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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: Out4Trout on Feb 07, 2004, 06:52 PM
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Where I'm from everyone I know considers Yellow Perch as junk fish and don't keep them. White perch are fine. I saw a "Pile O Perch" wallpaper in the pictures area of this site and they are all yellow perch. I guess some areas view these as good eating and some don't. Maybe I should be keeping them. Who does and who doesn't?
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Good eating??? How about poor-mans shrimp?? Yellow Perch are AWESOME..as I am sure this thread will spark alot of Perch lovers....and if you don't want em, give me directions to your lake, and I will REALLY enjoy riddinng you of these....
Mike
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Perch are AWSOME. THey taste great and are fun to catch.
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In maine bird food ;D
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Best eating fish there is.
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what i fish for 98% of the time--great eating
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I think it depends on your location. I've heard of areas where perch are so worm infested they are inedible. Perch are my favorite fish for the table hands down. Here in the west they are absolutely delectable, in fact I prefer them to shrimp.
However I grew up in an area where they are also considered garbage and the government does not even recognize them as a sportfish, hence no limit. I returned to that area(New Brunswick, Canada, which borders the state of Maine)after several years and took the old man out for perch after convincing him how great they are to eat. We had a great time catching and even took some 12+ inchers. They weren't wormy but didn't taste anything like the perch out west, were sort of tasteless and the texture was not nearly as firm...
One of the reasons the perch fishery may not be as popular there may be because New Brunswick boasts world class Atlantic Salmon and Smallmouth bass fisheries...Fishermen are spoiled there...
Trev
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I always thought that a lot of people did'nt like perch because most people used to scale and cook fish whole.did you ever try to scale a perch?Of course I filet them and they are the best.If you don't like perch,you don't like fish.Maybe they do taste different in other areas.
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People here in Maine eat alot of white perch. you can catch them by the bucket full in the somertime. But yellow perch are given to the cat.
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Down here in PA, the white perch tend to get stunted while the yellow perch seem to prosper in certain lakes. Love fishing for big yellow perch, and would rank them as my favorite freshwater fish on the table. Maybe it does have to do with where you catch them, I bet N1N is catching them in nice, clean lake, with lots of deep water,eh Neil? Just a wild guess. Hope we can get out the fillet knives soon!
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Yellow perch is without a doubt the finest eating fish out there, including walleye!!! In Alberta it is probably the most sought after fish through the ice.
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Here in New York the "Yellow Perch" is the fish that all fisherpersons that eat fish are looking for!! I have eaten white perch alittle fishey tasting but Yellow Perch are the "BEST"!!! Sounds like us New Yorkers better take a trip up to ME. All the yellow perch we can take!!! :'(
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Yellow perch is my favorite also, I have caught some white perch, but didnt like them at all.
It does depend on the area, just like burbot and pike, some areas consider it a trash fish, other areas a delicecy.
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IN MAINE KIDS PLAY HOCKEY WITH THE FROZEN ONES. I CUT THEM UP AND USE EM' FOR SMELT BAIT . MORE OF A NUSANCE UP HERE. THEY HAVE RUINED MANY A GOOD COLDWATER FISHERY BECAUSE OF THIER ILLEGAL INTRODUCTION. I CATCH THEM JUST TO GET THEM OUT OF THE LAKE. I HAVE EATEN THEM AND THEY ARE TASTY BUT PALE IN COMPARISON TO WILD COLDWATER BROOKIES OR SMELTS. YOU PERCH GUYS WANT PERCH COME ON UP ILL GET YOU A TRUCK LOAD!!
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im with you jacksmelt,nothing like a good game of "perch hockey" with the boy,work on his wrist shot.total junk fish but nothing better to keep the kids entertained,bucket full of pinner shiners those flags will pop all day!like i said great for the kids ,boring to me.throw them on the ice so you dont waste another shiner on them.if trust me im a firm believer in big bait big fish and the bait on my traps will scare the scales of those dinky little perch :o
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Dido with the Maine boys. Come and get 'em!
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JUNK?! I couldn't believe that...perch are the best eating fish out there, followed by pike and eyes. It's interesting that Trevor mentioned that the government didn't even recognize them as a sportfish. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the crappie earn sportfish status just a few years ago here in NY? I just find it odd how a certain region can sterotype a fish as junk, while in another area that same fish can be the center of attention as far as ice fishing goes. I think that this attitude goes back generations, and is just passed down to each new generation. I believe that the state laws also play a part in this. People will look at a certain species of fish, and see that there are no bag limits, and no minimum size. Therefore, they assume that the fish are no good, and will spread this attitude to others. I'm probably wrong, but this is just my opinion.
