| Yellow Perch are a very easy fish to catch | | | | for jumbo sized perch. Small perch are |
| one you have located them. The key concept in | | | | really a dime a dozen and not worth the |
| perch fishing however is finding the fish. | | | | efforts of a true sportsman. |
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| Yellow Perch are a fish that likes to travel | | | | For starters you need to keep your equipment |
| is large schools. Unlike many other fish a | | | | as light as possible. I like to use a light |
| school of perch can have fish of many | | | | action rod of about 6 foot length. Use a |
| different sizes, they do not school by size. | | | | high quality rod that will allow you to feel |
| When fishing for perch you need to realize | | | | bites. |
| that ninety five percent of the fish will be | | | | |
| in less than five percent of the available | | | | Remember always that a Yellow Perch can be a |
| water. | | | | very wary species of fish that picks up bait |
| | | | very lightly. If you do not have a rod with |
| They prefer a temperature of sixty six to | | | | the sensitivity to feel these light taps you |
| seventy two degrees Fahrenheit. Yellow Perch | | | | will miss many fish you might otherwise have |
| also like water that is somewhat deep, but | | | | caught. |
| their definition of deep may differ than | | | | |
| ours. | | | | The reel is perhaps the least important |
| | | | aspect of perch fishing. Any functioning |
| In a lake with an average depth of six to | | | | spinning reel will do. You will never need a |
| eight feet you will surely find the large | | | | drag and certainly does not need a great deal |
| perch in a deep fifteen foot hole somewhere | | | | of reel power to bring even the largest jumbo |
| in the lake. If however you are fishing a | | | | perch to the boat. |
| huge lake with depths over one hundred feet | | | | |
| you will find them most likely in water no | | | | The most important thing to keep in mind is |
| deeper than thirty feet. | | | | to keep your fishing line thin. I recommend |
| | | | using fluorocarbon line to take full |
| Yellow Perch like structure to work from. | | | | advantage of its invisibility value. |
| Their favorite natural food is the crayfish. | | | | |
| This means they like to inhabit areas near | | | | For a project some day you should cut even |
| the rocks crayfish like to hide in. | | | | sized strips of your favorite monofilament |
| | | | and fluorocarbon lines and inspect them in |
| In many ways the perch is much like the | | | | water, somewhat murky water like you |
| Walleye. They are part of the same family | | | | encounter fishing. |
| and have many of the same proclivities. | | | | |
| Unfortunately for the perch they are the main | | | | You will be surprised at the true difference |
| forage species for Walleye as well. | | | | between the two in terms of visibility. I |
| | | | would select a line of either two or four |
| There are many way for the angler to catch a | | | | pound test. Anything more is overkill that |
| large quantity of nice perch. When fishing | | | | will hurt your chances of hooking a fish |
| for Yellow Perch the goal should be to look | | | | while giving you absolutely no added value. |