Your best method PERCH

if you want to sort out a few of the bigger ones, definitely live or dead baiting with a gudgeon/minnow etc, or if you know there are bigger ones in there, a 3 or 4 or 5lb'er could easily take a 6/7 inch roach or bigger (honestly they take amazingly big baits) and if there are pike use the thinnest trace you can get away with so you dont keep getting bitten off. that or lures/spinners/jigs. happy fishing!!

either worm or a small live bait with a size 14 or 12 hook as they have big mouths

Small livebaits for me! Normally fished on a light paternoster setup. I used to be worried about livebait size but some of the 2-3lb'rs plus will hammer some big ole livies! I normally try to use a bait in the 3" to 4" region though. Give it a go... ok jacks sometimes whack em but if there is a perch about you are in with a damn good chance!

As for wire trace, if i know there are pike about i rig it up with 15lb soft wire. Doesn't seem to put them off too much, well not so far anyway!

Mark
pike and perch.co.uk

Just realised how old this thread is!!!

Originally Posted by pike-bite93

I Have a Small Pond Neer To Wear I Live It Is Only About 2.5 FT Deep Has A Inlet And Outlet Of Warter There Is Very Pig Perch In There And Some Jack Pike Ive Had A 2.LB Perch Out Of It But I'm Certian There Is Bigger One's

What Is My Best Mettod To Get The Big Perch ??

Eney Suggestions ??

either small live bait small spinner or bog lob over maggots if you use live bait or lure you must use wire trace remember theres pike in there fish welfare is most important unlike some posters who stupidly advised no wire trace good luck

Originally Posted by essox_lucius

either small live bait small spinner or bog lob over maggots if you use live bait or lure you must use wire trace remember theres pike in there fish welfare is most important unlike some posters who stupidly advised no wire trace good luck

As there are no pike in the water i fish i use no trace,but once i went to regents canal(theres pike there) and i still didnt use a trace because i didnt wanna spook the perch,anyway pike dont even take lures

Originally Posted by perch_123

As there are no pike in the water i fish i use no trace,but once i went to regents canal(theres pike there) and i still didnt use a trace because i didnt wanna spook the perch,anyway pike dont even take lures

that post is wrong in so many ways

I don't really associat big perch with cold weather
I Guess they must feed when I have had then this time of year its been to lures usually plugs that look like small perch ,they also like yellow rappala's lures have have given me perch to 2lb 10 oz
My fave bait howevers free lined worm this has accounted for perch to 4lb 4oz
I always use barbless hooks this is especially handy as perch can some time get more deeply hooked then most fish
good luck