Perch today. Tuesday, Tough bite.

Works out for me, because it makes the lake trout bigger

Also, serious question - Does it matter which type of bait setup you use for perch? Every time I decide to get into them, I drop a worm and a hook and literally pull up as many as I want. They never seem too picky.

I find live bait will catch way to many tiny perch.

I use artificials only as I really don’t want to catch small perch.

Awesome catch despite tough conditions, and super cool melanistic perch.

I 100% agree on the artifical bait. It's amazing some of the tanks I have caught (by accident) throwing cranks and jerkbaits for bass.

Great job on those fillets......nice to see


as far as plastics etc.that may be true on Simcoe, but not on Erie minnows will win the day there, everyday

Beauties and nice work!!!
That's no huge goby though.....If you fish under the bridge at Musky's you get Gobies that are 8 and 9 inches easy.

Good point Longshank

I have never fished Erie perch but I have heard many times they don’t eat artificials.

I would love to put this to the test some day as many great anglers I know have tried and failed with artificials on Erie for perch.

For me the minnows will win the day on Simcoe almost everyday too. You don't get a lot of tiny perch if you use large minnows.

I never fished for perch in Erie but AFAIK it's completely possible to catch'em with artificials on Erie too. Just watch IVO catching perch with jigging spoons

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