Spring is the best time for perch i find. Every year through running and gunning looking for walleye, i will bump into schools of them. You can tell by the slop on the fish finder when you do find a herd of them. I think it might be pre-spawning or post not sure, but they school up. There will usually be some 10-13 " perch in there as well. Its usually fast and furious when you do find them though. Now every year, they vary where i bump into them. Last year it was around Petes point, year before that it was tip of cow island and just off bagelite shoal before that. i have also bumped into these schools under the north side of deseronto bridge... all depends If you do find them, i find that they stay for a week or so, then gone. Usually its mid may when i start seeing this type of schooling behavior.
good luck
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