Where in Jersey? PRIVATE LAKE GREEN POND I QUESS THAT IS WHY IT IS GOOD
I think South Datoka has you beat A fishermen I have talked to Previous to your post has caught a 161\4 the fish is by his handle Taxidermist .I have caught a 151\4 in manitoba how long are the ones you are showing? HI WOW THESE WHERE 131/2 AND 14
Man I wish we had Perch like those around here......in these parts a 11" is a Jumbo and a 14" is almost unheard of ::)In my book 8" and up is a good perch.
The report that states the world record for yellow perch is by Dr. Abott isnt quite correct... thats the North American record. Yellow perch grow very big in Sweden the swedish record is 7 lbs ( 3.15 Kg)caught ice fishing!Im Moving to Sweden by Jimmney!
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N.Y.! Try fishing Seneca Lake. They get many perch over 2 lbs. every year.PA Proof is in the pics.
The 3.4 pounder is from Sweden.......Once I get my scanner figured out I show ya some NEPA perch smallest is around 14,, the rest go to 16.5...caught 2 years ago,,,,,,,,,please give me a chance.PICS? Where are they at?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/toadhunter/perch.jpg)I think this ones got ya beat jazz :o
I think this ones got ya beat jazz :oNot Really, different species. It is a Red Fin, not a yellow perch.
Very nice Taxidermist1, but you need to let others know that those perch are cultured perch. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I would love to be able to rear my own perch.
All the perch pics that I posted are from Public waters, and from 35'- 45' of water.
There is nothing better than hooking into a slammer perch that deep and having it ripping drag.
JAZII
I oughta take you to a pond in Cape Elizabeth Me. Where their wild and huge! Haven't got a clue what their eating to make them so big. I'm talking 15" average. Me and a friend iced about 30 or so on tip-ups. Imagine jigging! Not a lot of pressure there. But have good access to it . Start a perch guide service maybe? FH
Just don't tell your DNR. It's my understanding they are considered an unnative invasive species in Maine. That said I recently mounted a couple that were caught in Moosehead Lake. I know someone in Maine that had to have their pond rotenoned because they were accused of introducing bluegills.DNR Or here it's IFW (Inland Fisheries and Wildlife) Don't even look after this pond as far as I know. Don't really think their non-native, just very thick in a lot of ponds to the point where some times that's all you catch. No complaints when we are targeting them. Chew up a lot of bait! Rich
I oughta take you to a pond in Cape Elizabeth Me. Where their wild and huge! Haven't got a clue what their eating to make them so big. I'm talking 15" average. Me and a friend iced about 30 or so on tip-ups. Imagine jigging! Not a lot of pressure there. But have good access to it . Start a perch guide service maybe? FHDo it you wont be sorry!
I oughta take you to a pond in Cape Elizabeth Me. Where their wild and huge! Haven't got a clue what their eating to make them so big. I'm talking 15" average. Me and a friend iced about 30 or so on tip-ups. Imagine jigging! Not a lot of pressure there. But have good access to it . Start a perch guide service maybe? FH
DNR Or here it's IFW (Inland Fisheries and Wildlife) Don't even look after this pond as far as I know. Don't really think their non-native, just very thick in a lot of ponds to the point where some times that's all you catch. No complaints when we are targeting them. Chew up a lot of bait! Rich
THESE FISH ARE ALL FROM NJ CAUGHT ON 2/2,2/3 2007 WHAT DO THINK!!(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0203070904.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0203071016-2.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0202071221.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0202071129.jpg)I just looked up the State record Yelllow Perch in Michigan on the DNR site. Caught in Lk Independence 1947 3.75 lbs 21"
Not Really, different species. It is a Red Fin, not a yellow perch.Sorry Jazz my mistake :'(
I wish we had them here though!
JAZII
I just looked up the State record Yelllow Perch in Michigan on the DNR site. Caught in Lk Independence 1947 3.75 lbs 21"
Is there a pic of this fish anywhere that anyone know's of?The site doesn't have pictures,hopefully someone knows of a picture I would like to see one also.If you would like to see Mi State records the site is www.michigan.gov/dnr look under fishing and then on the upper left. That fish must have been old enough to vote. The lk is in the upper UP.
THESE FISH ARE ALL FROM NJ CAUGHT ON 2/2,2/3 2007 WHAT DO THINK!!(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0203070904.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0203071016-2.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0202071221.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0202071129.jpg)nice catch we have a lake here in vt that produces 15"-20" pech here biggest so far has been a 3 and a half pounder but nice to know jerzy still has those monster perch
how comes NY has only won the perch category once since it began?
