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depends on the body of water I fish and how hungry I am ,
Removing 14-15" perch will negatively affect a trophy fishery.
Lol not at all; my pb is 14"-- I treat 'em like any trophy fish, back down the hole to breed. I have plenty of perch fillets in freezer. Are those jumbos common in your spot? Seems like a waste... BTW those fish are some of the best perch I've seen on IS.
I was only trying to be funny .This lake is loaded!!!! With yumbos 14-16"And the few I keep every year has "0" effect on population.I can say that beacause , I've been catching them every year like this for a long time.They are in water so deep no one else even try's.And they can't be released . They are blown up when I finale get them on the ice.I've never caught one under 14" in this deep water.