South Dakota trip.

Going to be headed up to South Dakota tomorrow night to fish for the weekend with a few buddies. We went up there last year on a quit a few trip and cought some nice walleye and perch but never really got on the schools of perch like you see on Ido. I know there there it’s just I can’t seam to find them. What do you guys look for when searching for perch mid day? And what do you use? Last year we cought most with on the glow perch buckshot and the gold with green tape slender spoon.

Right now the area is in a trophy cycle. If you want 13 up to 15 inch perch you have a great shot. Numbers are on some of the lesser known slough/lakes. I did well on the sloughs north of Roslyn. Also three buck if you want great action. Waubay last March was good for me.

When searching out perch mid day look for small changes in basin countour. A small point or turn in a basin countour can make a big difference in a reletively featureless basin. I also like to look and fish on small outcroppings of the basin that might be a foot or two shallower than all the surrounding water. I have at times found active mid day schools on structure like this gorging on a bug hatch. The shallower water in a sea of deep like this is sometimes a slight change in bottom composition that fish love. In the end move move move to find active perch. VMC tingle in perch pattern with silver back is my go to for deep basin bites on bitter and waubay. Aggressively jigging this lure seems to get fish coming your way and can even call them back after a school has left. -QB

QB is spot on, we caught Perch 2 years ago on just a small raised area in the middle of no where on the lake. We just happened on the spot while moving and drilling, it was no more than 100 feet across and about 1 1/2 – 2 feet hump covered with fish that just held there.

Waubay, Bitter, many good lakes in the area. PM sent