who likes white perch? ( time to thin them out)

[Mainah]

I have a couple people lined up that want some but I'm always looking for more. Anybody?

If my brother, my sister and I go out on my boat we pull in 500 perch a night, there for 6 days that means 3,000 perch. I think it would help.

[GasBlaster]

Your going to need a big smoker !!!!   

As a kid I camped up on the Harrison end of the lake with my family . Us kids would take the canoes out just before dusk to a rock pile out off of shore next to deeper water . At dusk we could get white perch every cast . Anything that flashed was good . I liked Al's goldfish . That was back late 70s . It doesn't sound like much has changed .

[GasBlaster]

These poor fisherman have the same problem .

http://www.knowlio.org/60000-trout-escape-into-a-river-and-anglers-are-not-happy-about-it/

[woodchip]

The truth is a lot of fishermen are really not fishermen . What they think is bad is open up a drink and not have time to drink it , because they have to reel in fish all the time. In Maine they fish for trout because they have lots of time to drink.

[tcfish]

     200 a day !!!!! yowza thats some fast fishing ... I,ve jigged a few uo ice fishing and thought i was doing good when i caught 15-25
  in a day . If you have any secrets please let me know

[Seamonkey84]

These poor fisherman have the same problem .

http://www.knowlio.org/60000-trout-escape-into-a-river-and-anglers-are-not-happy-about-it/

Wow, that actually is a bad one too. At least they are doing it right with not allowing them to be released. Then there's our country that imported their brown trout and stocked them all over the place.

[9huskies]

Maine should have a law like that for illegally introduced species.

[Mainah]

Your going to need a big smoker !!!!   

As a kid I camped up on the Harrison end of the lake with my family . Us kids would take the canoes out just before dusk to a rock pile out off of shore next to deeper water . At dusk we could get white perch every cast . Anything that flashed was good . I liked Al's goldfish . That was back late 70s . It doesn't sound like much has changed .

Pretty sure i know the rock pile you're talking about. The owner of als goldfish is my neighbor! They Love them. i get them every cast with a worm and bobber right under a mooring.

[Mainah]

These poor fisherman have the same problem .

http://www.knowlio.org/60000-trout-escape-into-a-river-and-anglers-are-not-happy-about-it/

Interesting article. I understand taking the fun out of it, But they'd rather catch CHUBS then RAINBOWS

[Mainah]

     200 a day !!!!! yowza thats some fast fishing ... I,ve jigged a few uo ice fishing and thought i was doing good when i caught 15-25
  in a day . If you have any secrets please let me know

200 A night! i could probably get 500 a day. I can give you tips for open water but for ice I'm pretty blind in the white's department. 25 ice fishing seems like a good day to me.

[Mainah]

Maine should have a law like that for illegally introduced species.

Most people do it anyways depending on the body of water

[Mainah]

The truth is a lot of fishermen are really not fishermen . What they think is bad is open up a drink and not have time to drink it , because they have to reel in fish all the time. In Maine they fish for trout because they have lots of time to drink.

[9huskies]

Interesting article. I understand taking the fun out of it, But they'd rather catch CHUBS then RAINBOWS

I was wondering about that. I don't know what the British are calling chubs. Is it the same fish we know as chubs?

[woodchip]

White Bass are a lot better eating than Rainbows, Some fishermen just don't eat enough fish.( BRAIN FOOD) The thing I like about catching W perch is you don't have to measure or release  or stop after 2 fish.

[snag]

we took a few hundred out of there this winter

[Mainah]

Thats good to hear. wish more people would take them out,

[PerchPro113]

White Perch are hands down my favorite fresh water fish to eat! 100 a night !?!? I though I did great when we caught 30 one night during he spawn in Norway!. I LOVE WHITE PERCH. We  had a  biologist tell us they were junk fish! I was like excuse me, Id rather catch 10 whites that one brookie!

[MG39]

I don't want to dampen your spirits on the removal of the perch but considering that it is over ten miles long and in excess of 5,000 acres, you & all your helpers won't even put a dent in that lake. Those little perch were there over 60 years ago that I know of and will be there in another 60 years. The reported egg laying of an average clutch size of 23,000 eggs pretty much sums it up.
But, have fun anyway.

[Phoenix]

Well he should get pretty good at filleting white perch anyway

[Bourbon and Bass]

I was wondering about that. I don't know what the British are calling chubs. Is it the same fish we know as chubs?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_chub
Looks an awful lot like a Fallfish, but not the same species. Hope they smell better than the Fallfish though.

[woodchip]

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