In late summer to early fall I had a couple of trips where I would get one on every cast more than 5 casts in a row with a small lipless crank. I also catch a lot on curly tailed grubs.
I think white perch will eat just about anything. I do know this, if I buy 10-12 dozen minnows and I'm trolling 8 to 12 rods, through a school of white perch I move on, because they will clean out a minnow bucket real quick!!! But like Greg is saying, the big ones at Harris are fun to catch!!
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In late summer to early fall I had a couple of trips where I would get one on every cast more than 5 casts in a row with a small lipless crank. I also catch a lot on curly tailed grubs.
The next time I troll thru some perch I'm gonna throw a jig or 2 out and see what happens. They can put up a good fight.
I really thought I had a monster crappie this weekend. Maybe one of those 3 pounders you guys encounter often. I had a hard time identifying this crappie though. No scales, whiskers and kept grunting at me.
mac crappie, OptiMystic LIKED above post
Hey wait a minute did you say whiskers?
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I caught the white perch below on Harris about three years ago. It was right after the spring crappie season was over, so it was probably May or June. I was in an area that is about 8'-10' deep and had tried long-lining jigs with very little success. I put out four crankbaits and trolled them. These fish and a number more jumped right on the crankbaits. I didn't catch any crappie, but it was fun catching these guys. The board is 14.25" long, so they were good size ones. Definitely went into the frying pan.
Fishin_is_a_habit LIKED above post
They never go to waste or pollute the water when you throw dead ones back. The birds and catfish are waiting in line for them. I even had an eagle get one I threw back at Harriss few years ago