smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 Hi there all. in a month or two I am gonna be fishing a lake that not only has a healthy population of *woot* smallmouth bass, but also perch, and bigger fish eat lil fish you all know how that goes. So, I am wondering if anybody has any good working perch imitations? If so, please share with pictures if possible. Thanks in advance, Jan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ibian 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 Jan I sent you a PM but I am not sure if the PM worked?? Let me know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 Yupper the pm came thorugh. Thanks alot for the help. Jan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smokinprice 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 Wish I could help you but I dont have any perch in the areas I fish that are close to me. Sorry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2009 The only perch imitation I tie up is 8 inches long and designed for pike. I do have a couple of pencil poppers and slider that are designed as perch imitations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2009 Those are really neat! But 8 inches might be a tad long for the bass I am persueing. Jan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pelhament 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2009 Here are a few of mine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
INS 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2009 :wallbash: When I use a small leach pattern (any kind) just so its black I catch perch be accident. I guess the like the leaches the same as their cousins the walleye and saugeye do. I usually don't fish for perch but if I catch them they are good to fry up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2009 Thanks, but I meant flies imitating perch fry, like flies for smallmouths. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyphix 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2009 I use Clousers that are a mix of green and yellow deer hair for the belly (hook point side, which is top side up when the fly is fished) and white for the back, with a few splashes of orange or red thrown in with the white (maybe 3 or 4 hairs). Works great on the smallies in the water that I fish most often. I've found, though, that it only works in the couple of weeks that I catch perch in shallow on nymphs. Other times they just aren't that interested... matching the hatch. Last year I tied them in size 6... this year as big as 3/0 for bigger largemouth and BIG smallmouth in a local lake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Brown75 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 I use the congo hair kind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berny v 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 I use those :headbang: King Perch F G Perch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites