Need Help Perchin

[captain tacky]

We fish the spring Walleye Jig Bite than switch to Perch the rest of the year in the western basin, good spots are near Buoy 13 in the channel leading to Toledo,behind the water intake, off the Metzger Marsh Pier, B Can near Davis Besse are all good spots, we have been out few times this year and have done well, what we do is plain spreader (no beads or spinners)#4 Eagle Claw hooks ,lay the weight on the bottom for 2 seconds and raise it up VERY SLOWLY and I mean as slow as you possibly can until you are about 1 foot off the bottom drop it back down and repeat they normally will hit when the hooks are lifting off the bottom ,I have been fishing the lake 50 years and this is the way we do the best .we always use lake Erie shiners for bait if they are large cut them in half

The limit is 30 per person per day and we keep 7 1/2 " and up that is what Butch and Denny's will scale and filet.

If you want bigger fish Go to Vermillion and put your boat in at the route 6 bridge over the Vermillion River near the rail road bridge, go to the East of the break wall out 1 mile we do this several times per year and do very well.

All of this you must be anchored best off the stern so the boat does not swing .

I hope this helps !
Good luck!

[wayne johnson]

everything above is true, we do things a little different on our boat and anyone who has perch fish with us knows we bring home coolers full. First if spreaders use a very light wieght
no beads,with 3/4 to 1 ounce sinker with a foot of slack line must be on bottom with no tension big one will drop it if they feel
anything , count to five or ten and with your wrist gentle raise
if you feel wieght set the hook easy, second if perch are very finky use lighter sinker even as low as split shots, skipper nine rigs are always on our boat, as is lindy rig with one chartuse bead. one trick is to sead your area with white rice, and we always keep our motor running all day long, it keeps them active,
hope this helps. Capt. Mike and WAYNE REEL SPORT CHARTERS 419 265 2736

[Fishin'Lectrician]

I would like to thank all of you that have shared your knowledge with me.
But I have 2 questions, what is the skipper 9 rig and Wayne I don't understand the foot of slack line?
(if spreaders use a very light wieght
no beads,with 3/4 to 1 ounce sinker with a foot of slack line must be on bottom with no tension big one will drop it if they feel
anything)
Thanks again to all and I will post a report either way?
I have been fishin for 50 years and I'm still learnin.
Jeff

[wayne johnson]

learn this long time ago big perch are on the bottom, and if they feel any resistance they will drop the bait, when boat going up and down in the waves, if your off the bottom you are mostly out of the fish zone, this way with slack line you stay in
fish zone longer and have better chance for larger perch, it takes a while to learn but will increase your catches big time, skipper nine rig is kind of a crappie rig without wire two inch
arms with mono, tiny true turn hooks, and a couple small beads,
its also some thing thats a must on the boat, just ask capt. jim to print a picture. Wayne AND mIKE REEL SPORT CHARTERS
419 265 2736

[walleye2go]

Here you go. These are the pics Jim posted. Like Wayne said, the key is to fish on a slack line. Personally I use braid with a swivel tied on the end. I snap the swivel to the loop on the perch rig. Drop the rig to the bottom...when you feel the weight hit the bottom let out slack, close the bail and reel in enough line that your rod is parallel to slightly under parallel to the water...depending on waves. Now you can let a little slack in the line and usually if the perch are there, as soon as you let the slack in the line you'll have a perch on. It's easy...you'll catch on quickly, but it probably defies how you were taught to fish...on a tight line. Good luck!

Greg

...if you send Skipper 9 a pm, he'll probably send you a rig to check out.

[Fishin'Lectrician]

Thanks again to all. I am leaving fo WW in the am and will try out this new way to perch fish. I will be up for a week so if you are out there give me a shout on 71.
Slack Lines
Jeff