03-24-2007, 10:04 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I usually just put a half inch piece of nightcrawler on the jig for "sweetener". In lakes where it is legal, a piece of perch meat or a perch eye works well too. And, since perch are voracious feeders on minnows, tipping with small minnows is good for perch and many other predators as well.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Vertical jigging is deadly on perch, crappies and other species that bunch up in a small area. When they do not cruise around very fast, dropping something right on them is often better than cast and retrieve. A shivver-shake and then dead sticking can be the best way to get them to munch. You can't do that as well on a retrieve. That's why the slip bobber technique can be deadly too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, you are correct in assuming that with some fish, on some situations, that it can be better to locate fish, mark the school and then get back within easy casting distance to work them with active plastics, spinners or hardbaits.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Vertical jigging is deadly on perch, crappies and other species that bunch up in a small area. When they do not cruise around very fast, dropping something right on them is often better than cast and retrieve. A shivver-shake and then dead sticking can be the best way to get them to munch. You can't do that as well on a retrieve. That's why the slip bobber technique can be deadly too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, you are correct in assuming that with some fish, on some situations, that it can be better to locate fish, mark the school and then get back within easy casting distance to work them with active plastics, spinners or hardbaits.[/#0000ff]
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