White perch.....whats big?

[big big rdg]

I was wondering what is considered a big white perch b/c today i got my first ever and it was 11.5" and i thought it was a decent size. What do you guys consider big? Thx

[fish_finder]

 Thats a pretty decent size one. Some lakes might be different but innthe lake i fish they run much bigger than the yelows, its not uncommon to catch them over a foot but most are between 10 and 12 inches

[jigmasterjr]

ive seen some really big ones 15-16 inchestheyre hard to catch though cause most often you gotta fish through scores of little ones
heres  a 13.5

[empty hook]

I was wondering what is considered a big white perch b/c today i got my first ever and it was 11.5" and i thought it was a decent size. What do you guys consider big? Thx

  How good are Wt Perch to eat??

[Gold Rush]

Personally, I think they are better than yellows. Fillet, flour and fry in butter.....yummy.

[anthonyebola]

FIshing live shiners on a deep weed edge in 15-20 feet of water i landed a Whitey just under 18 inches... They fight extremely well pound for pound.

[Gold Rush]

That is BIG! It would win at most derbies.

[walkonwater1]

My largest is 17inches and I consider that huge.

[PERCHPULLER]

Old timers in my area refer to them as silver bass are we talking about the same fish

[walleyekelly]

I refer to them as stripers (white bass, silver bass......whatever), depends on where you are from. Along time ago my dad and I use to throw them back, we are more yellow perch and walleye fisherman. Although, recently for the last two years my dad has told me to keep any that I catch. He has found that they taste as good as or if not better than yellow perch if you cut the red meat out. I personally hate cleaning them, they have a thicked rib cage, and some places I fish you can catch big ones by the buckets full. I told him I'll keep them if he cleans them . I don't mind cleaning a few just not a bucket full . They do put up a good fight, especially those 14,15 ,16,17 inchers, heck they all really do.

[PERCHPULLER]

We used to consider them garbage fish the lake near home had so many you couldnt keep em off your hook and they had no size but the bigger ones eat ok

[walkonwater1]

They taste alot better in the winter than they taste during the warmer months.

[fishinboots]

ive seen some really big ones 15-16 inchestheyre hard to catch though cause most often you gotta fish through scores of little ones
heres  a 13.5
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i have seen one 3lbs my cousin got he got it two years ago now that was big

[MacEnvy]

They taste alot better in the winter than they taste during the warmer months.

Most fish do ...

[Higgins]

ive seen some really big ones 15-16 inchestheyre hard to catch though cause most often you gotta fish through scores of little ones
heres  a 13.5
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Where I'm from in Muskegon Michigan that's a white bass and when the topic said white perch I thought it was referring to white belly perch because we have both white belly perch and yellow belly perch here.