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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".(Image removed from quote.)
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!!(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)
PA 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.(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)JAZII
Actually, his stats are somewhat mistaken. This is what the records shows;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 18652) Michigan.....3 lbs 12 oz.....21"...caught in 19473) New York....3 lbs 8 oz....no length....caught in19824) Maryland.....3 lbs 5 oz....16 1/4"......caught in 20065) South Carlolina...3 lbs 4 oz...16 1/2"...caught on 19796) Wisconsin....3 lbs 4 oz....no length....caught in 1952. (Image removed from quote.)