08-03-2003, 07:44 PM
That's what the idea was. to remove as many as possible. I think if we keep removing the perch that are between 5 and 10" it will have an impact. I was watching oej and polokid filleting their perch and a smallie and in their batch of perch was a few 1 and 2 inch dead perch that were regurgitated. I think the larger perch are eating smaller perch and I know for a fact that the smallies are eating the perch. but jordanelle is overrun by perch between 2 and 4 inches. I had dropped a whole worm down over where there was a little creek coming in. This worm was a pretty huge worm. It went down and before I could count to 10 it was gone. there were about 50 little perch that looked like pirhana hammering the crap out of the worm.
Also the trick to catching them by the dozens is a small 2 inch jig. Tube or curly tail. doesnt really matter what color. But the most action I had was on reddish colored baits and a white jig with black silver and orange flakes. but the ultimate key is perch meat. when you fell the hit just start reeling it in real fast. I found that if you try to set the hook often times you'll yank it right out of their mouths. Just keep reeling it in till you get em' in the boat.
One things for sure they are all over so if you need a tasty treat for the weekend head to jordanelle, get you some perch, pm pikeman for a killer recipe for breading for the perch, or pm flyfishingmoose and see if he can get you a recipe for his salsa's. You wanna talk about good salsa ffm knows how to make a good salsa. My personal favorite was the zuccinni salsa. Pikemans wife and flyfishingmoose really dressed up that perch this weekend. Thanks again guys for coming up with such creative and delicous recipies for perch. I didnt know perch could taste THAT GOOD.
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Also the trick to catching them by the dozens is a small 2 inch jig. Tube or curly tail. doesnt really matter what color. But the most action I had was on reddish colored baits and a white jig with black silver and orange flakes. but the ultimate key is perch meat. when you fell the hit just start reeling it in real fast. I found that if you try to set the hook often times you'll yank it right out of their mouths. Just keep reeling it in till you get em' in the boat.
One things for sure they are all over so if you need a tasty treat for the weekend head to jordanelle, get you some perch, pm pikeman for a killer recipe for breading for the perch, or pm flyfishingmoose and see if he can get you a recipe for his salsa's. You wanna talk about good salsa ffm knows how to make a good salsa. My personal favorite was the zuccinni salsa. Pikemans wife and flyfishingmoose really dressed up that perch this weekend. Thanks again guys for coming up with such creative and delicous recipies for perch. I didnt know perch could taste THAT GOOD.
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