Rockport Report, better late than never

[wiperhunter2]

Thanks for the insight on the perch. Yes, the little treble in the middle always has an eyeball, or a small piece of perch or crawler. The vast majority of the fish come on that center hook. So much so that I often think the lure itself is more attractor than anything else. At least for perch. Larger predators are often hooked on the nose hook or have the whole thing in their mouth.

I like to use those for vertical jigging mostly because they sink really fast. It's nice that they catch a lot of fish too!

I started using a jigging repala this year and I noticed most bigger fish take it like you described, head first. From what I've read about them, they are suppose to glide down, when jigging them, so it's not a straight drop down but that might be what triggers the hit. I plan to use them more this year but my best luck came on the perch colored one. Do you end up snagging any, while jigging?

Yes, I snagged a few on each outing this year. I usually have a baited hook above the rap and I don't know it they get snagged when they are hitting the upper hook or if is just the darting action when I set the hook and it gets one nearby.

That has been my experience as well, I think there are fish all around the jig and when you lift up to jig, they are just in the way and get snagged and with all the hocks on those Rapalas, it's not surprising