07-31-2019, 03:52 AM
This is in reference to Jordanelle.
In spite of some tactics of dubious legality discussed in the thread, there is a lot of truth when bassin Jordanelle that when you find the perch, you find the bass. After about the first week of July, that will be away from the rocks. Look for weedbeds, channels, stick ups, and interfaces between aquatic grasses and open water. The perch will be in the cover, the smallies around them, nearby. I usually prefer dropshotting, but anything that approximates a perch minnow will be successful. Guys make the mistake at Jordanelle in thinking that they need to pound the rocks all summer, and then are disappointed that they catch few fish and they are all dinks.
I was there this morning for a few hours and did great (legally) for a good variety of sizes of smallies, along with some perch. All the bass in every size class were barfing up perch minnows onto the tube.
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In spite of some tactics of dubious legality discussed in the thread, there is a lot of truth when bassin Jordanelle that when you find the perch, you find the bass. After about the first week of July, that will be away from the rocks. Look for weedbeds, channels, stick ups, and interfaces between aquatic grasses and open water. The perch will be in the cover, the smallies around them, nearby. I usually prefer dropshotting, but anything that approximates a perch minnow will be successful. Guys make the mistake at Jordanelle in thinking that they need to pound the rocks all summer, and then are disappointed that they catch few fish and they are all dinks.
I was there this morning for a few hours and did great (legally) for a good variety of sizes of smallies, along with some perch. All the bass in every size class were barfing up perch minnows onto the tube.
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