Walleye and Perch Help, please

[shuclan]

To everyone who offered help for our trip to Erie last week, I would like to say a big thank you to all of you. My son and I managed to get out on Sunday for a little over an hour before having to return for our reunion, and we caught some perch by Kelley's, where a long line of boats had formed. We took my Brother and his son out on Tuesday, and after picking up some shiners at Jeannette's, and getting some advice about fishing around Green Island and Rattlesnake, we made our way out to Green Island, and fished just west of the island a couple of hundred yards away, along with a bunch of other boats. We motored around a bit, found a big school of perch, anchored, and did not have to move. We stopped just short of a 4 man limit, just to be on the safe side, and we tried some walleye trolling for a bit, with no luck. Our fish weighed 31 pounds at the cleaners. I am grateful to all of you for offering help/advice, and it's nice to see that the community at Walleye.com has not changed one bit over the years. Thanks again to all, and I hope to see some of you in the springtime for the jig bite.
Phil

[Mark]

To everyone who offered help for our trip to Erie last week, I would like to say a big thank you to all of you. My son and I managed to get out on Sunday for a little over an hour before having to return for our reunion, and we caught some perch by Kelley's, where a long line of boats had formed. We took my Brother and his son out on Tuesday, and after picking up some shiners at Jeannette's, and getting some advice about fishing around Green Island and Rattlesnake, we made our way out to Green Island, and fished just west of the island a couple of hundred yards away, along with a bunch of other boats. We motored around a bit, found a big school of perch, anchored, and did not have to move. We stopped just short of a 4 man limit, just to be on the safe side, and we tried some walleye trolling for a bit, with no luck. Our fish weighed 31 pounds at the cleaners. I am grateful to all of you for offering help/advice, and it's nice to see that the community at Walleye.com has not changed one bit over the years. Thanks again to all, and I hope to see some of you in the springtime for the jig bite.
Phil

Glad things worked well. Did you try using spreaders and Crappie rigs too? Were they pretty much equal in results? Did you feel a hit and leave the rig down to see if you could entice another bite?
Good eaten'.

[shuclan]

Glad things worked well. Did you try using spreaders and Crappie rigs too? Were they pretty much equal in results? Did you feel a hit and leave the rig down to see if you could entice another bite?
Good eaten'.

Mark,
We just used spreaders. My brother and his son tried spreaders with some bling (blades), but the perch seemed to just want a plain spreader. The bite was really consistent, and even if you missed a bite, you could still catch a fish on the remaining minnow without putting on another minnow to fill out the spread. There must have been some really good perch hatches over the years, as it seemed no matter where you fished, there were lots of perch around. Erie is an amazing fishery, to say the least.
Phil

[Mark]

Mark,
We just used spreaders. My brother and his son tried spreaders with some bling (blades), but the perch seemed to just want a plain spreader. The bite was really consistent, and even if you missed a bite, you could still catch a fish on the remaining minnow without putting on another minnow to fill out the spread. There must have been some really good perch hatches over the years, as it seemed no matter where you fished, there were lots of perch around. Erie is an amazing fishery, to say the least.
Phil

Good! Now you know what to do, where to do it and available options. Best news is that if things go as usual with the weather conditions and other factors, you might want to consider trying it again later on in September and October because that's when larger Yellows move in! And if you do end up with an abundance of fillets just ask the questions here on how to freeze them and you'll get a lot of ideas.