I’d start by googling “mississippi backwater perch”. Otherwise just follow everybody else west down Hwy 12 to Big Stone or Webster if you’re up for a little road trip.
Decent sized <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>perch in the Metro area are rather hard to find. Every once in awhile you hear of a hot bite on some small lake or private pond. If its decent size and #’s you are after, you most likely will need to drive a little from the metro. Like Tornadochaser said – Bigstone and the Webster area are both excellent area for nice <em class=”ido-tag-em”>perch within a fairly short driving distance.
I appreciate for tips, this is my first ice fishing. My little guy loves catching those perch’s. We mostly fish only on open water. Thought I show my kiddo ice fishing for perch’s. Thanks I’ll look into back water Mississippi access.