Panfish

[MCTFisher9120]

Thought i would do some pan fishing this weekend. I'll be fishing from shore. Just wanted to know what to use. I have 3" Leeches, small hooks, and small tubes. How do i use this suff for panfish.

[Garry2Rs]

Crappie feed-up, so set a bobber at about two feet.

Try to find black bottom bays, about 5 feet deep, with the wind blowing in.

Crappie are aggessive feeders, so keep moving the bait...

If you're not getting "bit" they aren't there.

If your thinking about being in the East Kawarthas, Hwy #28 area, PM me and we can hook-up.

Garry2rs

Have boat, will travel.

[ccmtcanada]

For sunfish and perch, a simple worm on a hook with a bobber works wonders.

[Garry2Rs]

Sorry I didn't mention bait...Yes, worms work but small plastics are more durable. Those inch or inch and a half tubes or curly tails etc.

Personally I like chartreuse, or light green, but whatever you use for Bass will work for Crappie too.

I watched my neighbour catch them one after another using a piece of a Yum-dinger, about two inches long, hooked wacky.

In the states I bought some Crappie jigs and a sort of fork-tail grub about two inches long that works great. The same company makes a smaller size for trout that I'm sure would also work. Down there Wal-Mart carried the trout size...I don't know about up here.

[tbayboy]

If your fishing from shore rig up a slip foat with a small jig (little white maribou's worked great last week but micro tubes, little bits of gulp grubs, etc work). The reason I point out the slip float is because you can cast it a mile vs trying to cast with just a light jig/hook on your line. A non slip float would work but its' much more of a pain to cast (due to the long lead line after the float twirling all over).

[Mike Pike]

Slip floats! I never shore fish without 'em.

 

But besides that, artificials below the float are terrific like your tiny tubes on light jigs WHEN THE FISH ARE ACTIVE. Otherwise, it's always a good idea to be armed with live minnows, worms or leeches to really put the odds in your favour!

[MCTFisher9120]

Thaks for the info. Might get a few pictures of some little fish for yall.

[jonnybass]

Worm, Hook, Float/Slip float (optional), White Bucket and Bob's your uncle.

[HTHM]

dynamite!

[Anatz]

What works the best is PowerBait Honey Trout Worms.

[MCTFisher9120]

Went fishing for some perch out at Lake Scugog. Was slow at first but I managed to catch about 10, 15 perch we also had a small catfish mixed in. Thanks for the advice and i cought em on the Gulp Alive leeches.

[Radnine]

I learned more on this thread than I have ever known about fishing for pan fish.

Thanks guys!

[Mike Pike]

Glad you had success Mike. And I guess we learned something too. Gulp leeches for perch!

 

Pan fishing is too much fun. A few floats, some hooks and a bit of bait and you're in business. Plus, when you're talking perch, crappie, bluegills.. the population can usually stand harvest and they're pretty tastey in the pan.

 

Thanks for your follow up report.