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What is the best tackle for perch in autumn?
Based on the video context, it seems like you're interested in perch fishing in the autumn season. Perch can be a great target during this time, as they tend to school up in big balls offshore. The bass will often hang out underneath these schools, ready to feed on anything that comes through.
To target perch during the fall, there are a few recommended tackle options you can consider. One popular choice is using a dropshot rig. This involves using a dropshot weight and a small hook with a plastic bait that mimics the perch or what they're feeding on. The weight can be adjusted depending on the depth you're fishing and the size of the perch school. The dropshot rig allows you to punch through the school of perch and get your bait down to where the bass are waiting.
Another effective technique is using a wacky rig. This involves hooking a soft plastic bait in the middle, creating a wacky action when retrieved. The wacky rig can be used to target the bass that are hanging out underneath the perch schools. It's important to use a heavier wacky rig setup to quickly get through the perch without them tearing up your bait.
In terms of specific tackle recommendations, it's always a good idea to have a variety of weights and hook sizes to match the conditions and the size of the perch you're targeting. The video mentions using a half-ounce weight for dropshotting through perch schools. For the wacky rig, a heavier football jig or a heavy dropshot setup can be effective for punching through the perch schools.
It's worth noting that the tackle recommendations provided are based on the video context and may vary depending on the specific fishing conditions and preferences. It's always a good idea to experiment with different tackle options and adjust accordingly based on your own experiences and the feedback you receive from the fish.
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Fall TECHNIQUES and BAITS for the Great Lakes | Where and When To Throw BLADE BAITS by Serious Angler Network → because i want to see if fish are covering water well see if i can get bit by covering water if i'm going to do that chances are i'm going to throw it all day if i don't have an a-rig in my boat the next couple things i'm going to do is crankbait or jerkbait this is a megabass vision 80110 plus one junior you'll notice that this color is perch gg perch part of me reason why i like perch is usually the year the young perch are starting to get a little bit bigger in the fall and you'll start catching perch on pardon me you'll start catching small mouths that will spin up perch because they're getting to that size that they want to feed on them at and this is a great mimicker at like three and a half to four inches just smaller perch they come up and they're doing the same thing they're feeding on minnows so this is a great fall color gg perch oh this one's not ob i apologize for my scatter brain it happens i think i have really bad adhd i haven't been diagnosed with it so if i start rambling that is why i turn 19 different directions on any given day so i completely apologize so now we're leaving the flats after the ned rig which translates to deep fish so let's move into the deeper fish so there's two distinct things that happen
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Top 5 Fall Lures For New Bodies Of Water | How To | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → throw it right over the top of that baitfish
ball and just let it fall right through it. When it comes out near the bottom, it looks
like a baitfish that's dying, and that's what the bass are keying on and pow. It's a great way
to catch bass. Now if you're throwing in perch, it may be a little difficult because perch love
plastics. So they may nip and bite it a little bit so you may have to resist setting the hook
till you really feel that good wait on it, that it's a bass, and then set the hook. But great way
to fish balls of fish, baitfish in the late fall. Now I'd be remiss to go to a brand new lake during
the fall if I didn't have a spinnerbait tight on, because a spinnerbait to me is really a great lure
to use during the fall because it mimics baitfish, which is exactly what the fish are
keying on. Not only that, though, spinnerbaits can be fished in all
depths of water in different speeds. So in the early fall when the fish
are up shadow, I'll use a 3/8-ounce spinnerbait with a willow leaf blade because
it gives off the profile and flash of baitfish. And again, I'll throw it around anything that I
can see visible cover, weed, docks, rocks, logs, chunk rock, big flats. Those are the things that
those fish are keying on during this time of year.
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Best Fall Dropshot Tips for Bass Fishing (These Work!) | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → That's a great place to go and pick off a
lot of fish when you can't find them up on the shoreline. Now, going into that second part of the season
that I mentioned about when the water temp's in that mid to lower 50s and start getting
colder and getting closer to winter, the fish are gonna pull out of those shallow areas
and start moving deeper where they're gonna set up shop for winter. So, I start hitting the main lake areas, I
start hitting those main points, those humps, those ledges, those drop-offs. That's what I really wanna target with this
bait. What I like to do, if you're in the northern
part of the North America, what happens is the perch will start to school up. They'll bunch up and they'll relate to offshore
structure but they won't be on it. They'll ball up but they'll out away from
the shoreline. But some of them are dying off and they'll
sink down to the bottom. And the bottom part of that ball of fish and
that's where the bass are. They sit up underneath them and they feed
on the perch. So, what I like to do with the dropshot is
I'll put a heavier weight on here. I'll put a half-ounce on here and what I'll
do is I'll try to drop this bait through that school of perch. Now, if you guys caught a lot of fish or you
fish lakes that have a lot of perch on it, you know what I'm talking about.
