pend orielle river has tons of perch, not nearly as big but you make up in numbers for size. And they eat darn near anything, worms and bullet weights above the swivel work best I've found. If fishing from shore just cast out, let it sink, reel in a few rotations, pause, reel, pause...you can let you line sag when pausing as you will see the fish tugging on the line....let them take the line out till taunt, let them jerk and then set the hook. Also a good way to catch squaw and peamouth if you want to fish for them...dont know why anyone would