12-30-2005, 09:52 PM
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for some reason I got chinch on this tip so I revised it to make it worth entering on the ice fishing tip of the day.
[size 5]Perch rigs can be found for under $3.oo almost any where[/size]
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[font "Times New Roman"]They can also be made by hand at well under the cost of buying a new one per unit provided you don’t mind the investments of tools and materials that will cost you well above the $3.oo mark.[/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]The simplest and easiest is to rig your main line with a lightweight swivel snap with your split shot sinkers about an inch above your snap.[/font]
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· [font "Times New Roman"]Using 2-4 pound test line and a number #Aberdeen hook you will make a single hook Snell leader about 6 inches and no more than 12 inches, I my self when fishing for perch stick to the 6 inch leaders, and only enough weight to hold the minnow down but not enough that it weight my rod down. I don’t use a bobber with this set up but you can and is probably a good idea if you are using a bobbin and not a rod.[/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]Using lightweight stainless steel wire you can build to any shape perch rig. With this you will want to use a rod that is better set up for walleye because of the weight involved. This will require hand pliers’ beads #1 size spinner plaids and clevis if you desire. Again you will want to use single hook snelling leaders no longer than 6 inches, commercially made units are usually made from 12-15 pound test line.[/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]You will want to review your state laws before you start manufacturing you perch rigs to make sure you don’t violate any hook limits that you are allowed to use on your rigs, Michigan has a 2 hook limit the last time I checked. I have seen Rigs from years ago with as many as a dozen snells set up on a single perch rig.[/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]Rigs with spinning arms “Christmas Tree Rigs” are easy to manufacture by using arm locks “barrel crimps and beads”. Slide on your crimp two beads and another crimp on to your wire rig before finishing off he bottom. If you make your arm before placing the arm locks make sure you twist the eyelet well smaller than the bead diameter and you can slide that up between the beads when loading the shaft. It is best to leave every thing loose until you finish off the bottom. Then you can set your arm at the height you want it. [/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]It is vary important that when designing your rig that you do it in a manor where your snells can not come in contact with each other or rap around your rig trunk. Minnows will swim in every direction, up down around and even towards each other. [/font]
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][/font]dont forget to wiggle your jig[][/center]
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for some reason I got chinch on this tip so I revised it to make it worth entering on the ice fishing tip of the day.
[size 5]Perch rigs can be found for under $3.oo almost any where[/size]
[font "Times New Roman"] [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]They can also be made by hand at well under the cost of buying a new one per unit provided you don’t mind the investments of tools and materials that will cost you well above the $3.oo mark.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]The simplest and easiest is to rig your main line with a lightweight swivel snap with your split shot sinkers about an inch above your snap.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] [/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]Using 2-4 pound test line and a number #Aberdeen hook you will make a single hook Snell leader about 6 inches and no more than 12 inches, I my self when fishing for perch stick to the 6 inch leaders, and only enough weight to hold the minnow down but not enough that it weight my rod down. I don’t use a bobber with this set up but you can and is probably a good idea if you are using a bobbin and not a rod.[/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]Using lightweight stainless steel wire you can build to any shape perch rig. With this you will want to use a rod that is better set up for walleye because of the weight involved. This will require hand pliers’ beads #1 size spinner plaids and clevis if you desire. Again you will want to use single hook snelling leaders no longer than 6 inches, commercially made units are usually made from 12-15 pound test line.[/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]You will want to review your state laws before you start manufacturing you perch rigs to make sure you don’t violate any hook limits that you are allowed to use on your rigs, Michigan has a 2 hook limit the last time I checked. I have seen Rigs from years ago with as many as a dozen snells set up on a single perch rig.[/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]Rigs with spinning arms “Christmas Tree Rigs” are easy to manufacture by using arm locks “barrel crimps and beads”. Slide on your crimp two beads and another crimp on to your wire rig before finishing off he bottom. If you make your arm before placing the arm locks make sure you twist the eyelet well smaller than the bead diameter and you can slide that up between the beads when loading the shaft. It is best to leave every thing loose until you finish off the bottom. Then you can set your arm at the height you want it. [/font]
· [font "Times New Roman"]It is vary important that when designing your rig that you do it in a manor where your snells can not come in contact with each other or rap around your rig trunk. Minnows will swim in every direction, up down around and even towards each other. [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"] [/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][
][/font]dont forget to wiggle your jig[][/center][signature]