Basic Perch Fishing Techniques

Big perch will not be mixed in with the smaller perch. Perch will school up together and the big fish hang out with the big fish.

When you're fishing an area and you are catching all small perch, move to another spot. Keep moving until you find a school of bigger fish. Big perch
also like to hug the bottom just like walleye. Walleye fishermen usually catch some big perch because they are in similar areas.

When you find the bigger fish, you need to know how to entice more of them to eat. Perch are competitive and they are curious when another fish is
hooked. You can often see half a dozen or more perch following the perch on your line all the way to the boat. Some anglers set the hook on one fish,
put the rod down and get their other rod in the same spot. This can help you catch more fish and leads to some chaos which can be fun. If you have a
fishing partner in the boat, don't wind your fish up to the boat. Let the fish stay down there while your partner throws their bait down there. This is an
easy way to get a double.

asic Perch Fishing Techniques

If you are taking your kids out for some perch action,

shallow water around docks,

scattered weeds, lily pads

and

rocky bottom points will be some good places to

start. A

piece of worm rigged underneath a bobber will

give them

plenty of action.

If you are looking to catch some jumbo perch that you

can take home for dinner, you

need

to be fishing deeper

water except for spawning time and during the fall.

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