trolling for perch

[Mooter]

BOTTOM BOUNCER WITH A MINNOW OR CRAWLER
I USE A DOUBLE HOOK LEADER ABOUT 28" LONG WITH A RED BEAD ON IT.  WORKS GREAT FOR WALLEYE TOO

[Ice Dawg]

I use a light bottom bouncer with a spinner  and piece of crawler or small minnow. When I catch a nice Perch I drop the anchors and use slip floats.

[Mooter]

so you just troll to find them?

Look for clouds on your fishfinder.  Thats where the honey is.  The school up and you just bounce through them.

[Ice Dawg]

so you just troll to find them?

I usually find perch while trolling for walleyes. If I catch a nice sized perch I will anchor and fish for them. When I have my perch I will go back to trolling live bait or cranks for eyes. The biggest perch I have caught was taken on a 1/4 oz jig and a 4" fathead minnow while drifting for eyes.  It was 15 3/4" and weighed 2.6 lbs. We cleaned 7 proud angler perch that afternoon. My son and I have been anchored 150' from people catching 12" dink walleyes and throwing them back while we caught our limits of 12 to 14" perch.