-Zach
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Smeltshack are the perch in maine of any size I know I used to catch perch in ny in the summer they were mostly small fish to much work to clean .I never realised how big perch get till I started ice fishing theres nothing junk about a 14"fish that tastes like slightly salted cod and they put up a good little fight too ;D I went up to maine smelt fishing one time it was fun but it turns out I didn't like smelt after catching and cleaning about 300 of them LOL ;D
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Perch are a total Garbage fish. Lowest of the fish species lower than a carp throw them all back and move to a diffrent area to get away from them. ;D
Cold Feet
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I spent most of my early fishing days on a lake in Maine. We never kept the yellow perch-they were consider pests, always stealing your bait. I never really kept any cause they never were big enough. But I never thought of eating Blue Gills either. Now living near Oneida Lake in New York - I can't get enough of either. I don't understand why white perch are so abundant in Maine but not much to speak of here in Central, NY.
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Coldfeet, I can see you're thinkin' like me. Get all the perch fishermen to leave so we can have em all to ourselves ;D
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Here in South Dakota, if you did not have perch fishermen you would cut down the fishermen by about 90 per cent. They come from all states around us just for the perch fishingIt is amazing, all the guys here that say i only fish walleyes, in the winter they sure change over to perch.I cant say anything bad about smelt"never ate them" but here they use them for snot rockets"northerns" ::)
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perch are great eating fish.Next year point me to where I can catch a bunch of the big ones. ;D
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Here in Indiana, only thing better then catching Yellow Perch are catching Jumbo Yellow Perch. ;D
MCfishnutt
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MOST of the perch i have caught in maine ,and ive lived and fished here fo 36 yrs , have probably averaged 8 inches and dont pull very hard on anything.i dont really eat much fish but if i did i wouldnt want to need 42 of them to make a decent fish-fry
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[.i dont really eat much fish but if i did i wouldnt want to need 42 of them to make a decent fish-fry
Scott:
If you ate fish you could try those other fish ( trout etc.that taste the same as a roll of wet toilet paper) or you could taste a real fish as Yellow Perch, Walleye, etc.
Damn Yankee
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billditrite, just because a fish is small, dosent mean its not good eating, look at smelt, bluegill and crappie, all very good eating.
To me there is nothing better than a Sunday having a few beers, watching a football game and eating perch caught though the ice. Fry the perch and put them in a bowl and eat them like potato chips.
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People here in Maine eat alot of white perch. you can catch them by the bucket full in the somertime. But yellow perch are given to the cat.
MEOW, MEOW, MEOW!!!
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oh, too funny... lmao...i will definately think of you guys the next time i get into those darn perch . in fact i have talked it over with my son ,and the next time out we are gonna jig up some "tigertrout" and try those little babies out.it should make for an adventure. so how should i cook em' folks
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By the sound of it, I'm with you Scott, I'll have to try em out. Just close my eyes, hold my nose and take a bite :o
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I love the taste of them so much i could eat them for breakfast,lunch and dinner.Could someone pass the jelly? :P
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boil em or fry em
Boil them unill they roll into a tight little ball and eat with a c**tail sauce or bread them with cornflakecrumbs and fry 3min 1 side flip and 2 min on the other. Enjoy You will never throw them back again
Cold Feet :P :P :P
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cold feet's: "WORDS TO LIVE BY" :'( :'(
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I feel sorry for the guy who lives in Maine where most of the perch are 8'' and don't pull. If you ever had the good fortune to latch a hold of a Jumbo, 12-14'', you would sing a different tune. Funny how an 8'' bass can't pull too hard but a fat 14'' can. A honker female can be challenging to ice, as well as delicious in the pan. Nuff said.
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who has a recipie for poormans shrimp? my grandpop used to make it
i know its something about perch filets and a salt brine?
