [center] [/center] [center] [/center] [center]matt brown[/center]
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[] I use a #8 size ice fly about a foot below a small attractor, like a small kastmaster (treble removed). The kastmaster is mainly for weight to get to the bottom fast.

Lately I have also been using just a small weight, like a 1/4 oz. sliding sinker above the ice fly.

As for bait, I almost exclusively use a piece of earthworm. I find that they stay alive better and move around on the hook. I catch plenty of fish with just the worms.

My two cents!
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