Yellow Perch – Best Bait & Lures

Yellow Perch in Golden Ridge Reserve

Hook size: B#9, S#8, G#7, D#6

Habitats: Shallow Pond, Lake Shore, Upriver, Middle River, River Wetland

Traits: Bottom Lurker, Sun Lover

Baits and lures that catch Yellow Perch in Golden Ridge Reserve

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Bloodworm (hook 10-7)
• Cheese (hook 8-4/0)
• Bread (hook 10-8; throwable)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)
• Pearl Barley (hook 10-5; throwable)
• Hotdog (hook 10-1; throwable)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Artificial Corn - Yellow
• Boilies - Natural (throwable)
• Corn (throwable)
• Dog Biscuits
• Imitation Dog Biscuits
• Pellets - Regular (throwable)
• Wafters - White

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Other fish in Golden Ridge Reserve: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Freshwater Drum, Golden Trout, Green Sunfish, Kokanee Salmon, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Ohrid Trout, Rainbow Trout, River Carpsucker, Rock Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Signal Crayfish, Smallmouth Bass, Tiger Muskie, Walleye, White Crappie