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I feel sorry for the guy who lives in Maine where most of the perch are 8'' and don't pull. If you ever had the good fortune to latch a hold of a Jumbo, 12-14'', you would sing a different tune. Funny how an 8'' bass can't pull too hard but a fat 14'' can. A honker female can be challenging to ice, as well as delicious in the pan. Nuff said.
no need for sympathy van the state of maine has some of the best fishing in the country ,just not for perch,and judging by the people i know you could double thier size and i dont think many people would care its just the local attitude yup my dad taught me ill teach my son to try it first then its perch hockey GAME ON
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I agree, no need to feel sorry for those in Maine. I still would not mind retiring on Bear Pond in Turner, Maine. Not much thats better then fishing the native brookies in the brooks around there and then eatin um. 8)
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I feel sorry for the guy who lives in Maine where most of the perch are 8'' and don't pull. If you ever had the good fortune to latch a hold of a Jumbo, 12-14'', you would sing a different tune. Funny how an 8'' bass can't pull too hard but a fat 14'' can. A honker female can be challenging to ice, as well as delicious in the pan. Nuff said.
There's a pond near by that has some of these Jumbo yellow perch. They just give you false excitement. You get a flag, hey it feels like a good fish, you start hawling it in, it's getting closer to the hole, your adrenalin's flowing, and pull it up thru the hole............AAAWWW it's a stinking yellow perch! you fling it across the ice, put on a new bait and start again.
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Hee in New Hampshire, they are basically a junk fish. Catch them by the bucket full and use them for fertilizer. It takes two dozen worms to catch aone trout after you catch all the yellow perch.
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Kenelz is right,nothing like a plate of perch.In Michigan where we are from,to talk down perch is a flogging offence and youd be lucky to get off the ice with your life :o.I just can't believe that some people consider perch trash fish ???
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Yellow Perch a "Junk Fish" ? You guys in Maine must have something nasty in the water. Yellow perch are the best table fare! If i was to list my favorite fish to eat the list would be... #1 yellow perch..#2 walleye...#3 a tie bluegill/northern...#4 crappie since here in michigan those are fish we catch the most so the list gets a little fuzzy after that! No one likes the dink perch (except for pike bait) they can drive you nuts and when your looking for nice ones and get into the dinks you move! I don't keep perch under 8" and if I'm getting nice ones (12" +) I would not keep anything under 9"-10". But don't start eating those perch, just tell us what lakes there in! LOL
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alot of food experts consider the yellow perch the finest eating freshwater fish in the world. (debatable of course). i dont know of many other fish that properly prepared, that can excite the taste buds like this little morsel. grumpy
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are you kiddin perch rule .the only thing better than iceing big perch is eating them.!!!!!!!!
frenzy out
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They are junk fish. I'd quit fishing if these were the only things I could catch to eat.
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its like any other fish that anglers dislike for whatever reason. take a kid perch fishing and he's a fisherman for life. i dont understand the reasoning that perch are junk fish. grumpy
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I agree that its great when a kid is able to have an active day fishing and consequently get hooked on the sport, but I would be just content to never catch another one again. I'd hate to think of the bait they have consumed from me over the years and I have never eaten one of the buggers. I once cleaned one only to vow that I would never think of trying to eat another one again.
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who has a recipie for poormans shrimp? my grandpop used to make it
i know its something about perch filets and a salt brine?
poormans shrimp-easy:
TAKE THE PERCH FILLETS AND ADD TO BOILING WATER WHICH CONTAINS ONE-EIGTH CUP OF TABLE SALT PER QUART OF WATER. ALLOW THE FILLETS TO COOK FOR TWO MINUTES. REMOVE IMMEDIATELY AND PUT ON ICE OR REFRIGERATE. WHEN COLD EAT YOUR "SHRIMP" WITH A GOOD COCKTAIL SAUCE AND A SQUIRT OF LEMON. ENJOY!
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to tell ya the truth I have never conciderd eating yello perch. I you even say that when fishing trout waters I hate them as they steal all my bait. Next time I'm out I'll see if i cna jig up a mess and try them out. Who know you may just convert this Maine boy.....hehe I doubt it though. ;D
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Hey, to each his own. I personally love perch. Both catching and eating.
Lot's of guys love crappies. I can't stand the texture or flavor. Love to catch them, but never keep them. Same thing with pumpkinseeds and rock bass. On the other hand, just because I don't like them I wouldn't pitch them on the ice to rot.
kero
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i say they are a garbage fish all you guys should throw em back so i can catch and eat em
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The most frustrating thing to me about this thread are the phrases 'junk fish' and 'garbage fish' >:( Whether or not you like a particular species of fish isn't reason to call them that. I've heard of coarse fish (carp, catfish, etc) referred to the same way and yet they are a heck of a lot of fun to catch when you get into appropriate size with appropriate tackle. On light enough tackle, any small fish can be fun to fight.
