SetterG - It seems the YP are telling you there are still fair numbers present and that you are not a very successful perch angler. You will have to spend some time this year sharpening your skills for catching YP. Keep trying & learning you will learn the technique.
I totally agree! The seven I caught yesterday were with a little imitation minnow. I've got my fly rod up here. I'd really like to catch them on a fly. About the only solution I see for that would be with a imitation floating fish food, and fish when the feeder goes off.
Any other ways I can catch perch with a fly rod? Any issues with catching perch while the feeder goes off? (I don't want to scare them off feed.)
You may laugh at me but use a nib lit of sweet corn. It works really well.
Cheers Don.
I'll give it a shot. I assume with a small hook, and a bobber, right off the bottom?
12 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (decreasing), SMB, and HSB (only two have been seen in 5 yrs) I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023.
