John, Last year I pulled some Bitsy Minnows by Strike King and they worked great on the Perch, did catch a few crappie on them. I pulled them at .8 mph. Caught so many Perch I took them off, to much work, I had 2 and 3 fish on at a time. if you have not tried a Bitsy Minnow get you a few, Sexy Shad seems to be the best, have caught a ton of Bream on them using a spinning rod throwing at docks