Minnie in a bottle trick Please explain ?

 

We have a electric anchor that we let down so it is just off the bottom and the wave action bounces it. It dose seem to work

THERES ONE!!!

 

ive noticed while perchin with spreaders my catch ratio greatly increased when using my own snelled hooks which are about 12 inches long all together. just takes a little getting used to so ur bait isnt laying on the bottom.

 

I can only guess that since perch are bottom feeders that disturbing the mud bottom of Lake Erie would attract them. Many times you have to lay the bait on the bottom and slowly raise it to get them to strike. By laying it on the bottom there would be a slight disturbance and get their attention.
I swear that turning the bilge blower on gets them going.
Gene

 

Put about a dozen minnows in one of those large bottles from a wayer cooler and lower it to the bottom under the boat. Crush some minnows and crawlwers in a sack made from fine mesh or an old nylon stocking and lower it also. You can lower some low cost dog food in a onion sack which will attrack minnows. Use a sinker heavy enough that you can bump it on the bottom which will often attract perch.
Last year there was a Post describing a perch caller made out of some tubing with a clacker within it. Freydknot may have made one. You suspended it and the rocking motion of the boat worked it like a bell.

 

Minnie in a bottle trick Please explain ?

Have heard in the past that you get a clear gallon jug (glass) filled with water add minneis and attach a rope and send to the bottom. Never seen it done or know anybody that has done it this is hear say.

 

A trick we always used was when the bite slowed down, we would start the motor and let it idle, until they start biting, then shut it down...call me crazy but it works 9 out of 10 times usually only have to let it idle for a few minutes it seems and the perch seem to be attracted to the noise.....

 

Was on a headboat once for perch. They anchored and let the motor idle the whole time. We limiited out.

 

Throw some crushed oyster shells around your boat. Pierce a can of cat food or tuna fish and lower it to the bottom. We apply some anise oil to our minnows when it gets slow. Have had good luck using Ole Petes Perch jigging spoons.

 

I'm thinking that the oyster shells are similar to how folks use egg shells when ice fishin', it "appears" to be a school of minnows to the perch from a distance. Any thoughts on this? Keep these little tips & tricks coming as I've only perched up at Erie once with limited success, but will do lots more this year.

 

Was on a headboat once for perch. They anchored and let the motor idle the whole time. We limiited out.

probably got higher than the balls on a giraffe, as well.

 

probably got higher than the balls on a giraffe, as well.

That's ptretty high!

 

Surprised nobody said anything about spraying your minnows with WD-40. I have used it for over 20+ years with great success. In fact when the three other guys that I mainly perch jerk with go out, we each have our own can beside our individual minnow buckets. If you don't think it works, then the next time you are out, fish next to your buddy and only one gets to use it. Before the day is over, he will be reaching for the can.

Only down side is the spray makes the floor slick, especially on a windy or rainey day. Be careful.

Ray
Erie Therapy II

 

Surprised nobody said anything about spraying your minnows with WD-40. I have used it for over 20+ years with great success.

not to sound smug, but WD-40 is a pollutant and is illegal to use.

 

I made a perch caller shortdrift refers. I have not yet decided where it works or not. Some one post a pic of one and I made several but not prof they work. I you want I will take a pic on my and post for you.

 

Never used one but seen it in a magazine, take a mushroom anchor and tie some different colored bicycle pennants, (6 or 8) about 10 inches apart on the rope from the anchor on up the rope. Let out just enough anchor line so that the anchor pounds off the bottom with the action of the waves.

 

I tried something last year - tied four old cd's together and dropped 'em with a weight. I figured all that flash would be good. Didn't seem to work......

Girlfriend loves her WD-40. I'm doubting a little bit on a minnow isn't polluting much. It's mainly fish oils anyhow....

Last year, I had one rod rigged with a 1/2 oz Jigging Rapala and a dropper below it or I used a1/2 oz Cicada tipped w/ a minnow.
Seemed to do good if the bite slowed. Seemed to get some bigger perch too.

Best method I ever found.... Stop to light a smoke, get a beer, look for a sandwich, take a leak. If you haven't got a single hit all day watching your rod, as soon as you do this, you will get hit!

 

When the perch stop biting start your motor.They will bite immediately.
Or invest in a GOOD fishfinder.You will know if it is any good if you can watch your spreader or sinker as you jig it.!#

 

The best advice is to use a great fish finder, look for humps of fish before you start and don't settle for small schools or so/so marks. Use an anchor with about 30-50 feet of rope extra in case the action slows and you want to let out 25 feet extra once or twice before moving.

And lastly, use a 1/2 or 3/4 ounce barrel sliding sinker (spray painted white) above your swivel which is connected to a SINGLE hook. Don't use two hooks, spreaders, crappie rigs, 3 hooks, etc. Use one single hook and you will bait faster, unhook faster and be up and down on a quick bite twice as fast and miss many less fish. If you are missing fish, use a new hook, this is that simple and works for young and old. You will be amazed and never fish double and triple hooks again.

 

And lastly, use a 1/2 or 3/4 ounce barrel sliding sinker (spray painted white) above your swivel which is connected to a SINGLE hook. Don't use two hooks, spreaders, crappie rigs, 3 hooks, etc. Use one single hook and you will bait faster, unhook faster and be up and down on a quick bite twice as fast and miss many less fish.

Also using a single hook the minnows on the other hooks won't be shaken off when you bring up a single fish. You'll use less minnows especially when the supply is low.

 

But you will never be able to say I caught a double header. Use a spreader with braided line.

 

Crappie Nibbles

 

I most always use a dropshot rig, if its slow I will use a 1/2oz disk sinker and a 1/4 oz bell. When you jig it up and down it clanks and stirs up the bottom. I've seen days when a spreader helped but to me they are a pain.

 

Girlfriend loves her WD-40. I'm doubting a little bit on a minnow isn't polluting much. It's mainly fish oils anyhow...

http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/community/showthread.php?t=62075&page=3&highlight=WD-40

check out this thread if you think that is true!!

 

when the bite slows, sometimes it helps to squeeze a minnow till the guts start to pop out. Must be the scent, but it works! Also, as Lou says, a single hook can be the trick for days when they are finicky. Try casting it our instead of dropping it and s-l-o-w-l-y drag it along the bottom. Sometimes that triggers the :B