big lures for big perch

[aquafang]

does anyone use big lures or baits for big perch. Since most of the small perch won't leave the bottom, does anyone use a large bait 2 to 5' off the bottom and have the big perch come up and grab it? How big of lures do you use. Just curious. I got a tip this year and am going to try it.

[Wables]

Last year we started catching Jumbos on 5 in sucker minnows and red-tailed chubs while walleye fishing. Three or four times a day we would get a flag with what we thought was a small walleye and here it was a 14" perch!

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Wables

[Guest]

Try-the-SALMO-Chubby-Darters-once.

Tip-them-with-larva-meat,-or-the-New-Bio-Baits.

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Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson

Backwater Guiding
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[Bigred70]

I use Hali's biggest version with the dropper chain...along with the head of a fathead, its deadly for the jumbo's!

[Lunker]

When I'm fishing waxies or euros and can only pick up little guys, I'll switch to a big swedish pimple and a minnow head and the big boys tend to like that a lot more.

[Guest]

I like 1/8 oz spoons packed with maggots or else a 1 1/2 inch swimming rap with a minnow head on the treble. Seems to do the trick for those jumbos.

Good Fishin,
Matt Johnson

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[Renneberg]

I watched jumbo perch turn down a big bait only to come flying out of no where and slam a smaller lure once it was dropped down.

I seem to catch most of my jumbo perch when I'm catching a ton of smaller perch.

[can it be luck?]

I like to hole jump when perch fishing. The first couple of active biters will come well off the bottom to chase a bait, then you get a lot of "lookers". Jump around or throw a different bait at them to mix it up a little. My bait of choice has always been the Sweedish Pimples tipped with minnows or just the heads. However, after trying the Glow Devils, I will be useing them also. I like the weight, getting to the bottom fast is crucial.

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