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Perch Spreader?

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#1 ·
Recently picked up a pack of 2 perch spreaders. Never fished for perch before and I want to catch to catch my first one. With these spreaders, do I cast them out and reel them in, fish them vertically, or can I troll them slowly along the bottom? And what do I bait them with?
 
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#2 ·
you fish them vertically and you bait them with emerald shiners for best results. you attach a 1 oz sinker and let them down to the bottom and raise them up about 1' or 2' off the bottom. you can also just use crappie rigs. I like to use the 3 hook crappie rigs baited with emerald shiners. gold shiners will work if you cant find the emeralds. I also like to use 10# braid line for perch fishing.
sherman
 
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I've caught some perch on our local lake by just taking a split shot about 8 to 12 inches above a hook and cut a night crawler in half and thread about half of that on the hook and leave the other half below the bottom of the hook and cast it out and let it sink to the bottom then just reel it in slow. you can also catch other fish fishing this way. I've caught blue gills cat fish and even a few bass. but haven't fished this way since I started fishing erie.
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