Vermilion Saturday

Heading to Vermilion Saturday morning hunting for the perch. Hopefully launching at 8.
Give us a shout if you are out there.
Pathfinder
channel 79

Started at the sandbar 8 miles North at about 9:00.
Slow start, then they turned on about 10:30.
4 man limit 43 lbs by 12:30. Not bad with two newbies on board

zero wind, zero waves

Thinking about heading that way Wen. Could you supply some lat/lon numbers?

Here you go.

N41 31.770
W082 18.896

Hope you get 'em. I'll be back this weekend weather permitting.

No telling what they are doing now, but the bite was ON the bottom.
I started with crappie rigs with a third hook off the sinker.
Only bait eaten was the third hook, even if I laid the whole thing on the bottom.
I figured they needed some movement, so I switched to a spreader and kept the shiners dancing just on the bottom.
Really light bite. They were just there.

Good luck !

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Originally Posted by Pathfinder

Here you go.

N41 31.770
W082 18.896

Hope you get 'em. I'll be back this weekend weather permitting.

No telling what they are doing now, but the bite was ON the bottom.
I started with crappie rigs with a third hook off the sinker.
Only bait eaten was the third hook, even if I laid the whole thing on the bottom.
I figured they needed some movement, so I switched to a spreader and kept the shiners dancing just on the bottom.
Really light bite. They were just there.

Good luck !

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Bite has been like that last several times I have been out.

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Originally Posted by Pathfinder

Here you go.

N41 31.770
W082 18.896



Good luck !

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I was there last weekend and only got 6 perch in 6 hours! :(

This is what i have been using to kill the perch we have been catching out of bula.We tried spreaders,crappie rigs with snell hooks,bling/no bling and none of these rigs worked.I have been tying one #6 hook about 9 inches above a barrel sinker.Tie the hook directly to the line.I have been catching more perch this way than when we used other rigs,I'm using a lightweight spinning rod with 6 lb. test mono line.Drop it to the bottom and tighten your line.If I don't get a perch within 15-30 seconds I slowly raise my rod tip one foot and then let it settle back to the bottom.These perch are biting so light it really takes a sensitive pole to detect the bite which often is just a slight quiver in the end of your pole.The ones that hit like a freight train usually end up being dinks.The Jumbos just lightly suck the minnow into their mouths.Good luck

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Originally Posted by BLACK PEARL

I was there last weekend and only got 6 perch in 6 hours! :(

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Got to warm up the shiners first,
Keep a half dozen between your cheek and gum !
:D

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Originally Posted by scubasteve

This is what i have been using to kill the perch we have been catching out of bula.We tried spreaders,crappie rigs with snell hooks,bling/no bling and none of these rigs worked.I have been tying one #6 hook about 9 inches above a barrel sinker.Tie the hook directly to the line.I have been catching more perch this way than when we used other rigs,I'm using a lightweight spinning rod with 6 lb. test mono line.Drop it to the bottom and tighten your line.If I don't get a perch within 15-30 seconds I slowly raise my rod tip one foot and then let it settle back to the bottom.These perch are biting so light it really takes a sensitive pole to detect the bite which often is just a slight quiver in the end of your pole.The ones that hit like a freight train usually end up being dinks.The Jumbos just lightly suck the minnow into their mouths.Good luck

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Ditto on the Jumbos.
I was going to switch to a rig like what you described cause they were all getting deep hooked on the spreader, but at least they weren't pulling off !

Thanks

Thanks for the info. I'll let you know how we do.

You need a car not a boat to get to those #'s !!!

If you really want to feel the soft bite, go to braided line. I couldn't believe the difference in sensitivity when I made the switch. Thanks again to Wakina for that suggestion.

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Originally Posted by 2FISH4

You need a car not a boat to get to those #'s !!!

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It better float and have an outboard. Looks like that would be the bottom of the sandbar.