Silver Perch in a dam?

[Bugalugs]

Hi folks,
I've got a mate who has some silver perch in his dam, and lucky me is house sitting for him over Easter.
I know they'll take a worm under a float, but I'd like to try some lures for them (and so would my son - he loves lure fishing but hasn't managed his first fish on a lure yet) Does anyone have any suggestions for what lures I could try? So far I've tried mainly Tassie devils, but no luck so far. Would Celta's be worth a try? Soft plastics? Surface lures? Hard bodied minnows?
Or just stick to the bait?
Thanks
Neil.

[Boonanza]

Silver perch will take lures & I have seen bigger fish taken on smaller stumpjumpers so maybe that could be worth a try. If there are silver perch in there then it probably has reddies as well so your a chance of catching them as well. :thumbsup:




Cheers Steve

[BIG GAV]

Vibrax spinner should do it! Vibes too

[mazman]

I actually have a dam with them on my property and have done quite well on spinners, the larger spinners with wool or feathers on the hook work well

[Bugalugs]

Thanks guys for the replies
Steve, there's no Reddies in there - there's nothing but Silvers. He used to have trout in there about 25 years ago but they would have died off by now. He put fingerlings in there quite a long while ago so the Silvers are pretty big now. I've caught about half a dozen on worms and I'd reckon they're at least 5lb or more.
Big Gav - by vibes do you mean the metal blades or vibes with a rattle in them?
Mazman - I have a couple of large spinners so I'll give them a go and see if we can get our first Silvers on a lure.

Thanks again for the info
Neil