After the first keeper perch the eyes are pretty good bait. They stay on the hook so you don’t have to mess with rebaiting while the school is below you. Small jigs vmc tingler spoons, everything else mentioned. Sometimes ripping a tingler spoon up and letting it sink down to the bottom a few times brings the school back if they move on

Hate to hijack the thread but Eric Miller do you have any tips for pike fishing the sloughs down by hankinson/lidgerwood?
Back on topic tho Brewer lake north of Fargo has lots of small perch with a few decent gills/crappie mixed in if you’re just trying to catch some fish