Welcome to the "cove" 5285. The posts here were very informative. I have a perch story that I tell when I can find someone to listen. It was late in the year and cold. I had taken my boat out for the winter but I don't remember what month it was. We were fishing the bridge where the creek runs into the marina at Maumee Bay State Park. Shiners were under the bridge and they were in there thick. We netted them and put them on a single hook that we sent to just off the bottom. We caught all the perch we wanted but since the park ranger told us that the creek was heavily polluted and all the perch were about seven inches we threw them back as we caught them. But I enjoy catching different species in spots that are often overlooked or where fish aren't expected to be there.