WHAT STATE HAS THE BIGGEST YELLOW PERCH??....NJ..

[perch-man]

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

Do it you wont be sorry!

[hardwaterhound]

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

Nice to hear something positive about Yellow perch in ME. Ya never know....if it became popular the state could make some money......Ask someone from Lake Simcoe CA how many Americans flock there and spend money just to chase Yellow (Eagle Bait). Again, its nice to hear something positive. Good Idea.

[taxi1]

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 wasn't putting them down. I love 'em. But I do know they aren't native up there and they seriously compete with naturally reproducing brook trout.

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I just looked up the State record Yelllow Perch in Michigan on the DNR site.  Caught in Lk Independence 1947 3.75 lbs 21"

[erieeye]

Not Really, different species. It is a Red Fin, not a yellow perch.
I wish we had them here though!
JAZII

Sorry Jazz my mistake

[taxi1]

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?

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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.

[taxi1]

I have a retired teacher/taxidermist friend from Gladwin, Michigan that is a perch fanatic. Whenever he hears of a monster perch mounted somewhere in a bar or something he takes a drive to check it out. I'll have to ask him if he knows of a pic of that fish.

[trout slayer 21]

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.)

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

[gunnerdk]

Seneca lake 15 and 15 1/4  2 pounds and 1.8 pounds

[WALLEYES INC.]

New York is pretty good!


World record from Europe

[live.2.fish]

LAKE Wonapigow manitoba has the biggest jumbos

[fishinfiend]

Awesome perch 

[hardwater Rick]

Here is just a couple from the best lake in the state of NY for massive perch..
 caught in the fall...
Tough lake to fish, I caught 6 of these this size in one day on Seneca..
Also been skunked there many times  both are over 2 lbs, and on the wall.

[lets go fishin]

my biggest is 15.5" CT

[GAMBELL]

NY - Seneca Lake, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.  Can't get any better than those 3 lakes. 

[gumpy2]

Agreed Brian.  NY is the perch capital of the Northeast.  Just the Finger Lakes alone produce both massive size and numbers of fish.  Then you have Onieda, Ontario and Erie.  Heck of a starting line-up.  Here is a link of the results of the perch masters tourney held every spring on the Finger Lakes....a little perch porn.

http://www.perchmasters.com/photo_2008.htm

 

[JiggerMan]

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.

JM

  

[jeffd7766]

do you really think the perch know what state they are living in?  Yes NY has some major bodies of water in it. Personally i dont fish them. I stick to the smaller lakes, and yes there are some jumbos in those too. Just as im sure there are some jumbos in Pa,NJ, and probably even more states than that.....devils lake out west has big perch i think?? No need to argue about which one has bigger fish...its like saying my dad and beat up your dad...yadda yadda yadda

[tcool]

depends on the lake within the state

cant beat seneca followed by skaneatles and owasco too in NY

[gumpy2]

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

enjoy!

[JiggerMan]

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

enjoy!

I never said we had more quality perch numbers wise.  I was talking about size.  And apart from some of the pics that i have seen from seneca and The big pond you have a bunch of large perch (not jumbos).  I have caught probably hundreds if not thousands of perch since i was kid comming up there fishing places like sodus, some of the smaller bays west of rochester and some of the rivers and caught plenty of big perch.  But i can get big perch anywhere.  and my chances of getting a jumbo are better down here then up there unless i was on seneca. 

[JiggerMan]

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

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, and a 30 pound king is not world class. 

[JiggerMan]

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...

[gumpy2]

and apart from the st lawaurence, the niagra river, and  lake otisco there are no other worldclass musky waters.

What about Chatauqua, Waneta, and Lamoka ?  I don't fish for them but I can think of at least these 3 off the top of my head.

I have not seen any pics of truly world class pike,

The WORLD RECORD that stood for over 40 years came from NY,  Sacandaga res.

30 pound king is not world class

How about the CURRENT WORLD FRESHWATER RECORD coho salmon record...right from NY baby!

