In the spring just after spawning. For us the last week of April. They are very aggressive until mid June. Worms work the best early spring then they will start to hit the minnows till June. April to Mid May you can just hold the worm in the water with out casting and pull them out.

Fishing deep we use a hot pink jig with minnow or white jig with a minnow. Bright day bright head. Dark day dark head. Very little luck with worms after June. Crayfish work well suspended just from the bottom in the summer. They will hit the crayfish hard so be holding onto that rod.

We have not had much luck with artificial baits and our yellow perch. Always seems to be live bait works the best. After September we don't have much if any luck at all. I wonder if we feed ours to well and they have lots of fat ready for the winter.

Cheers Don.

Last edited by DonoBBD; 09/24/18 02:32 PM.
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