80% of a Perch’s diet consists of insects, invertebrates, scuds, snails, nymphs, bloodworms etc. Majority of the time they want a snack not a meal so smaller can definitely be better, however, having said that I have caught Jumbos on 3”+ Parker’s minnows on a spoon fishing for Walleye as well as other larger offerings so moral of the story is to throw everything you can at them until you can determine what the go to presentation is for the day. I usually start with a relatively large presentation at first to discourage the little guys, all the while studying reactions, and then downsize as necessary from there. Jumbos are cannibals as well eating young Perch under 4” so when in the mood larger presentations can work better than smaller ones however this only happens like 20% of the time or less. The key is to attract and trigger. I always have a large presentation to call them in from a distance and then will deploy a smaller option to get bit if they didn’t take the larger offering right off the bat. Good luck!
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