Hey Dog.
I don't claim to be a percher in your class. But we Perched South of Green yesterday. Picked up a mess just shy of a double limit in a couple hours. There were 100's of boats and I didn't see many jerking. I trusted my electronics and found a nice school away from the mass of boats.
We used Crappie rigs with cut in half frozen emeralds.

Hopefully they will hold a little longer for you. We will be back Walleyeing when the weather settles.