Went perching today it was fast and furious all day a lot of 7 to 8 inchers kept 10 that were 9 and bigger water temp 66 to 68 was fishing 7 to 8 ft flats minnows for bait I might try a small plastic craw dad imitation next time and drag it on the bottom the perch's stomachs were busting at the seams with crawdads