soft plastics

[steve66 3,078]

Anyone into jigging for perch , just find it fun for short sessions , still fairly new to this just wonderd what soft plastics and jig heads people use ?

[neil r 1,795]

Relax kopyto’s in 001(white) and 055(yellow) colours are a must have . I use them in in sizes from 1-2.5 inch , jig heads are agm , ecogear and TT from an 10-1 . Got them in in other colours aswell but I’ve found the white and yellow are the most effective and I can’t be alone because they are always the ones that sell out first . Other soft plastics to look at are crazy fish nano minnows , zman slim shads , Orka mermaids and orka twister tails . You can get everything apart from I think the zman from Agm products and lureworld . Be warned though , you’ll end up spending a fortune once you go on their websites 

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[Tyla 3,179]

I use 2g jig heads from decathlon and a mixture of soft plastics from tronix or ebayed from China. Fluro leader and 10lb braid. I only really got into it a year ago, caught perch, pike, chin, bass and Pollack on the same gear. Love it

[Tyla 3,179]

Chub  not chin

[steve66 3,078]

Thanks for the replies , theres afew tackle shops in leeds that are well stocked so it looks like trip soon lol

Had some good perch , chub, and trout but strangley as yet no pike

[neil r 1,795]

Bobco do kopytos but according to their website they are out of stock . They do have one colour in Sakura split shads that is worth getting and they have some nice looking gunki lures and I think they stock zman aswell  

[steve66 3,078]

Love going to bobco's brilliant shop, just always end up spending more than i should lol

 

[comanche 2,799]

It was Tyla that introduced me to little rubber lures. I've been a fan of big shads for pike for years ;mainly because before rubber-hauling became trendy I bought a bagful of 7 inch rubber fish for a pittance from my local fishing shop and made my own lead keels and traces for them.

First time out with one I dangled my DIY rigged contraption in the current under my feet just to see what it looked like and a jack pike barely twice the size of the lure grabbed-it. Bit of a confidence boost!

As I mentioned it was an evening with Tyla that had me interested in using little lures though. I was float fishing and had plenty of small fish of various species but he was catching some interesting perch on his jig-heads so I gave it a go.

Here's a surprise catch from my local river.

 

 

[neil r 1,795]

10 minutes ago, comanche said:

It was Tyla that introduced me to little rubber lures. I've been a fan of big shads for pike for years ;mainly because before rubber-hauling became trendy I bought a bagful of 7 inch rubber fish for a pittance from my local fishing shop and made my own lead keels and traces for them.

First time out with one I dangled my DIY rigged contraption in the current under my feet just to see what it looked like and a jack pike barely twice the size of the lure grabbed-it. Bit of a confidence boost!

As I mentioned it was an evening with Tyla that had me interested in using little lures though. I was float fishing and had plenty of small fish of various species but he was catching some interesting perch on his jig-heads so I gave it a go.

Here's a surprise catch from my local river.

 

 

If you want to try some really small soft plastics for silvers and perch have a look at crazy fish whitebaits . They are only 3/4 inch long and you’ll need an half gram size 12 jig head or a size 10 big eye hook with a small fly tying bead on the line in front . You can see the roach hitting them as they fall through the shoal . Ballzy worms are another similar type bait that catch silvers aswell 

[steve66 3,078]

What rod and reel you using Neil ?

[neil r 1,795]

For ultralights I use a 7ft , 0.7-7gram Sakura sportism with a 2500 size shimano aernos with 10lb power pro depth hunter braid . For traces it will be 12lb knot2kinky titanium wire with most lures but if I’m using something really small like the crazy fish whitebaits or ballzy worms or 1 inch kopytos it will be 4lb guru nguage 

[philpot 4,925]

Most of my perch fishing is done on ultra light gear and the 'go to' lure is a Spinmad Tail Spinner which has caught more perch and smaller pike than anything else in the bag. I use both 4gr and 6gr which give superb action.

Sometimes a Kopyto Lime green or white 3 / 4'' can be effective.

We all like different things.

http://www.spinmad.pl/en/lures/tail_spinners/

 

Phil