Your favourite rig for perch?

[dave1]

Mine is the run rig backed up by a Roll over although i am coming to the conclusion that a Paternoster is starting to sway me over after some really good perch caught which were obviously not caught on the bottom......mmmm?

[dannytaylor]

for fishing livebaits i like to use a float paternoster and fish it with an open bale arm and rollover indicator. I use to favour a free roaming livebait but found that if the bait was too lively you would be constantly re-casting the bait to your intended spot, this had the negative effects of spooking wary perch and killing your bait.
My other most successful method for big perch is to troll small crankbaits

Heres a couple of good Perch caught from earlier this year on paternostered livebaits:

[barbelboi]

Very much the same for live baits with a sunken float paternoster rig though.
Jerry

[bennygesserit]

Originally Posted by dannytaylor

for fishing livebaits i like to use a float paternoster and fish it with an open bale arm and rollover indicator. I use to favour a free roaming livebait but found that if the bait was too lively you would be constantly re-casting the bait to your intended spot, this had the negative effects of spooking wary perch and killing your bait.
My other most successful method for big perch is to troll small crankbaits

Heres a couple of good Perch caught from earlier this year on paternostered livebaits:

Danny those are great fish ! I have had some lovely perch on a simple single worm float fished on the canal near the reeds.

[chav professor]

Danny, it is great to see you posting again!!! Welcome back...... Stunning perch and super advice. Just the sort of forum posting that makes logging on worth while............

[dave1]

One i caught on a straight forward pat but with a lobby attached last week

I think i will have to look up the JPG rules?

[Ray Roberts]

I had some nice perch last year on lives, I made a knotless knot trace out or 5lb Kryston Incognito, I tied a size 16 barbed hook to the hair part and a size 8 as the main hook, I never missed a bite with this rig. I described this rig at the time and someone suggested using a loop on the hair and a stop, rather than two hooks.

I've given it some thought and may try a loop with a bit of buoyant foam as a stop. The water does not have any predators other than perch, so its not a problem in not using wire.

[dannytaylor]

like the idea of that Ray, will have to have a try of that this coming winter. The water where i caught the perch in the pics had no pike so it was nice to not use a wire trace. For a hooklength i used Guru N-gauge in 6Ib. Its a copolymer line so care has to be taking when choosing and tying knots but overall i was very impressed with it, dont use too long a length though as tangles can be a problem as the line is very supple.

Here's a breakdown of my paternoster sett-up for Perch :

8Ib M/L

Small ball bob float or Drennan chubber.

Hooklength was locked onto mainline with a couple of braid stops and rubber beads, helecopter/rotary style.

Hooklength 6Ib Guru with a size 12/10 VMC/Drennan treble.

Boom section, ESP bristle filament

as light a lead as possible to hold bait.

The boom section of bristle filament was a great idea and helped reduce tangles considerably.

[dave1]

what about a good old lobworm rig....I use the simplest of simplest rig free running with open bail arm and roll over. at the moment i am trying out different hooklengths. it seems very critical on my water !

[dave1]

Try that piccy again