OK, what am I doing wrong...

[Wolverine81]

Guys,
Wasn't trying to stir things up, if salted/frozen minnows work great for you, then by all means, use them. I did fish alongside a friend once who had salted minnows and ended up with 6 fish to my boat limit of 60 during the same time frame in the same place. I had bait left over from the previous day when no else could get minnows. Pieces of fresh bait work as well as whole for me and I do just as well with goldies as emeralds. I generally fish after 3:30 PM and after you pull a school of fish to the boat, the bite is almost always up & down. I don't know how many times 2-3 fish come up with the hooked fish. Perch are like schoolie dolphin (maui-maui, 3-6 lbs), hooked ones keep the school around. I talked once with Gary Parsons at the Cleveland Sport Show after one of his seminars & he said his father used to bang an anchor on the bottom to draw a school of perch. I think they are a very aggresive fish when schooled up. I have seen underwater video of them just swimming around constantly opening & closing their mouths.

[Bryan]

Wow! This thread really caught fire today!

Thanks to each one of you for giving me tips, I really appreciate it!

I grew up in the middle of farm fields in Indiana so fishing in Lake Erie is a new experience. Matter of fact, a few years ago I never even heard of a Walleye or perch, and even less than that time I didn't even know what they looked like!
That all changed two years ago when I tasted them for the first time, I never knew anything that good could come out of the lake! This past Feb I went ice fishing and caught my very first walleye and perch...and caught the madness...fishing fever!! I cant get enough of it!

I'll be hitting the lake this weekend, so I'll be sure to give a report!
Thanks again everyone!!