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Best Fall Dropshot Tips for Bass Fishing (These Work!) | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → You fish in a plastic, those perch are gonna
attack it, they'll annihilate it. So, I want it to go fast, that's why I'm using
a half-ounce weight. I wanna punch through that school without
the perch getting to it. And when it comes through to the bottom, that's
where the bass are waiting with open mouths. It's a cool little technique to use during
the fall. You locate those pods of perch on your depth
finder and then punch through them with your dropshot, with your... I use a minnow-sized bait, whatever they're
feeding on at the time. Something that's similar and looks like what
they're feeding, like a perch. Punch it through them. When you get through the bottom of that perch
ball, boom. You'll catch usually a nice sized fish. Usually, the good-sized bass are sitting underneath
those pods. So, that's a great way to catch some large
fish during late fall. Keri: Oh, you're pulling like you're mean. Glenn: There you go. That's a good fish. There. There you go. That's a largemouth. Keri: Oh, boy. You are not happy with me. Glenn: There we go. That does the trick. Keri: That does the trick. Dropshot fish, there we go. There we go. Much better fish. Much better. Glenn: That works. Keri: That's what we've been waiting all day
for. Glenn: That's a good one. Keri: Thank you, dude. Good little belly on him.. Glenn: Yeah. That works. Keri: My little fish. Dropshotting. Here you go, baby. Thank you for the play. That was fun.
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Where and When To Fish A Wacky Rig | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → but fish it a bit shallow. Now, if you're
in the northern part of North America, we don't have the shad, we have perch. And a
lot of times what happens, especially as you move through the fall season, the perch will
group up. They'll school up in a big ball offshore, the bass will hang up underneath
them, ready to eat anything that comes through. So, what I like to do then is go back to my
heavy football jig, or I'll use a heavy drop shot. And I like to throw it out and punch
it through that ball of perch down to where the bass are. And I'll use a heavy because
if you guys fish around perch a lot, you're throwing plastics, guess what? Those perch
tear them up. So, you need something to get through them pretty quickly, so they don't
eat them. But they'll come through that bottom of that school, and that's where the bass
are hanging out waiting for them, and you want to get your bait down to them. If you
can get it through the school, you're going to get bit. So, that's a great tactic to use
during the day during fall using a wacky rig. I got it. Keri: Nice fish too. Man, he's healthy. He
is healthy. Thank you, dude. Thank you. Thank you. Come hither. No. Come hither. Ah. Got
you. You aren't going anywhere. Look at the little belly on that guy. Another one. Yay.
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Bass Fishing: Best Baits For Fall Fishing by TacticalBassin → locate fish I can also locate big fish very very fast virtually anywhere the only thing I can't do out of this box is slow down and finesse fish if things get tough so right out the gate we'll talk about the heads I'm carrying three different heads Bladerunner under spins 3/8 and 1/2 ounce 2 different blade sizes just use a it's just a chrome color they call it anchovy simple color that goes well with everything then in the middle these are guppy heads so eight thousand then three sixteenths and quarter with a couple different hook sizes but finesse one mate heads and then I have my Matt Allen heads and a couple of different sizes I think three sixteenths 3/8 and 1/2 I pair those at the corresponding height X 2.8 contact four point three and a four point eight very simple for cover and water getting down dredging bottom I can find active fish up shallow and I can find active fish way down deep with the same set of heads and baits really easy starting out deep working back in spoons carrying two sizes of spoons but the main spoon I throw is one and three-quarter ounce throw a couple main colors when I mix up a little bit but basically it's morning dawn which is a like a pinkish purple spoon now it's called electric chicken chartreuse there's a couple different versions of the purples and Pink's a couple different versions of the
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