Chumming for perch

[bent rod]

Have you ever chummed for perch?  I heard rice works.

[Whopper Stopper]

When they are around and in the mood to bite just about anything will draw them in. We can't legally chum here so I don't get to practice very much.

          WS

[bent rod]

I'll have to check the PA rules before I try it but I think I heard of guys doing it in Ohio on Lake Erie.

[Whopper Stopper]

Mashed up minnows, ground up fish balls, minnow food, cottage cheese, it all will work. You usually need to put something in the balls so they sink (small sinker,rock, small bolt) Here you can't throw stuff into the lake either, so I am just going on what others have told me 

Definitely check regulations before trying anything.

             WS

[bent rod]

I checked the PA regulations and I think I am good to go.  They said it was alright to chum with corn for trout and carp so I'm assuming that I can chum for Perch.  A lot of guys in PA use corn to catch stocked trout in the streams.

[Whopper Stopper]

Carp like canned corn soaked in grape pop.

       WS

[woodzy]

I use oatmeal...  throw a handful in the hole and it will gradually sink over the next hour or so.  Think it's more of an attractant than anything else tho.  works great for rainbows too.

[sparky]

Crushed egg shells works also.  I set one jigging pole up with a 3 inch curly tail on a 1/8 oz. jig head and bounce it around for a while than slide a small rocker full of maggots down the hole and usually get hits.

[mudchuck]

The deep water perch here on Lake Champlain usually puke up alewives & smelt at the holes, so that's a bonus.
I've used the yellow perch spawn sacks from a couple of fish that are mortally wounded bringing them up, whether it be the bladder or bleeding at the gills with tremendous results on bringing in white perch to go on a frenzy.
Tried egg shells with mixed results, peas too.

[Scout 24]

I'll often chum with spikes to get them started and hold them around while fighting other fish. Not a lot, just enough to keep them interested and often use my oldest half dead and brown ones.

[Jigmup]

I've thought about drilling a coulpe of holes 10 feet apart from each other and then drilling a ton around them in a circle and then dropping weighted frozen krill blocks down the center holes. It would be awesome if it held the perch right there and all you would have to do is hop around in a circle to stay on them.

May need to try it this year!

[Elrik]

I've thought about drilling a coulpe of holes 10 feet apart from each other and then drilling a ton around them in a circle and then dropping weighted frozen krill blocks down the center holes. It would be awesome if it held the perch right there and all you would have to do is hop around in a circle to stay on them.

May need to try it this year!

Just don't do so much krill that they don't want to eat what you are offering!