Favorite Perch Immitation? 2025
Wacked worm reply :
The local lake I've been fishing is loaded with pickerel, and I keep losing baits. I've switched to fishing mostly soft plastics, and while its helped, I feel I'm missing opportunities for quality fish by limiting lure selection. Its a very clear body of water and color selection really seems to matter.
The main forage is perch, what are some of your favorite perch style/colored baits?
MN Fisher reply :
Quite a few of the Rapalas come in Perch - Original Floating, Shad Rap, DT, Jointed Shallow Shad Rap just to name a few. Range of actions/techniques.
Some might look at other manufacturers, but I've been a Rapala guy since the 70s.
OkobojiEagle reply :
3 1/2" green pumpkin boot-tail grub
Yeajray231 reply :
Rapalas came to my mind too, before I even opened the thread.
If they're feeding on perch many lures will do.
Try a swim jig with a menace trailer. Or a curly tail grub etc.
GreenPig reply :
Huddleston 68 Special weedless in Perch patten . It'll definitely improve the quality of fish.
Wacked worm reply :
On 9/23/2019 at 11:33 AM, GreenPig said:Huddleston 68 Special weedless in Perch patten . It'll definitely improve the quality of fish.
Unfortunately the lake was drained a few years ago with very few holdovers so the size just isn't there yet. And if I hate losing a few 5-6 dollar lures, not sure id be comfortable with something 5 times that much.
webertime reply :
A watermelon gold flake fluke is a great imitation or even the swimming fluke in that color.
Keitech Swing Impact Fat in ProStaff Special or Sungill. Their Perch colors are otherwise too cartoonish.
fishballer06 reply :
Swim jigs/chatterbaits with a perch colored skirt. They're a little hard to find, so I've been building my own.
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
JediAmoeba reply :
On 9/23/2019 at 9:44 AM, Doctor Dingle said:The local lake I've been fishing is loaded with pickerel, and I keep losing baits. I've switched to fishing mostly soft plastics, and while its helped, I feel I'm missing opportunities for quality fish by limiting lure selection. Its a very clear body of water and color selection really seems to matter.
The main forage is perch, what are some of your favorite perch style/colored baits?
Where are you fishing? It sounds like a lot of the places I fish here in eastern pa.
The key with pickerel is heavier line, moving baits and quick hooksets.
Also, retie after just about every single pickerel catch or hit. It's one of the biggest reasons I use fluoro leaders because they hold up better to pickerel teeth.
Wacked worm reply :
On 9/23/2019 at 9:07 PM, fishballer06 said:Swim jigs/chatterbaits with a perch colored skirt. They're a little hard to find, so I've been building my own.
Yeah I was having the same problem thus the search. And a picture of a bait, without a name, does me no good.
MN Fisher reply :
On 9/24/2019 at 1:00 AM, Doctor Dingle said:And a picture of a bait, without a name, does me no good.
Reverse image search in Google resulted in "Megabass Ito Vision 110+1"
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Megabass_Ito_Vision_1101_Jerkbaits/descpage-MBIV11.html
billmac reply :
Unless the fish are very large, buzzbaits are largely immune to bite offs.
fishballer06 reply :
On 9/23/2019 at 9:07 PM, fishballer06 said:Swim jigs/chatterbaits with a perch colored skirt. They're a little hard to find, so I've been building my own.
On 9/24/2019 at 1:00 AM, Doctor Dingle said:Yeah I was having the same problem thus the search.
Here's the skirts I've been making. The little bit of red and orange matches the belly/fins of the perch around here perfectly.
http://i.imgur.com/lcZd5yp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HxwcmUa.jpg
Pickle_Power reply :
One of my all-time favorite bass cranks is a #9 Rapala Minnow Rap in yellow perch.
Tizi reply :
Many 6th Sense and Berkley cranks come in yellow perch colors
BassWhole! reply :
On 9/23/2019 at 9:44 AM, Doctor Dingle said:The local lake I've been fishing is loaded with pickerel, and I keep losing baits. I've switched to fishing mostly soft plastics, and while its helped, I feel I'm missing opportunities for quality fish by limiting lure selection. Its a very clear body of water and color selection really seems to matter.
The main forage is perch, what are some of your favorite perch style/colored baits?
Get a large JB in fire tiger (or another loud color) and take the front hook off if it has 3, Use a 15-30 lb mono leader if using braid. A buzzbait, popper or wakebait will work well too if you have a lot of grass.
Wacked worm reply :
On 9/24/2019 at 7:20 AM, BassWhole! said:Get a large JB in fire tiger (or another loud color) and take the front hook off if it has 3, Use a 15-30 lb mono leader if using braid. A buzzbait, popper or wakebait will work well too if you have a lot of grass.
Whats a JB?
MN Fisher reply :
On 9/24/2019 at 8:43 AM, Doctor Dingle said:Whats a JB?
JB - Jerkbait (floating Rapala as an example)
CB - Crankbait (Shad Rap as an example)
Wacked worm reply :
Ha, now I feel stupid. Brain wasn't working. I have a large amount of small ones that I use for trout, but only two larger ones (shadow rap shads).
BassWhole! reply :
On 9/24/2019 at 8:48 AM, Doctor Dingle said:only two larger ones (shadow rap shads).
That will work, but I'd go bigger (longer) catches bigger fish, and keeps line away from teeth better. something 5 1/2 to 7". I'm throwing some of my smaller striper ones, and they are working great.
On 9/24/2019 at 3:16 AM, Pickle_Power said:One of my all-time favorite bass cranks is a #9 Rapala Minnow Rap in yellow perch.
Wife has a stash of finnish ones she won't share. Perch and gold are her favorite colors.
JediAmoeba reply :
On 9/23/2019 at 9:44 AM, Doctor Dingle said:The main forage is perch, what are some of your favorite perch style/colored baits?
According to the eletrofishing survey they performed last year on the lake, golden shiners appear to be the number one forage. This opens the door to pretty much any colors.
https://pfbc.pa.gov/bioreports/bio2018/4x06-15-LakeJean.pdf
BassWhole! reply :
On 9/24/2019 at 4:45 PM, JediAmoeba said:According to the eletrofishing survey they performed last year on the lake, golden shiners appear to be the number one forage. This opens the door to pretty much any colors.
https://pfbc.pa.gov/bioreports/bio2018/4x06-15-LakeJean.pdf
Pickerel (and pike) will often prefer bright gaudy colors over natural ones, which is not to say they won't hit a forage colored bait. My wife nicknamed 2 of the ones I painted for pike Elton John, and Liberace...
On 9/24/2019 at 1:20 AM, billmac said:Unless the fish are very large, buzzbaits are largely immune to bite offs.
Yup, spinnerbaits and JBs too. I usually fish them on 15 lb mono, and hardly ever loose any.
Vranes17 reply :
as everyone has stated already, the classic Rapala perch is
@reelChris reply :
Would titanium wire leader solve your bite-off problem?
https://www.rapala.com/terminator/leaders/single-strand-titanium-leader-wire/single-strand-titanium-leader-wire/Single+Strand+Titanium+Leader+Wire.html
Wacked worm reply :
I just fear losing so many bites as this is ultra clear water.
stratoliner92 reply :
https://bigbitebaits.com/product/3-5-suicide-shad-in-chartreuse-gizzard/
https://www.ownerhooks.com/product/bullet-head/
These make a good perch or bluegill imitation in clear water.
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