Just think if PA had any big water besides lake erie to fish for numbers of perch. we do not have those big bodies of water that are just full of alwives and smelt for the perch to get big on. If we we had a few big waters teaming with lots of forage and some perch we we would blow any state out of the water. We manage to get perch just as big with the smaller bodies of water that we got and judging from from past tourneys and this years tourney so far ours are looking bigger
You guys do put a couple decent ones on the ice once in a while, but where are the numbers? Aside from Jazz's pics from about 6 years ago that keep popping up, I have yet to see you PA guys post pics of consistant piles of jumbos like our NY waters. When you have world class trout, salmon, walleye, musky, and pike waters around, as well as some of the best bass waters in the country (BASS Elite series comes here to several bodies of water), the perch often get overlooked and taken for granted. Most of the diehards that fish them up here rather fillet and release them in hot oil rather than take a pic and enter them into an online tourney. I don't mean to sound like a jerk but that is the way it is up here.....too many fish and not enough time. If the Finger Lakes pics weren't enough, here is more porn from a bay down the road......
http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html (http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html)
enjoy!
You guys do put a couple decent ones on the ice once in a while, but where are the numbers? Aside from Jazz's pics from about 6 years ago that keep popping up, I have yet to see you PA guys post pics of consistant piles of jumbos like our NY waters. When you have world class trout, salmon, walleye, musky, and pike waters around, as well as some of the best bass waters in the country (BASS Elite series comes here to several bodies of water), the perch often get overlooked and taken for granted. Most of the diehards that fish them up here rather fillet and release them in hot oil rather than take a pic and enter them into an online tourney. I don't mean to sound like a jerk but that is the way it is up here.....too many fish and not enough time. If the Finger Lakes pics weren't enough, here is more porn from a bay down the road......
http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html (http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html)
enjoy!
and apart from the st lawaurence, the niagra river, and lake otisco there are no other worldclass musky waters.
I have not seen any pics of truly world class pike,
30 pound king is not world class
what would NYs perch be like if you were in the same boat as PA and did not have the big water.
I dont think there would be hardly any pics of BIG piles of perch at all...
You guys do put a couple decent ones on the ice once in a while, but where are the numbers? Aside from Jazz's pics from about 6 years ago that keep popping up, I have yet to see you PA guys post pics of consistant piles of jumbos like our NY waters. When you have world class trout, salmon, walleye, musky, and pike waters around, as well as some of the best bass waters in the country (BASS Elite series comes here to several bodies of water), the perch often get overlooked and taken for granted. Most of the diehards that fish them up here rather fillet and release them in hot oil rather than take a pic and enter them into an online tourney. I don't mean to sound like a jerk but that is the way it is up here.....too many fish and not enough time. If the Finger Lakes pics weren't enough, here is more porn from a bay down the road......I do not post pics of "piles of Slammer Perch" anymore for a few reasons. I will e-mail you all the pics you would care to see. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html (http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html)
enjoy!
You guys do put a couple decent ones on the ice once in a while, but where are the numbers? Aside from Jazz's pics from about 6 years ago that keep popping up, I have yet to see you PA guys post pics of consistant piles of jumbos like our NY waters. When you have world class trout, salmon, walleye, musky, and pike waters around, as well as some of the best bass waters in the country (BASS Elite series comes here to several bodies of water), the perch often get overlooked and taken for granted. Most of the diehards that fish them up here rather fillet and release them in hot oil rather than take a pic and enter them into an online tourney. I don't mean to sound like a jerk but that is the way it is up here.....too many fish and not enough time. If the Finger Lakes pics weren't enough, here is more porn from a bay down the road......
http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html (http://www.attheoak.net/perch2008b.html)
enjoy!
that is simply awesome!!! wow the most jumbos I've ever seen in any one picture....i wish one time in my life i could get a limit like that.thanks for showing this
I do not post pics of "piles of Slammer Perch" anymore for a few reasons. I will e-mail you all the pics you would care to see. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
J A Z I I
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holy blasting sandwich pants. that looks like a bass!
SENECA LAKE, NEW YORKI'd rather drive to Lake Simcoe to be honest with ya ;D ;D ;D
They don't measure them,,, They weigh them.. ;)
and apart from the st lawaurence, the niagra river, and lake otisco there are no other worldclass musky waters. I have not seen any pics of truly world class pike, and a 30 pound king is not world class.
IMO it's highly probable that many guys catching enormous perch are unmotivated by competition to win, so THE biggest perch (and others species) never get entered in tournaments. The same thing even goes for record size fish. Some guys have no interest whatsoever in recognition or fame, and eat fish that would be record setters. I do fish taxidermy for a hobby and never cease to be amazed at the gigantic fish that some guys catch that are simply valued for their hefty fillets. That MI record perch (21" long)) was apparently never mounted or even photographed!!!!
