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| Maybe I'm over-thinking this....
Has anybody noticed a difference between "Perch" vs. "Sucker" patterns.
I'm trying to fill in some of my "natural patterns" in my crankbaits, gliders, 'dawgs, etc. I have plenty of black and plenty of the extreme, bright colors - so I have the ends of the spectrum covered.
I read a few studies that say perch were found to be the preferred forge fish but suckers were a close second. I'm leaning towards perch but thought I would pose the question.
Then again, does color matter?
Pat
Brookfield, WI
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Maybe I'm over-thinking this....
Yes you are. While some lakes have shown that they prefer one bait color over the other, in most cause they will eat what ever they find.
Then again, does color matter?
Action in most causes trumps color. Impart a good action on a bait and it doesn't matter what the color is. If it looks edible, they will eat it. |
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| I'm a big fan of contrast, because that's what keeps a fishes eye. Perch is always good for that reason, but a spot or a couple of spots with a dark top and shoulders does that too. Dark contrasting scales against gold or vise versa is always a good choice.
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Location: Detroit River | Perch was always good for me on LSC except last year. Never caught a single musky on perch last year on LSC. Shad/silver lures produced the majority of the fish I caught in LSC last year.
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Location: South-Central PA | I'm with Beaver on this one. For me, contrast is key. I recently painted up some baits in flo. orange with black in the middle. They don't look very impressive until you get them in the water. Man do the orange ends pop and show contrast in the water. Sometime I think that realistic paint schemes are key...but then why do fish eat double 10's?!? There's certainly nothing realistic looking about them.
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Location: Yahara River Chain | bowhunter29 - 2/8/2012 10:23 AM
but then why do fish eat double 10's?!?
Because they get keyed up on the vibration and while color may play a part, its not what drawing them to the lure. I can remember when the suckers are spawning in the shallows on the Indian Chain. The muskies were in the shallows with them, but did nothing most of the time. The suckers would even swim around them. When I hooked a sucker, you could see those muskies just comes alive with interest and even hitting them. |
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| try suckers in the deep, and perch style in the shallows. |
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Location: 15 miles east of Lake Kinkaid | I agree with the contrast. I have caught fish on both but many more on perch. |
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Location: Maryland | Which perch pattern do you all prefer? Natural,miller, or orange belly for the natural look. I have had better luck on the orange belly perch in cloudy water. Sucker colors are better earlier in spring since that's when they are up shallow n spawning. Same goes with a carp and that is my favorite natural color for the river I fish. |
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| have never seen a real ob perch. |
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Perch or Sucker Pattern?