58 years old and I've decided to start fishing..    Never fished before and never owned a boat.  Bought a new aluminum X17 - C Triton  yesterday and will pick it up next week.  I live right on the north end of Toledo Bend less than a mile from a public launch.  I have two grandsons ages 6 and 1 that need to learn to fish with their grandpa...I want to be able to take them white perch fishing and actually catch fish...    I want to know more about baiting a spot for white perch.  Is it legal? How do you do it? When is a good time? How deep to fish...All that kind of stuff.. 

 

Here's the boat..  http://www.tritonboats.com/boat/405.aspx

 

Life is good!

"Baiting" a spot is normally called "chumming" and I believe it is illegal in Texas.

"Baiting" a spot is normally called "chumming" and I believe it is illegal in Texas.

Thanks!   I just learned something about fishing.... 

Find the shad and you should find the white perch.

 

Thats how it works in my Virginia lake. They school up and suspend under them in any deapth of water and bust them on the surface along with the bass.

 

I use a 1/16 jighead with a 2" white grub or a small Kastmaster spoon works well (cast better too)

My fondest and first memories of fishing are those I made fishing for white perch with my dad. I was about 8. We used to go out at dusk and troll .....he with  bomber, me with worm and spinner. To this day I remember my first experience of seeing a school breaking on that calm twilight water, of throwing to it and pulling in fish after fish!! I could barely speak afterward. Then we went home and he taught me how to filet them, how not to waste, and how to fry 'em up! You and your grandkids have some wonderful memories to make. Some feel white perch are "trash" fish, but to me they'll always be magic ones   

I'm hoping!   Took them out Saturday for a boat ride..I even managed to launch and load the boat without a single disaster.  We fished for a few minutes to no avail but we had a great time nonetheless..Now if I can just learn how to actually catch one..