We have plenty of good white perch fishing up here too! Usually folks down south and out west refer to a fish, resembling our white perch, as white bass. I checked with our DNR rep and sure enough, they are two different species. The really good perch fishing won't start up here until the water temps get down less than 50 degrees. (Usually mid October until ice up.) Then the big "bull perch" come into the oxbows and fishing is good.