Try using fluorocarbon line that helps. Fish can’t see it. For lures the small 2in rat traps work great. Rubber worms work pretty good.the little bandit crank baits work real good. The Heddon baby torpedo is real good if you like top water and I don’t know if you have the DLC pack but the big T fry daddy lures are deadly on both the perch and the crappie including the European perch. Hope this helps. I find a ton of perch roaming around lake miller and boulder.