Russ,

I have only targeted perch twice in the 22 years of fishing Eagle because my father wanted to take some back home when I brought him up with me. From what I have experienced is that there are 2 bays that seem to have decent sized perch Bottle Bay off of Portage bay and Eldorado bay in the southern part of eagle being the other. Eldorado bay seemed to be the best.

Fish in 8 to 10 feet of water with leach and slip bobber set at 5 to 7 feet seemed to work best with plain hook or jig head. Don't be afraid to move around and test different depths.

I am not sure about fishing off of docks for perch as I have never tried that, maybe Steve/others maybe able to answer that. I do know that people catch Northern off of the Gov. dock in Vermilion. As far as worms go I have only found them in a couple that I had caught.