need some help

i will be coming up on Friday for about 3 days.  I am going to go out perch fishing and i am taking my buddy his wife and their young daughter plus my wife and 6 year old son.  Should i go out of the east ave launch or hit the nut launch.  just want the kids to have a good time.  Also i am not the best perch angler so what size weight should i use below my perch rigs.  I think that i usually go to heavy lol.  Any advice would be great thanks

1 3/4- 1 1/2 depends on waves and current.. maybe the east ave. launch in case little uns get sea sick you could come back south to some sheltered waters around the tip of the peninsula?

Last time I was up with Bulldog, he was out-fishing my baited perch rig with a naked sabiki....I made the switch. ;)

powerpro line with sabiki rig for me
 

Dont buy the Sabiki hype! I've fished along side Sabiki rigs and they did no better than my crappy rig. Weight depends on waves and current. I like to run a 3/4 - 1 1/2 oz. sinker.
 
 
BH

Have to agree with bloodyhand. Been out a good 20 times this year and limited practically everytime(when I didn't it was usually by choice because the dinks were dominating the bite), and all on crappie rigs. Larger minnows always get cut in half and the perch don't care if they're hitting the head or tail half. Even use the minnies taken out of the perch's mouth that he ate earlier. If you're over 'em and they're biting, you'll limit in no time. Sinker size does depend on the chop, but even in calmer waters I still like to stay on the heavier side as I feel the added resistence makes it easier to feel the bite, especially lately with the soft bite thats beem going on out there. And move! And move again and again until you find 'em. I stay in one spot for 15 to 20 mins, if nothing is hitting, up comes the anchor and it's off to a new spot. As deer archer said, a difference of 100 ft. can make all the difference in the world.

"I usually start with emeralds until the water is full of perch puke from ascending perch"  ---- BogeyJoker
 
 
I love the imagery! HAHAHAHAHA! I could use a day or two watching the lake fill up with perch puke. I love this site! LOL!

My first foray into perching years ago I used one of the "spreader" rigs and didn't really care for fishing with a coat hanger on the end of my line, but it did work. Then I went to the crappie rig and used it for several years and defended it against the sabiki rigs when they first hit the scene. Honestly, I think technique and experience are more important than what rig you use, but I also can tell you from experience that newbies will have better luck with the sabiki. The line you use is more important than the rig as well. It took me a while to buy into the super line deal too, but there really is no comparison to mono. You simply would not feel the soft bite in 55 fow if you used mono.
 
If the bite is slow, try using 1/3 of an emerald or try dead ones rather than live. Like all fishing, if it ain't workin' change it up. Some good advice on moving in the above posts, it's amazing sometimes how much difference a small move can make.
 
Use what you want, but take alternatives with you...

Glad to hear the kids got to catch a few, the lake was perfect on Saturday...