Perch Fishing – Bushwhacker + Rapala = Result!
What a week, high winds and what seemed like an endless amount of rain plummeting out of the skies. For river fishing that’s about as bad as it can get!
To numb my pain on Wednesday my latest tackle purchase arrived, a nice new Savage Gear Bushwhacker 10-30g 7’ spinning rod. I had been reading everywhere about how nice they are to use and with that I couldn’t resist purchasing one for myself. What does a new lure rod need? You got it… some lovely new lures. So I met up with a local chap who sells Rapala’s and treated myself to five new uns. A couple of X-Rap Shads and a couple of Glass Shad Raps hopefully these would tempt a few perch to play!
Luckily I managed to get a few hours of lure fishing in on Friday afternoon before darkness in between the heavy rain spells. I was hoping where I had in mind wouldn’t have been too badly hit by the weather.
On arrival at the lake I was quite happy that it wasn’t coloured up at all, although it had risen about 6” since my last trip. I plugged away for an hour hopping swims without a touch, admittedly I hadn’t seen much movement either which was weird for this place. When I was here carp fishing for a few nights over the summer I saw loads of perch chases on the surface. Maybe the cold had sent them down a little.
On went the x-rap shad and I cranked it down… I felt a little tap tap and struck but unfortunately it was just a little weed. Back out it went this time a little shallower and BANG I was on to a half decent Perch, phew I only had about 30 minutes till darkness and the smile on my face would take some beating! Yee haa! I had managed to christen a new rod and lure in one outing, lovely jubbly! Unfortunately no others came my way but still I could not have been happier.
Below is a link to a video of the X-Rap’s action so you can take a look and see what you think… I will definitely be spending more time trying these out on this lake and other waters nearby!
Its just a shame with work that I won’t get out again now for a week and a bit. Grrrr!
