Combos of those colors frequently work well (yellow jighead with a green plastic for example). Gold, firetiger, white, pink, green, glow, blue/silver combo those are the meal ticket colors for any perch lure in my experience. And they have a "pink glow tiger" or something like that which slays. "Metallic perch," gold/holo sticker, and firetiger are my go-to colors for kastmasters when it comes to perch in about that order. I've caught tons of perch when people around me weren't catching and being able to notice subtle signs like that has been one of the biggest factors. And if you're fishing under a bobber set the hook immediately when you notice any unnatural disturbance to the bobber's motion. Look for small signs that a fish has touched your lure like your line moving or going slack unexpectedly because often you won't actually feel the bite when you're jigging a small lure in deep water like lots of the spots on the lakefront. If you notice your line suddenly go slack like the lure stopped falling when the lure hasn't been falling long enough to reach bottom on the first drop after your cast (or in general) that means a fish has it in its mouth. Small, slow pops and then let it sink again. Perch tend to stay near the bottom so be sure to let it sink all the way down before you start jigging it back towards you. Do your own research first about that, and be aware that people frequently don't appreciate being asked where their salmon spots are because things can get crowded quickly. Salmon usually start running around Labor Day and that's a whole ballgame on its own. In smaller/shallower bodies of water topwater lures like frogs, chatterbaits, poppers, whopper plopper can be devastating but I've never really seen anyone using them in the big pond. Deep diving cranks can work too, especially pre-spawn. Drop shot, Texas rig, and Carolina rig with soft plastics (or even just a plastic worm on a hook with no weight fished super slowly on the bottom) all catch bass. I don't fish for bass much anymore but for most people that's what summertime is about when it comes to shore fishing Lake Michigan. Minnows or softshell crawfish pieces fished near the bottom (drop shot if the bottom isn't full of snags, slip bobber if it is) are the main ticket in summer though jigging a small plastic or a 1/8oz kastmaster (my preferred tactics in the winter) can also work. Right now I'd personally go after yellow perch, though it's definitely much slower fishing for them now than in the late fall/winter. ![]() There is a ton of info you can look up online once you figure that out, so start there. In the end, we have a water feature that not only looks better, it is better, both for the natural habitat of fish and birds and other creatures that are drawn to water in nature, but for us as well, as we now will have more time to enjoy it, with family and friends.Depends a lot on the season and on what you're trying to catch. With the proper balance of Pond fish, pond plants and healthy bacteria present, not only is Pond maintenancereduced, but water quality is enhanced. Some bloom with the afternoon sun, others at night. Relax and enjoy your water lilies as they create your very own Monet in the backyard. No chemicals or other devices, just nature, doing what nature does best. As a result, the root systems of pond plants filter the water, natural bacteria breaks down organic matter and pond fish eat the algae. By building your water feature to perform as an ecosystem, nature is at the heart of the water cycle, not man. By doing so, we have less pond maintenance, allowing us to enjoy the benefits of the pond, instead of having to work on the pond. ![]() We build our ponds, in the Macomb & Oakland, Michigan (MI) area, to work with mother nature, not against her.
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