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...

Wrong, without Ontario, Erie, and Seneca you still have Onieda, Honeoye, Conesus, Canandaigua, Cayuga, Skaneatlas, Owasco, Delta, Keuka, Canadarago, all the NYC watersheds, etc. etc.  Don't believe me?  You should check NY's reports and conditions page.

Didn't mean to ruffle your feathers.

[PerchPirate97]

NY is the best fishing for just about everything 

[JAZII]

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

enjoy!

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.

J A Z I I

[krayfish]

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

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

[jeffd7766]

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.

J A Z I I

There is not a single negative thing that can come about a pile pf big perch, esp. if you take the picture in your front lawn.

[soduswaternut]

Species     Weight    Location    Angler    Date    Photo
American Eel    7 lbs 14 oz    Cayuga Lake     Larry J. Manino    7/25/1984    
American Shad    9 lbs 4 oz    Hudson River     Robert Kubica    5/9/2007    
Atlantic Salmon    24 lbs 15 oz    Lake Ontario     Mike Dandino    4/5/1997    
Bigeye Tuna    355 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Richard Buechmann    9/27/1981    
Black Bullhead    7 lbs 7 oz    Mill Pond     Kevin Kelly    8/25/1993    
Black Crappie    3 lbs 12 oz    Duck Lake     Kenneth Kierst    4/17/1998    
Black Sea Bass    9 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Sal Vicari    10/10/1993    
Blue Marlin    1174 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Bill Sweedler    7/20/1986    
Blue Shark    395 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Charlie Sanders    10/26/1996    
Bluefin Tuna    1071 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Larry Thompson    8/21/1977    
Bluefish    25 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Peter Weber Jr.    10/30/1998    
Bluegill Sunfish    2 lbs 8 oz    Kohlbach Pond     Devin C. VanZandt    8/3/1992    
Bowfin    12 lbs 12.96 oz    Basha Kill     Jeff Harrington    6/5/2000    
Brook Trout    5 lbs 4.5 oz    Raquette Lake    Tom Yacovella    6/7/2009    
Brown Bullhead    7 lbs 6 oz    Lake Mahopac    Glenn Collacuro    8/1/2009    
Brown Trout    33 lbs 2 oz    Lake Ontario     Tony Brown    6/10/1997    
Burbot    16 lbs 12 oz    Black River Bay     Terrance B. Colwell    2/14/1991    
Carp    50 lbs 4 oz    Tomhannock Reservoir     Charles Preimeau Sr.    5/12/1995    
Chain Pickerel    8 lbs 1 oz    Toronto Lake     John Bosland    1965    
Channel Catfish    30 lbs 0 oz    Lake Lauderdale     Norman C. Telford Jr.    7/15/2000    
Chinook (King) Salmon    47 lbs 13 oz    Salmon River     Kurtis L. Killian    9/7/1991    
Cisco    5 lbs 7 oz    Lake Lauderdale     Albert J. Baratto    1/25/1990    
Coho Salmon    33 lbs 7 oz    Lake Ontario     Stephen M. Sheets Jr.    8/13/1998    
Dolphin    52 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Richard Dinka    8/25/1985    
Fallfish    3 lbs 9 oz    Susquehanna River    Jonathan McNamara    4/15/2009    
Fluke    22 lbs 7 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Charles Nappi    9/15/1975    
Freshwater Drum    24 lbs 7 oz    Ganargua Creek     Paul J. Cimicata Jr.    5/26/1995    
Great White Shark    3450 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Don Braddick    8/6/1986    
Hybrid Bass    11 lbs 2 oz    Lake Waccabuc     George C. Harris    8/26/2000    
Kokanee Salmon    2 lbs 10 oz    Twin Lakes     Thomas H. Flynn    9/24/1995    
Lake Trout    41 lbs 8 oz    Lake Erie     Jesse Wykstra    8/9/2003    
