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Perch aren't present in one lake I fish. I introduced them from another lake a few days ago hoping they'll reproduce. In three other lakes I catch perch, each have different habitats - some you may relate to:
1. one has nice weed bed islands (not pads) each surrounded by 6-7' of water
2. another does have pads, but only the med. size pads hold perch and crappie - together. I fish pockets and pad coves.
3. the last lake has perch that are in loose schools in water 4-7' - usually mixed with crappie, sufish and small bass. Catch one fish and note exactly where it was caught; cast to the same spot just in case a school or group of fish are in the same area.
Yellow perch are less aggressive than white perch but still attack like its their last meal - many times over 3 hits on the same retrieve and hook themselves on the 2nd. I only use braid, light jig heads and soft plastics in many shapes which catch 4"-12" panfish but only as long as the retrieve is very slow. I rarely jig the bottom - the horizontal retrieve covers water and finds fish as well as pattern locations.
Some things to consider.
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That gives me some ideas to start
