New spot.

While I'm adjusting to new ways to accommodate my hand,Ive been searching for new water to fish.I met a gentleman recently while icefishing,he lives near a lake I frequent,naturally we did some fish talk.
He asked me if I had ever fished a small city reservoir that the main lake fed,heck I didn't know anything about it.This reservoir is not easily accessible for boaters,but with a kayak,it's the bees knees.
Long story short,seems this little goldmine is a great spot for yellow perch,and not many ever fish it because the big lake is less than a mile away,and more accommodating with a boat landing to boot.
Since I've never fished yellow perch,I'm pretty stoked,now I just need to figure out the best way to catch them buggers.

We don't get many yellow perch in this region, so my experience is limited. When I visited the northeast a couple of times as a young man I caught a bunch of them on night crawlers. The only other place I've ever caught any is at Kentucky Lake while trying to catch crappie. I've caught a few on crappie jigs and I think, diet wise, yellow perch are probably a lot like crappie. I think I would start with small crappie jigs and, if you are inclined to use live bait, small minnows.

They're pretty agressive feeders. I catch them with jigs tipped with butter worms or wax worms. They also love crawdad tails... just bring a ton because they will hit them hard.

They are getting ready to spawn down here. Water temp is low 50s.

I used to ketch them some and they were always pretty deep and liked tiny lures ,,,, I bet tipping a jig would work well since they are mini walleye basically

I caught several big females full of eggs in one of my best crappie spots last week. My son caught a little male that became overly stimulated as the hook was removed.

From all I've read,perch seem to stay near the bottom,though I'm not sure about when they spawn.Our water temps are still pretty cold,the ice just went off most of our waters last week.

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Originally Posted by Yaker

From all I've read,perch seem to stay near the bottom,though I'm not sure about when they spawn.Our water temps are still pretty cold,the ice just went off most of our waters last week.

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I use Bobby Garland Itty Bitty Shad in a 1/64 oz jig head and tip with a maggot or crappie nibble suspense under a bobber about 2’ off the bottom and slay them in NoCo!!


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Greetings from Northwestern PA and perch fishing is big up here. Lake Erie has many charters just for perch fishing. You can google Lake Erie perch fishing and also pymatuning reservoir perch for tips and recipes. I personally like to float a small minnow about 18 inches below The float or half a crawler either floated if on bottom. Like many of the other replies, jig heads tipped will work. I usually find them in my favorite crappie hole or while fishing for walleye. I get them up in the same batter as my crappie and my friends and family loves them. Good luck and I hope you found a new spot.

Thanks Kooms,I've walleye fished Lake Erie near Astabula a few times,I wished I had perch fished while there.Thanks for the tips,I'm anxious to catch some,and I've always wanted to taste them.Ive been experimenting with floating crawlers off the bottom,I know it works well for other species.