Thread: Tactics,tips, tricks, for how to put yellow perch in the box

While they are in your home waters they don't get very big...just like the ones I catch at Nickajack. But in spring and winter I could fill the livewell at Nickajack with fish like these. They readily hit a Trout Magnet on a 1 and 1.5 gram jig head twitched on the bottom. It has been a long time since I have kept any fish to eat or I would not mind when I get into them...but to me they become a nuisance when I am chasing something to give me more fight. One tip I can give you....if you catch one...hang around because there will in all likelihood be dozens more in same area. I should add I find these on sandy bottoms in the winter...and in the spring they are in same areas as bedding shell cracker.


Regards