Ksam1234 Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 So it’s 38 degrees here in New York with a low for 33 tonight decided to get some jerkbait fishing in today. Caught about 12 in a few hours , they were all caught with a loooong pause between 5-10 seconds. Was almost back to the canoe out in spot and decided one more cast and twitch twitch BOOM just heavy so I knew this was today so best. Took my time and got her in the boat. A nice 5 pounder .. now i took a look inside and noticed a tail sticking out ! It didn’t look like a bluegill and I didn’t wanna pull the fish out of its stomach, she was obviously eating up for winter. So I tossed her back and decided eh one more ! Usually I would end on that but I just had a gut feeling. Idk if anyone remembers but a few months ago I asked if perch could be a main forage .. I have never seen bluegill here but I thought I saw a perch.. well I casted back to the exact same spot I caught the 5 pounder and what do you know! A giant perch ! Looks like I found out what they are eating 9 Quote
CroakHunter Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Awesome pics! Way to figure out what they like and match the hatch. 2 Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted October 25, 2018 Super User Posted October 25, 2018 Very nice fish! 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted October 25, 2018 Super User Posted October 25, 2018 I've had a lot of luck on a perch colored Fat Rap and there are zero perch around here . 1 Quote
Ksam1234 Posted October 25, 2018 Author Posted October 25, 2018 1 hour ago, scaleface said: I've had a lot of luck on a perch colored Fat Rap and there are zero perch around here . They must work wonders here then. I actually just got a perch colored Vison 110 I’ll have to start throwing more Quote
Ksam1234 Posted October 26, 2018 Author Posted October 26, 2018 24 minutes ago, daddymac said: Good photography. Why thanks ! Quote
NittyGrittyBoy Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 Pretty sweet! That's definitely matching the hatch 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted October 28, 2018 Global Moderator Posted October 28, 2018 Not to nitpick but that snap swivel really messes with the suspending ability of your jerkbait. You'll get much better action and a better suspending bait without it. Yellow perch are a huge food source for northern largemouth and smallmouth, the main food source in a lot of lakes. No doubt that big fatty has a big perch down her gullet ? 1 Quote
Ksam1234 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Posted October 28, 2018 21 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said: Not to nitpick but that snap swivel really messes with the suspending ability of your jerkbait. You'll get much better action and a better suspending bait without it. Yellow perch are a huge food source for northern largemouth and smallmouth, the main food source in a lot of lakes. No doubt that big fatty has a big perch down her gullet ? Yeah I was kind of junk fishing trying to figure them out I even cringed a little seeing the pic haha. An yeah I didn’t realize they had such big perch. When I went out again Friday I threw my perch vision 110 and caught 2 more perch around the same size! Is there any reason to that? I haven’t caught a perch on anything all year and now they are attacking lures Quote
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