Many years ago, this time of year, I would make several trips to fish for perch outside of Quincy. There is a bridge on Road 5 NE over a canal, and it used to be loaded with them. They weren’t huge but we would sort through them and take enough home for a perch dinner. Sometimes we would bring my sister and husband and their kids and have a great time. Also, there was a spillway at the opposite end of the canal we fished, and on two different occasions my wife and I found people fishing here and catching some perch, but also some whopper rainbow. I remember one angler had a five gallon bucket and the tail of the trout stuck out the top of the bucket. The other day I stopped by this area and found one angler fishing near the bridge. He was targeting the carp that are now most common in the canal. I saw him get a bite and he said the small perch were stealing his bait, but not big enough to keep. I tried fishing at the spillway for a while but didn’t have any luck. Just thought I would share.