choice of bait/tackle combo for perch

[mnfisher22]

whats your favorite set up to catch perch

[PerchJerker]

All depends on the mood of the fish.

My favorite way is to use a jigging spoon, like a vingla or pimple or northland spoon, etc. Tip it with a minnow head, pound the bottom with it, lift and drop, shake it, etc. Same goes for a jigging rap, which I sometimes tip with a minnow head but usually with a plastic or power bait.

My next favorite is with a small horizontal jig and a live minnow hooked through the lips. Drop it to the bottom and jig it lightly or let it stay there, on or just above the bottom. This is a great setup for deadsticking. If you're actively jigging you could use plastics in place of a live minnow.

My third favorite is with a small jig and bugs, like waxies or eurolarvae. Sometimes this is the ticket for lots of jumbos, sometimes it's the ticket for mostly small fish.

My least favorite way to fish jumbos is with a jig and minnow under a bobber. I usually only go this route when fishing is SLOW. Use something like a jig-a-whopper or a gem'n'eye and get a big minnow like a full size fathead and hook it through the dorsal fin. At times this will turn on jumbos like nothing else, and an added bonus is it usually keeps the smaller perch away.

For perch I like using a 3lb mono or copoly line. I catch plenty of walleyes with these baits. I may bump up the line to 4 to 6 lb mono or copoly, or even 8 lb superline, if I'm targeting walleyes.

Good luck, I hope some of this helps.