That is a nice perch John.

Thanks Dick a decent one and from my home lake I'm keeping tabs on .The lake that had a fish kill.

I need to make it a mission to target Yellow Perch at the lake I got this Personal Best at . Look at this 3" body , 2" lip it grabbed !

 Big time hats off to Mr.Dick Tabbert whose recent timely  post about floating Jigheads reminded me to explore this Perch getter again after several years of negligence. I've been getting plenty of small Perch in my home lake with the split shot /Floating Jighead /Crawler piece but today i revisited a different lake and in 5-10' of water got  two, between 11-11.5"  using a Mr. Twister Floating Jighead,#6 hook tipped with a crawler . 3rd ,11.5" Perch took a small Nungesser soon tipped with crawler piece attached to a spinner rig  another favorite panfish rig.

That spinner/Crawler /Nuungesser flutter spoon tipped with a crawler piece is a hot item .I keep it moving slow .

Zach's great 14" 1.1oz.Yellow Perch took a crawler tipped 16th oz. Chartreuse Marabou Jig .My smaller one took the same in Red/White.Overcast cold day and these Perch were shallow at 5' weed edge.44 degree water temp.

Yesterday: Two small pregnant Perch from January open water fishing from shore at Cupsaw Lake. . Hendrix Jig tipped with Butter worm .7,1/2' Berkeley Trout Dough series rod , UL Daiwa Spinmatic Reel /4# test mono .Slip float at 3' in 6'. 

16th oz. Marabou Jigs un tipped once the water gets 64 degrees equals Yellow and White Perch .The retrieve that triggered was slow steady reeling with rod tip jiggles and occasional pauses.

Getting aggressive in 62 degree water

John you guy must be loaded with them white perch.

Yes Dick-That's why the lake Committee stocked Walleyes and Channel Cats to control them .

So far these Squirrel Tail Jigs have caught 5 species in my home lake casting from shore  ;Yellow Perch White Perch , Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, and Crappie. The Yellow Perch are the the most numerous catches and will stalk a slow retrieve and take at your feet . 1/8 and 16th oz. pictured her but I am making up and catching on white headed 32nd oz. Jigs  as well.

Today;53 degrees in June ! and overcast ,Got 9 YP and 2 BG casting ST jigs from shore .I didn't catch until I abandoned the jiggled rod tip moderate retrieve and switched to a crawling steady retrieve .Hands were a bit cold  but fish were warm to the touch on release.

A 3" Bait for a 9" fish !

It's a rarity I catch a 10.5" or bigger White Perch .This one slammed a 1" Minnow threaded on a #6 Aberdeen hook.

Decent size white perch there John.

Dick , how big have you seen them ?I would say the biggest I've seen in my small 65 acre home lake is maybe 12inches. This one from  the same lake is a prize to me..

John when I fished in N.C they were small biggest about 10" same when I moved back up north and fished Lake Erie caught lots of white perch around 10" or 11". I have never seen any bigger than that.

Several Whites hitting 3" baits

Got this 10.5" Yellow Perch and had to keep it as it swallowed my hand made spinner rig and I wanted to get it back intact .Small portion but tasted good with sweet peppers and onions. 

Some Perch in the pan at a Lake Champlain Campground.

42 Degree WT .Saw two schools of small Yellow Perch circling the shallows by an inflow pipe .One small Male on a Dardevle 'Devle Dog' Yellow /Red 5 of Diamonds pattern.

Greg's 14" Perch caught on a 3.5" Flutter Spoon

Two for the pan ;12 and 12.5" Took Live shiners

Very nice John......I'm looking forward to the perch run next month in Carolina

Go get 'em Jeffrey!

February2021 PB Perch came through the ice on a Swedish Pimple/salted Shiner Head

12,3/4" on Spoon, 13"on Squirreltail Jig with crawler piece .Got a 10.5" on a size 4 spinner yesterday .Amazing how aggressive they can be sometimes ! 

These are beautiful perch John…..congrats on your outing…..are your water temps coming down some now that October is here…..

YES! We got 67 degrees this past Tuesday Jeff .The outing looked perfect with overcast skies but we didn't do well .All small fish ;Pickerel,Bass,Bluegill,a Pseed.One decent 10.5 'Perch which I kept in livewell but released at the end of the day because I didn't catch another .Hit a #4 Mepps Spinner !LOL

Thanks, I personally love the period between 70 to 60 in the Fall as well as Spring 60 to 70…..

A few Tiny Cannibals on the last day of the year on a split shotted P5 Rapala. Very slow and steady retrieve from shore. Two medium small shot about 12 " above Lure. 

Three aggressive Perch hit this #5 Spinner! 

WT was 58 degrees; only one Perch but several Pickerel , many Crappie a small Bass and two big Bullheads on live and dead shiners.

Looking out for a Fall shallow Perch Bite. Would like to find a bunch and keep a few for the Pan.  Got one on the bottom Marabou Jig of a Tandem setup today .    Early to mid fall is a great  time for tandem swim jig rigs, and if the fish are bunching up and the bites hot this may be a quicker way to fill the stringer than the very effective slip float approach. One way to work a tandem rig is the slow steady swim with perhaps a few twitches of the rod tip now and again. A second alternative, at times preferred by the fish, is more of a drop, lift, drop, drag bottom retrieve, the way you might work a single jig or spoon. I prefer to work a single jig when fishing on or right near bottom unless there's not much danger of frequent hang ups.  

Great Fall Perch article:Fall perch fishing isn’t complicated | Woods N Water News (woods-n-... 

Cold water scenario Nov.1st Floating Jigs heads under split shot and small jigheads /Crawler pieces. The best Perch and Gills were under leaves nearest the current coming from the Pipe.

December Perch .Long cast from shore with Salted Shiner piece. 

It amazes me how big a bait a late Summer/ Fall Perch will take! 

Fall Perch on big Crank Bait:

Some nice Gills and Perch and a Bullhead through the ice for the three of us. My total was 13 with 12 out of one hole. Biggest Perch was 13" biggest Gill, 8.1/2. A fine outing. Once I found that one hole it was dead stick time, as only 2 came holding the rod and one on a tip up. I am convinced mid ice waxies and dead sticking off a bucket rod holder with 3#test and spring bobber or sensitive tip is the ticket. 2 waxies and fresh bait often was a great pattern. Sat on a bucket and watched the flasher tell its story. Second time catching with the dead stick waxie/ tungsten Jig approach. Apparently, it's a winner approach to mid Ice lite bite Panfish.