Lake Whitefish    10 lbs 8 oz    Lake Pleasant     Randolph A. Smith    8/29/1995    
Largemouth Bass    11 lbs 4 oz    Buckhorn Lake     John L. Higbie    9/11/1987    
Ling Cod    85 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Fred Shay Jr.    2/25/1984    
Longfin Albacore    74 lbs 10.5 oz    Atlantic Ocean     John Maguire    9/23/2000    
Longnose Gar    13 lbs 3 oz    Lake Champlain     Kenneth Cassant    7/25/1999    
Mako Shark    1080 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     James Melanson    8/26/1979    
Muskellunge    69 lbs 15 oz    St. Lawrence River     Arthur Lawton    1957    
Northern Pike    46 lbs 2 oz    Sacandaga Lake     Peter Dubuc    9/15/1940    
Pink (Humpback) Salmon    4 lbs 15 oz    Lake Erie     Randy Nyberg    9/16/1985    
Pollock    45 lbs 15 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Bruce Morabito    8/26/1988    
Porgy    6 lbs 4 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Samuel Warren    10/1/1978    
Pumpkinseed Sunfish    1 lbs 9 oz    Indian Lake     R. Kennard Mosher    7/19/1994    
Rainbow Trout    31 lbs 3 oz    Lake Ontario     Robert J. Wilson    8/14/2004    
Redfin Pickerel    2 lbs 1 oz    Lake Champlain     Duane Gillespie    3/5/1989    
Redhorse    11 lbs 11 oz    Salmon River     Joe Williams    5/25/1996    
Rock Bass    1 lbs 15 oz    Ramapo River     Eric Avogardo    5/26/1984    
Sauger    4 lbs 8 oz    Lower Niagara River     Darrin J. Schwenbeck    9/30/1990    
Smallmouth Bass    8 lbs 4 oz    Lake Erie     Andrew C. Kartesz    6/4/1995    
Splake    13 lbs 8 oz    Limekiln Lake    Jonathan Simon    6/27/2004    
Striped Bass    76 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Bob Rocchetta    7/17/1981    
Striped Bass    55 lbs 0 oz    Hudson River     Dan Mangold    5/9/2003    
Swordfish    492 lbs 4 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Dorothea Casullo    7/4/1959    
Tautog    19 lbs 12 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Jim Burgon    8/22/1992    
Thresher Shark    614 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Joe Calandra    10/12/1994    
Tiger Muskellunge    35 lbs 8 oz    Tioughnioga River     Brett A. Gofgosky    5/25/1990    
Tiger Shark    1087 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Ken Rafferty    7/23/1986    
Triggerfish    5 lbs 3.2 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Philip Curcio    10/3/1999    
Wahoo    109 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Anthony Savarese    9/26/2003    
Walleye    16 lbs 9 oz    Mystic Lake    Thomas Reed    1/20/2009    
Weakfish    19 lbs 2 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Dennis Rooney    10/11/1984    
White Bass    3 lbs 6 oz    Furnace Brook     Robert Hilton    5/2/1992    
White Catfish    10 lbs 5 oz    New Croton Reservoir     Joe Silicato    5/17/1998    
White Crappie    3 lbs 13 oz    Sleepy Hollow Lake     James R. Weinberg    6/9/2001    
White Marlin    130 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Mrs. P. Dater    8/13/1951    
White Perch    1 lbs 5.76 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Daniel Young    8/8/2000    
White Perch    3 lbs 1 oz    Oscaleta Lake     Joseph Tansey    9/21/1991    
White Sucker    5 lbs 3 oz    Hudson River     Eric J. Kindron    5/13/1994    
Winter Flounder    7 lbs 3.5 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Jack Cohen    6/29/1997    
Yellow Perch    3 lbs 8 oz    Lake Erie     George Boice    4/1/1982    
Yellowfin Tuna    239 lbs 0 oz    Atlantic Ocean     Bob Clancy    8/14/1978    




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Tight Lines,
Steve