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Hey guys. New to all this. I bought some perch harnesses on eBay. Wondering how you guys rig. Do I need to put a slip weight or a sinker on my line also or what. Also anybody perch fishing around metzger marsh and where is a good place to go in this area. Any help is very much appreciated
I use a spreader with a 3/4 oz built in, (see my photo's in the album.)
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Originally Posted by Midnightrider1818
There are several bait shops near to where you will be fishing. If you bought (SOME) gear from them they could recomend how to rig your line. They work hard, get up very early and know what works, not trying to bash you for shopping online BUT the few pennys you save is not worth it to me plus you have to get your minnows from them anyway. just sayin. Hope I didnt offend you but gave you somthing to think about.
we went out yesterday me wife 3 grandkids bought 4 dozen goldies ran out of minnows and ended with 53 perch weighed 17 pounds then ran up towards intake to cast for some eyes made 1 drift caught 11 walleye kept 3 straight out from pier 20 ft of water maybe a little north had buddy trolling same spot took 35 eyes kept 11 there is a lot of fish right at your home port sad thing i got gas so my fish cost me a hundred bucks but i have fresh fish for dinner and some for freezer. butch and Dennys loaded down with buckets of fish both walleye and perch we use spreaders on bottom minnows are getting expensive not very many for 18 bucks for 4 dozen looked like 1 dozenQuote:
Originally Posted by Midnightrider1818
What were you using that you caught the walleye on
my homemade harnesses i do sell them along with perch spreaders and perch rigs really busy right now we ran out of supplies thats why i was able to go fishing now rain and back to making spreadersQuote:
Originally Posted by Midnightrider1818
you might of bought a walleye harness which uses a egg sinker got a pick does it have a blade or what sent you a pm
If the perch are biting hard, i use a spreader. Otherwise, and sometimes anyhow, what I do is this:
Put a swivel on the line. Put a sinker on the swivel. Get some of those plastic in-line slip fit thingies that you thread a loop into on one side, your hook on a leader on the other. If you don't know what I mean, I can post pics. Anyhow, put one about 8" above the sinker, so the minnow will be right near the bottom. Put a second so it's about a foot off the bottom, give or take.
This provides a more sensitive feel than a spreader, lets you keep the sinker right on the bottom, and lets you figure out where the fish are biting- tight to the bottom or a tad off.
Another good approach is to put the sinker on about a 1 foot leader, on the swivel, and put the perch hook about on a similar length leader, but with a small in-line Styrofoam float near the hook, so it stays off the bottom. These are available in a variety of colors and if the water is murkey, sometimes helps.
Best perch rig.Tie 2 hooks directly to your line.The top hook should be about 20 inches and the bottom hook should be 8 inches .Then tie a one ounce barrel sinker to the end of the line.This setup will out fish spreaders or any other kind of perch rig.I use spyder wire and a graphite rod .
try using crappie rigs for the same effect
so we been making spreaders for bait shops east of port clinton sold 780 yesterday they want heavy duty line which we been using 051 thousands thats got a 2 ounce wait attached i tried it here sat the 2 ounce weight caught a few fish other pole had 1 ounce caught 90 percent of the fish off wards 22 ft of water made one pass for eyes caught 11 kept 1 went home is it just to heavy for this area seems like it was just to hard to feel the bite it did come up empty more then the other pole but i got sore hands by baiting 4 kids poles and taking off fish so i was letting mine set but the kids had a blast it was aquick bite for about 2 hours lots of doubles did not limit bought 6 dozen minnows and ran out of bait any body find shinners
A modified crappie rig with a 1 oz. weight is my go to rig. I get the ones that I use at Tibbles Marina. They have 2 eight inch arms instead of the short arms found on traditional crappie rigs and eliminate most tangles with the hook(s) getting tangled with the main line of the rig. I also use a quality snap swivel on each arm to eliminate twisted snells. With red #6 tru-turn hooks or the Eagle Claw twisted hooks very similar to the tru-turns.
I haven't used a spreader in over ten years, got tired of a perch shaking off the other minnow while getting it under control for hook removal, the crappie rigs do not eliminate all of the lost bait but reduces it by at least 1/3. I want to make it clear that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the spreader system it is a proven fish catcher. I never use a three hook setup as I feel it wastes to many minnows with shake offs once the perch clears the surface.
The skipper9 rigs are also fantastic perch jerkers proven without a doubt to catch fish. I really don't believe there is a bad system for catching perch but I feel there are systems that take away the aggravation that some times goes with certain systems.