Don't misunderstand my position. Indeed I know that there are perch-jerkers out there who target and catch more than their share of super dupers, and keep it quiet. They don't boast of what they catch and they sure don't load up photos of them on multiple fishing websites for a big pat on the back. I honor (and envy) their expertise and desire to remain humble. Then there are the ones who fish a little, know very little, and catch very little, but to stroke their own egos they make pompous claims of exceptionally large fish(perch) that they caught, someone else caught, or they just "saw." Such stories are deserving of skepticism. Without acutally measuring a fish, one is just guesstimating length. And how the hell did someone "lose a 21/2 lb perch" when they never weighed it? ??? I've got a lot of years of experience around all kinds of "huge" freshwater fish. When the claimed size of some fish gets just so big, I refuse to believe it without some kind of proof. Example? On one of these threads a guy "claimed" to have caught(or seen?) a 19" perch. Anyone who believes a report of that big of a perch without proof is a sucker (Pun intended). I'd believe a 15"perch without proof because they are not that uncommon. However, if anyone claims a perch over 16" they had better have proof like this for credibility.
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what ever name you go by now,
none of those perch are anywhere near what you clamed them to be. I believe you claimed them to all be in the 16 to 18 inch mark, which is not even close. If you actuall put a tape on them instead of gestimate the size you would know the truth.
I have only seen two perch in may life that were over 16 inches..... one was 16 1/4 and the other one was 17 inches. I had proof of the 16 1/4 one on my CP cause the guy emailed pics and thanked me for measuring it for him and to let me know how much it wieghed. The 16 1/4 also came from the lake that had the previous state record for PA and has produced two tounrey winning perch. The 17 incher was probably a freak becaue it came out of small swampy place called thomas's dam outside montgomery (pretty much a large farm pond), and it was caught by my best friend growing up. We took it down to the local deli to have it wieghed and in the middle of the summer it was over 2 pounds with no eggs .
My personal best is a 15 3/4 incher out of lake jean early ice. We brought it home and it was still alive so we took it out to gander mountain by the muncy valley mall and the had it in their minnow tank for a couple pf weeks before the PFBC came in to check on reports of them having a large perch in a tank and made them release it or kill it because they did not have the permit to keep game fish captive. other then this one o have got quite a few over the 15 inch mark but not bigger then 15.5 inches and countless 14 plus inchers
If everbodys states have these gargantuan perch that are bigger than everbody elses then how comes PA seems to win just about every year.
"....... a 17 incher that everbody has been wanting to see."
Not a great photo (or mount) but the last number on the tape at the front of this perch is 17".
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Are you kidding? You are basing your arguement on this rinky dink Ice Panty tourney. LMAO!!!
Lets face it, we have all come to the conclusion that just about ANY state can produce 15"-17" perch. No argument there. The difference is that some states are fortunate enough to have many fertile waters (not just a couple) that produce fish of this size with regularity. Minnesota, Michigan, New York happen to fall in this category. If someone were to travel from out of state to target BIG perch, PA probably wouldn't be on their radar. Not saying PA doesn't have big perch, just saying it is definitely not in the upper echelon of perch destinations. That's all.
taxi,
first off read a little before you say that i was talking about fishhook. I was not. I was talking about "out of towns" perch. Even the guys on his home provinces forum think he is full of it, and from what i have read he is famous for giving bogus info and has been kicked off several times and comes back on different names.
what ever name you go by now,
So you're fishhook now?
That perch you have in the avatar is a nice one and a true 16 plus incher to bad it came from a hatchery pond of yours. I know you said that you only put a few in their for the bass you raise in the pond but you can not tell me that those perch dont eat the same food that you feed the bass, or the trout in your other ponds. I wonder how big it will be this year if you go down to the pond and catch him agian or did you kill it to mount. by the way it would make a great mount. You might even be able to stretch the skin to make it a 17 incher that everbody has been wanting to see.
I will see if i have the guys email address that got the 16.25 incher and email him to see if he still gots pics around. as far as the 17 incher goes Ill see if i can find any of the 20+ year old pics next time i go home and put them up.
Would one of the guys that catches big numbers of perch in NY have just enough luck in PA or would a Pa person have a better chance of going somewhere that has numbers of perch and big water. I think it would be easier to go somehwere that has more perch and bigger water than it woul be for a person use to big water to go smaller.
Let's get back on topic which was what states have the biggest perch. Gambell's statistics are pretty clear.....
THESE FISH ARE ALL FROM NJ CAUGHT ON 2/2,2/3 2007 WHAT DO THINK!!(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0203070904.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0203071016-2.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0202071221.jpg)(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/brewyc/0202071129.jpg)very nice,, but not the slobs
PAwow is all i can say
Where else can you get a mess like these every year?
An occasional one that size cam be caught just about anywhere.
Numbers of SLAMMER PERCH is the ticket.
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JAZII
Actually, his stats are somewhat mistaken. This is what the records shows;:whistle:
The elite states who have record perch 3 lbs or heavier are:
1) New Jersey...historical world record.....4 bs 3 oz
No length recorded. Caught in 1865
2) Michigan.....3 lbs 12 oz.....21"...caught in 1947
3) New York....3 lbs 8 oz....no length....caught in1982
4) Maryland.....3 lbs 5 oz....16 1/4"......caught in 2006
5) South Carlolina...3 lbs 4 oz...16 1/2"...caught on 1979
6) Wisconsin....3 lbs 4 oz....no length....caught in 1952.
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