white perch

[hunters08]

just thought i would put a picture up of some of the white perch i got this evening on chautauqua lake. man these things are fun, once you find the school its a riot!!!!They even taste pretty good out of the cold water

[fishinfurkarma]

Thanks for sharing.  I've heard about them but this was my first look at them.  Mostly Yellows out my way.

[crappieslayer22]

looks like a good din din lol

[fish_finder]

 Nice white perch! That's gonna be some tasty meal thats for sure. Did you catch them suspended or near bottom?, my lake is full in the summer but i can't seem to hit any through the ice.

[muskybait]

just thought i would put a picture up of some of the white perch i got this evening on chautauqua lake. man these things are fun, once you find the school its a riot!!!!They even taste pretty good out of the cold water (Image removed from quote.)

yea when you find these guys under the ice, they seem to stack up by the hundreds, they are much fun to catch!!, nice job looks like a great dinner.

[perch-man]

Cool looking fish .we have no white perch in Manitoba they look alot like our Tulibee here in Canada.

[PondPro]

nice white fish

[Maine-e-ak iceman]

Great pics of the white perch.  Diz.   

[hunters08]

Nice white perch! That's gonna be some tasty meal thats for sure. Did you catch them suspended or near bottom?, my lake is full in the summer but i can't seem to hit any through the ice.

actually you can pull them up off the bottom about 4 feet once you get the school in the feeding mode but you mostly want to fish close to the bottom until you get them going.I like to use sweedish pimples with maggots an old timer told me to use little red worms they work better on the pimple.
  I like to use the pimples because i still get walleye on them,the rapalas just dont work for the white perch in my experiance with them.the little forage spoons work the best but i have never got a walleye on one so i stck to the pimples.

[flagnut]

Wow thats is a lot of white perch.Have fun and god luck next time.

[tbone70]

are these also called silver bass

[powdiddy]

nice.they are fun to catch they fight hard for there size.use to get 50 to 100 a day at the mouth of onondaga lake out of the boat with cleo's and kastmasters in the late spring.

[young gun]

nice perch those will be some good eatin

[rich81]

i have a buddy who prefers white perch as his favorite freshwater fish. enjoy and tight lines

[steelie]

are these also called silver bass

No.  White perch and White Bass  (silver bass) are 2 different species

[steelie]

just thought i would put a picture up of some of the white perch i got this evening on chautauqua lake. man these things are fun, once you find the school its a riot!!!!They even taste pretty good out of the cold water (Image removed from quote.)

Did you get a picture of that monster white perch you caught the other night eye fishing ??

[artycat]

Look like shiners to me!!!

[hunters08]

Did you get a picture of that monster white perch you caught the other night eye fishing ??

yes he's 16 inches hard to tell by the picture i didnt have the tape on his lip

[wahoo]

yes he's 16 inches hard to tell by the picture i didnt have the tape on his lip
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that's a white bass

[gunner1]

Ugh, those DAMN thimgs!! Here in NY when I fish the Hudson River in the summer you can't get away from them! If a school finds you're in the "feeding" mood, you'll get them hand over fist.

[lcrep2000]

They look like big minnows and they taste that way in the summer.  Maybe the cold water will make them better.

[PreperationH]

nice perch

[WalleyeJones]

Those first fish were white perch, but that last one was a white bass. You can tell by all the stripes and different head shape. 

We have white perch in Erie, but I've never got one big enough to keep. I've heard they're decent table fare.

[POk3s]

are white perch also called white fish? lol. They look an awefully lot alike if they're not the same.

[headofsheep]

The only way i can tell the difference,white perch have a purple thoart ,white bass do not so look for the purple on the white perch. I have beer battered many white perch great to eat,early in spring or through the ice...I will take a few of those home for me and the kids...

[PondPro]

nice white perch

[fiddlehead322]

That's some NIIIIIICE whitey's. Now all you need is some spiced crushed crackers of your choice. Styling! FH

[Mainedog]

Up in my neck of the woods, them thar are White Perch, and thar good eat'in.
They are fun to catch, both on hard and soft water, and they put up a decent fight.
Anything over a foot is a pig!  Great fish.  Thanks for sharing.  I'd be sharing pics of
last weekends catch if I had remembered to take the camera memory card out of the
computer and put it back in the camera!  Doh!  Very dissappointing getting on the ice wanting
to take a picture and then have "No Memory Card" on the display.

[LoveIce]

In Maine we get some big ones 12-18 inches 1-2 1/2 lb. I like getting a five gallon pail

[hunters08]

In Maine we get some big ones 12-18 inches 1-2 1/2 lb. I like getting a five gallon pail

wow those are nice ones!!!I cant believe how different they taste in the winter compared to the summer.
If you guys havent tried it yet you should smoke them soke them in the same brine you would a salmon or trout.Just cut the head off ,gut them and throw them in the brine for 24 hours then smoke them.Really awsome!!!