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[Gamakatsu]

I have used worms successfully Ice fishing for perch but is there any other standby's...nothin like a bucket of filets.<br><br>

[davetclown]

you are most fortunate if you can find a suplier to carry them little slimies[]<br><br><A HREF="http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/" target="_new">http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/</A> <br>Lookie See what the kids are up to.<br>Dave T. Clown

[Flagmanonice]

I use a swedish pimple and a head of a minnow, also, if you can find fresh water shrimp, they work well too !!<br><br>

[davetclown]

wow I have been looking for them fresh water shrimp for years now. no one seems to have them.<br><br>I see the guys on Lake St Clair using them. they do well with them on perch and gills.<br><br>I wonder if it is something to do with them being a short lived bait? (meaning that they dont live long after perchased)<br><br><A HREF="http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/" target="_new">http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/</A> <br>Lookie See what the kids are up to.<br>Dave T. Clown

[Flagmanonice]

We have some ponds that when you drill a hole in the ice , they come up to the top and you scoop them out ( it takes awhile to get enough ) . P.S SEE YA AT THE POKER TABLE DAVE !!!!!!!!!, Bring that nice fly rod of yours so when you run out of money, I can take that from ya !!! LOL !!! Flagmanonice<br><br>

[ssor]

Flagmanonice,<br>You go ahead and take that rod from Dave. I'll be waiting for you at the final table to get it from you.LOL<br><br>Texas Gulf Coast Fisher &lt;*(())))))))))&gt;{<br><A HREF="http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/ROSS6959/" target="_new">http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/ROSS6959/</A>

[fisherman]

Gamakatsu,Use worms,meal worm,wax worms,etc for the first one.Then carefully cut out its eyeball for bait,or use alittle meat filleted off the tail or belly,the bigger ones like fresh meat.Be sure to leave the skin on so it stays on your hook.Another trick is to use the minnows they sometimes throw up when caught.You can also milk the belly,pushing on the belly from the anus to the throat to get some good bait sometimes too,if their bellys are full.Sounds gross but it works good if their last meal was fairly recent.
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[road]

worms, grubs, perch inards, along with curly tailed jigs are the standards here.

Now I hadd never heard of using shrimp for perch before. Though we have no fresh water shrimp in Utah. I wonder if buying some shrimp at the store would work, they work for catfish. Thanks will tey that this winter.

Marty
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[davetclown]

The little shrimp that I am referring to is called by many names depending on geographic location and angler to angler.

It is not actually a shrimp to say but is a little bug larva that lives in the water and turns into something else later. They mimic shrimp with their legs up front and their tails that wiggle and curl like a shrimp.

The common name is shrimp or wrigglers and go by other names elsewhere (I don’t remember the actual name of the buggies but if interested I can dig through my archives for it)

I have since found a web site that will sell you these hot little bugs but you will have to buy a bunch of them, not like walking in to your local bait shop and picking up a dozen or two

They are small so you will want to use a small wire hook a number 8# or a number 10# or your little bug jigs are ideal to put those little tidbits on allowing the tails to hang loose like a regular jig tail.

They work well on perch, gills and crappie yes even a bass or pike are sometimes enticed by the action of these little critters.

If you are finding a location to perches them like I have let me know and I will dig through my now extensive source file and you and your buddies can order some. Respectively they are not as expensive as one may think and for or five anglers will use them up in a season.
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