White perch

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Jordan

I am new to white perch fishing. What are some good tips and tricks to start out with?? We fish with live shiners. We fish on Vernon lake over structure. We fish after dark with lights. How deep do we need to fish ?? Do we get submersible lights ??

Any tricks are appreciated.

They should be deep this time of year. Not familiar with the lake, but white perch will hold to structure pretty well, and right now I would suspect them to be on the edge of channels. They typically will feed up, so you don't want to have your bait beneath them. If your line goes slack, it means one is coming up with it, and you need to fish a little shallower. They typically hang out in the same depth, so if you catch a few at a certain depth, it generally holds true throughout the lake. If you have a depth finder, just troll around the deeper water and look for schools of bait on the finder, the white perch will be nearby and that will help you with your depth to find them. They are sluggish this time of year so got to be patient. My favorite fish to catch ..and I never have reallly cared for lights that much, it seems like it would be the ticket, but never seemed to catch anymore fish than we do throughout the day. One other thing, is that in the summer the fish typically bite during the hottest part of the day (I wish I was kidding!) 10 am - 2 pm is the best time for us on N La lakes, just have to put on your big boy pants and fight the heat!

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Originally Posted by Duck Butter

They should be deep this time of year. Not familiar with the lake, but white perch will hold to structure pretty well, and right now I would suspect them to be on the edge of channels. They typically will feed up, so you don't want to have your bait beneath them. If your line goes slack, it means one is coming up with it, and you need to fish a little shallower. They typically hang out in the same depth, so if you catch a few at a certain depth, it generally holds true throughout the lake. If you have a depth finder, just troll around the deeper water and look for schools of bait on the finder, the white perch will be nearby and that will help you with your depth to find them. They are sluggish this time of year so got to be patient. My favorite fish to catch ..and I never have reallly cared for lights that much, it seems like it would be the ticket, but never seemed to catch anymore fish than we do throughout the day. One other thing, is that in the summer the fish typically bite during the hottest part of the day (I wish I was kidding!) 10 am - 2 pm is the best time for us on N La lakes, just have to put on your big boy pants and fight the heat!

yeah you right. In the lakes I normally fish, I usually look for big overhanging trees that create shade underneath them. You would think they'd be far down under the shade in what would seem to be the coolest water, but usually we find them in the top 4ft of water even if theres another 10-15 under them. Only colors i through are black/chartreuse and blue/white and never fish with live bait.