12-23-2013, 06:27 PM
[#0000FF]Those silly fish sometimes just don't play fair. There are days when they will only hit if you use perch meat from left-handed, blue-eyed perch. Mess up and you go jerkless.
Seriously, there are times when a slight difference in the smell/taste can make a huge difference in the reactions of the fish. Get it right and you score big. Be just a little bit off and you'd swear your sonar was lying about all the fish below your hole.
I seldom use fresh perch meat or even perch eyes anymore. I keep a few small perch each trip, take them home and then turn them into PPP...processed perch pieces. I cut up some scaled (skin on) fillets into bait size bits. Then I sprinkle on some sea salt and a few drops of crawdad scent. I make that up the night before a trip and keep it in a small insulated container to keep it cool but not frozen. There have been a lot of trips when that stuff has saved the day. Converted a few scoffers too...who once turned up their noses at my "stank bait". Perch are especially sensitive in the olfactory department.
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Seriously, there are times when a slight difference in the smell/taste can make a huge difference in the reactions of the fish. Get it right and you score big. Be just a little bit off and you'd swear your sonar was lying about all the fish below your hole.
I seldom use fresh perch meat or even perch eyes anymore. I keep a few small perch each trip, take them home and then turn them into PPP...processed perch pieces. I cut up some scaled (skin on) fillets into bait size bits. Then I sprinkle on some sea salt and a few drops of crawdad scent. I make that up the night before a trip and keep it in a small insulated container to keep it cool but not frozen. There have been a lot of trips when that stuff has saved the day. Converted a few scoffers too...who once turned up their noses at my "stank bait". Perch are especially sensitive in the olfactory department.
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