A limit of perch

[iceice]

In ny state only,What body's of Hard water can produce a limit in Keeper perch?

[mealworm]

THE KING if you know where to go

[don0764]

i wish i could help you but ive never caught a limit

[LAKEGEORGEFISHER]

lake george usually gives you a good chance to get your limit.

[edmonds]

As mentioned before.......The King


You can also catch a bunch in the bays off of Lake Ontario if they freeze enough for you to get out there.

[northernnyice]

chateaugay lake, ask others they'll tell you. And the st. lawrence if you can locate them at the right time of year.

[slabspanker]

chautauqua recently

[Mainehazmt]

come up here to northern maine!   no limit  and do a favor to eliminate the undesireables!

[rgfixit]

Well lets see,
Irondequoit bay
Sodus Bay
Port Bay
Fairhaven
any of the finger lakes
Oneida
Lake George
Chautauqua
Sandy Pond
Chaumont Bay
small lakes too numerous to mention.

RG

[filetandrelease]

come up here to northern maine!   no limit  and do a favor to eliminate the undesireables!

any size to them?

[beechcomber]

Dont forget Conesus. If the limit were 3 per season.

[Mainehazmt]

any size to them?

seeing how your from pulaski   theres some size to them   but is considered junk fish up here

[Doubles Shooter]

Dont forget Conesus. If the limit were 3 per season.

Beechcomber,

Where did you find 3 Perch in that lake in 1 season. Ice Ape says you bring them in from Honeoye

[iceice]

Very funny RG,I meant a consistent LIMIT of  (KEEPER) perch.

[filetandrelease]

seeing how your from pulaski   theres some size to them   but is considered junk fish up here

I know you fellows feed the birds with them ,and if i lived up there i would to but down here it is a little different , are they 9" and up ?

[rgfixit]

Point is, it could be any one of those bodies of water on any given day. I fish for perch......that said, I spend my time on ice where I think I can get a limit of quality fish. I have my favorite lakes and bays, but sitting here in September and proclaiming that "Canandaigua will produce a limit of quality perch each time you go" is silly.

It will produce....sometimes.. ... and so will the others. I'll tell you this though, in my experience, you stand a better shot at a limit of quality perch, real quality,  the 5 days before and after a new moon.

I live outside of Rochester. I'm in the middle of perch heaven . Sometimes I can't buy a perch, other times I can't decide where to go for all the opportunities within an hour's drive. I'll be on "lake X" Sunday morning drifting my perch flies. Too windy today .

I'll have to go crappie fishing instead

RG

[rgfixit]

By the way, the pile in my signature picture came from I-bay a couple of years ago. I could have dropped rotten tomatoes on a fork down the hole that day and caught perch. 2 days later.....nada!
RG

[carcaju]

i would rather catch 20 =12+" perch than 50= 9"  perch because of the size difference in the fillets i know it sounds odd to some but i practice selective harvest even with panfish most guys i know that eat fish dont but i dont want fillets that look like fries . my point is a limit of fish is different to each guy and i have gotten my limit of 50 =12+" fish on lake george and several other bodies of water in the adirondacks you just need to be mobile and if you hit smaller perch move you cant gett consistant heavy panfish with little dinks mobbing your hook .

[surflizard]

I hear what your saying about the perch being hot and cold RG. I had a cove where you could limit out with a just a bare pimple !

Then someone got the bright idea to use defoliant in the cove to control the Milfoil and it turned this fishery into a algae bloom choked cesspool !   

[Zern]

wow! nice pic Surf! How'd ya get'em to all face the same way?

[Mainehazmt]

I know you fellows feed the birds with them ,and if i lived up there i would to but down here it is a little different , are they 9" and up ?

9" Are the small ones and bite on a bare hook  but the worst is they love the 8$ a doz smelt 

[bcons]

9" Are the small ones and bite on a bare hook  but the worst is they love the 8$ a doz smelt 

Hmmm I think perhaps a fidherman exchange program is needed.  9" dinks? no limit?  NH guys need to come to Oneida and fish for walleye to help us with the burbot, they love em, sit all night in perms to catch em. (cusk) They don't care for the perch either. I think some Nyers would be happy to take some of them off NH & Maine's hands.

[surflizard]

wow! nice pic Surf! How'd ya get'em to all face the same way?

This is the seldom heard of " Photogenic Strain of Hollywood Wanna Be's " Perch !         Sorry, couldn't resist ! 

[filetandrelease]

9" Are the small ones and bite on a bare hook  but the worst is they love the 8$ a doz smelt 

I know a couple of guys that might be interested in helping you guys out with your problem ,8.00 $ a dosen is a little much for stripe darters , eye guys have the same deal here to but down here we keep those junkers

[rgfixit]

I might be able to help

When do we leave?
RG

[filetandrelease]

I might be able to help

When do we leave?
RG

maybe we can get trapperr to help to it is the least we can do  RG your welcome to

[filetandrelease]

don't know about the rest but without moving water 2" works for me even at 54

[Mainehazmt]

up here  the season wont open till Jan 1st

[iceice]

Point is, it could be any one of those bodies of water on any given day. I fish for perch......that said, I spend my time on ice where I think I can get a limit of quality fish. I have my favorite lakes and bays, but sitting here in September and proclaiming that "Canandaigua will produce a limit of quality perch each time you go" is silly.

It will produce....sometimes.. ... and so will the others. I'll tell you this though, in my experience, you stand a better shot at a limit of quality perch, real quality,  the 5 days before and after a new moon.

I live outside of Rochester. I'm in the middle of perch heaven . Sometimes I can't buy a perch, other times I can't decide where to go for all the opportunities within an hour's drive. I'll be on "lake X" Sunday morning drifting my perch flies. Too windy today .

I'll have to go crappie fishing instead
Well said RG,but you must admitt some lakes are better than others in any fishing conditions!Keuka,Silver&(the honey hole) are a few of mine LOL! Can't Wait till the ELEPHANTS heard in.
RG

[rgfixit]

Keuka is far and away my favorite lake to ice fish. It can be a frustrating body of water though

RG