Notts Michael.
Well-known member
Howdoo all.
I recently made the effort to get up early and get to the canal just before first light to try jig fishing for a few Perch, (size 6hook/1.5G jig head, spikey shad, 5lb main, 4lb fluoro hooklength) previous daytime attempts at lure fishing with this set up produced zero.
Almost straight away, hooked a nice Pound-ish Perch from below some fallen reed cover, then nothing in that area again, moved some distance to a similar patch of close in, margin cover and again, another nice round a pound Perch quickly hooked, then nothing in that area, soon it got light and the bites went away,anyway, is this a sign that basically this type of close in fishing only gets the odd lone fish, and then that area is done, requiring you to move on? do the Perch spend more time in the deeper middle run of a canal as the weather gets colder, and these 2 were just a lucky 'right place right time' catch?
fishing the same spots at first light the next morning produced no bites at all, are any other Perch in any given area spooked away with the kerfuffle of a caught fish and get wary of that spot again for a while? any advice on hooking a few more of these awesome fish would be great, many thanks
I recently made the effort to get up early and get to the canal just before first light to try jig fishing for a few Perch, (size 6hook/1.5G jig head, spikey shad, 5lb main, 4lb fluoro hooklength) previous daytime attempts at lure fishing with this set up produced zero.
Almost straight away, hooked a nice Pound-ish Perch from below some fallen reed cover, then nothing in that area again, moved some distance to a similar patch of close in, margin cover and again, another nice round a pound Perch quickly hooked, then nothing in that area, soon it got light and the bites went away,anyway, is this a sign that basically this type of close in fishing only gets the odd lone fish, and then that area is done, requiring you to move on? do the Perch spend more time in the deeper middle run of a canal as the weather gets colder, and these 2 were just a lucky 'right place right time' catch?
fishing the same spots at first light the next morning produced no bites at all, are any other Perch in any given area spooked away with the kerfuffle of a caught fish and get wary of that spot again for a while? any advice on hooking a few more of these awesome fish would be great, many thanks