OK, what am I doing wrong...

[ReelTime]

I'll have to check one out next Sunday.

[Bryan]

Skipper, just from the technique, I think I was doing it all wrong...no wonder I didn't catch anything! I had it too high off the the bottom, I guess I tried to mimic what I did when I was ice fishing: hit the bottom and crank it up a few turns and wait. I would never have guessed you let the minnows sit directly on the bottom.

I cant wait to get back out there now!

[ReelTime]

Skipper, just from the technique, I think I was doing it all wrong...no wonder I didn't catch anything! I had it too high off the the bottom, I guess I tried to mimic what I did when I was ice fishing: hit the bottom and crank it up a few turns and wait. I would never have guessed you let the minnows sit directly on the bottom.

I cant wait to get back out there now!

Look at his rig carefully. Sinker is on the bottom and the minnows are just off the bottom in a verticle line.

[Eyezcrazy]

Skipper, thanks for sharing your rig! They look like perch slayers for sure. What size are those hooks?

[fish/n/chics]

Got my riggs used them this morning.. they definitely out performed. Anything elsei was using..thanks again

[Bryan]

Look at his rig carefully. Sinker is on the bottom and the minnows are just off the bottom in a verticle line.

Well I'll be...you're exactly right!

[Bryan]

Well I got to try out Skipper9's perch rig and using his technique I came back home with a nice cooler of perch! I didn't get my limit and I blame that on the the preserved minnows I was using (the reason I didn't use frozen minnies is another story, lets just say they stayed on the truck instead of the boat!). I had a ton of bites but I think they were spitting those nasty minnies out before I could set the hook.
My brother used a spreader and didn't have near the success I did with Skipper9's rig. That thing is the BOMB!

Thank you Capt Jim!!

[recanswallhanger]

I would like to know how I can buy a few of Skipper 9s perch riggs.
I was out of Lorain with the wife and 2 kids friday and we end up with 49. A few friends of mine were on a boat wright next to us they fished the same amount of time as we did and the got there 6 man limit. They seamed to just be pulling fish after fish. We used the same set up and fished the same way. We were just out fished and would love to get some help to even the odds a bit.

thanks

[chiefho70]

In one of the posts the skipper put up pictures of the rig. You can just tie them up yourself.