First time fishing today, had about an 8 hour session on my local club ponds targeting Perch using Jig heads (5grm) but wasn't able to get one take, think I was doing something wrong.
What approach do you guys take when targeting small pond perch? I'd like to stay fishing lures as I like the active methods of fishing but might try running rig with Prawn if still having problems. Cheers
Perch on small commerical ponds
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
I would fish small perch livebaits.
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25 2024 06:30 -+1 small lives for perch are my preferred method, prawns and worms are good but if there are carp present they can be a painI would fish small perch livebaits.
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
By far my favorite method is twitching lob worms under a loafer/swan float and keeping mobile
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
suffolk si wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25 2024 07:30 -Just got back from another session and learnt this lesson... Ledering prawns and it was carp after carp. Saved me from another blank I suppose hahahacookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25 2024 06:30 -+1 small lives for perch are my preferred method, prawns and worms are good but if there are carp present they can be a painI would fish small perch livebaits.
Cheers, Alan
No luck on the lures again. Think the cloudy water make it difficult.
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
As said above, livebaits if allowed. I’ve found my bigger perch have always fallen to a bleak livebait. My other suggestion would be a lobworm down the margin or around cover. Not as selective for the larger perch, and you may be pestered by carp/bream. Saying that, I have had some cracking perch on just a single red maggot on a size 18. Just depends on conditions of the day.
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
mikeytt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25 2024 20:27 -I had a good go for commercial perch a good few years back and found lures hopeless. I tried shads, small cranks, dropshot, tiny spinners/tailspinners (they caught rudd and not much else!) and all failed.Just got back from another session and learnt this lesson... Ledering prawns and it was carp after carp. Saved me from another blank I suppose hahaha
No luck on the lures again. Think the cloudy water make it difficult.
Worm and prawn worked, but the carp are unavoidable. I got a bonus roach a couple of ounces under 2lb too, on a huge lobworm on a size 4
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
Andrew wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25 2024 10:01 -Worms are about the best bait for perch but far to unselective on size and species on most waters for me.By far my favorite method is twitching lob worms under a loafer/swan float and keeping mobile
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
Perch are known to be highly cannibalistic particularly if there are lots of small perch present, fishing a whip with maggot will catch you bait and tell you what the most common small fish is and so use one of those!
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Re: Perch on small commerical ponds
small perch around 3 to 4 inch on a pat rig is the way to go ...if allowed ...