Obviously, water conditions, temp, etc. seem to play a part in how a fish from a particular locale tastes. If you don't like it, that's fine - it doesn't bother me any.
Just stop with the fish prejudice, please. ::)
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( trout etc.that taste the same as a roll of wet toilet paper)
I take great offense to this, but I can understand. You must have stocker trout in waters where they don't belong ( a CDOW specialty to turn lakes meant for other fish into 10 " stocker trout, AKA mushfish waters). Here out west, in the waters they belong in anyway, the trout have brick red to orange meat, and most are from wild spawn. Hook onto a decent size wild trout (16" or greater) and loosen your drag and hear it scream for a minute or more. In general stockers taste like crap, fight like crap, and wild ones are awesome in both areas. Here out west the trout taste great and fight better than any other species of fish. (pike are a close second in both cases)
As for perch, I love a perch. I think walleye and perch taste exactly the same, but I prefer walleye because they are bigger. Perch don't fight that good though (even 12+" don't fight .000001% as good as a trout) but it is fun to catch 5 billion of them and then filet and eat them.
Pike are the second best eating fish behind trout IMO, they are great in recipes especially because they firm up so well. Pike also fight second to only trout. Here in colorado, pike are not considered gamefish anymore (they used to be) and our CDOW euthanizes a great deal of them and has no limit on almost all of the pike fisheries in the state. Pretty much all anglers love pike but CDOW euthanizes them and hates them anyway, just so they can turn another water too warm for trout into a dump 100,000 10" stockies a year that die in the summer and taste like poo.
I do believe the mainers that their perch taste terrible, a lot of people are being to narrow-minded about this. The fact is fishing and even fish behave completely different in different areas. Here in colorado lakers always are within a foot of the bottom in fairly deep water, and the bigger the fish the lighter the hit. In the northeast you guys fish for them shallow and suspenders and say they crush it. Hard to believe if you've never experienced something, but you should believe it nonetheless. That is one huge problem I have with in-fisherman magazine, they are too narrow-minded in how fish act.
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Perch are a great fish, but in some waters they can cause problems, mostly because they can reproduce so fast that they become too numerous and throw the natural balance out of whack. In waters where there are plenty or walleyes, pike, bass, catfish, or trout, they will generally be more healthy and not prone to stunting.
I really don't believe in a such thing as a "trash fish" until that fish causes a problem in a water. Even when you need to harvest these fish, you shouldn't just throw them up on the shore. At least if you must kill them, throw them back into the water so they are eaten.
Tyler
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Here in michigan perch is the shiznit. Just love them actully here you get caught leaving them on the ice you get a big fat ticket.
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Yellow Perch are junk fish? You guys out there that think that, I have one question for you. What do you think a walleye is? If you dont know, it is the largest member of the PERCH family. Thats right, a walleye is a PERCH.
Sorry TFB. No offense but I live in the west and have caught plenty of wild trout. I will agree that a trout is a tough fighting fish but as table fair I think they are nasty. Perch and walleye are #1 and to my surprise, no one mentioned Ling. Ling are right up there as far as fine eating fish and are my #2.
IceTroll
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Sorry TFB. No offense but I live in the west and have caught plenty of wild trout. I will agree that a trout is a tough fighting fish but as table fair I think they are nasty.
I guess it depends on where you catch them and what they eat. If you catch trout that have been eating freshwater shrimp, or crayfish, they will be great-tasting. If they are good-sized rainbows that have been gorging on suckers, like in the colorado river, they generally aren't too good unless you keep a small one. I don't know anybody that doesn't like a brickred wild brookie, except people that don't like any fish at all. I should send you the last brick red rainbow from vega I have vacuum sealed in the freezer so it is as fresh as the day I caught it. I'd like to see you say its nasty, I really would. But I guess it's all a matter of opinion. Sorry to get off on a tangent here but when my favorite fish gets slammed I have to talk ;D
I guess the above can go for perch as well.
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oh, too funny... lmao...i will definately think of you guys the next time i get into those darn perch . in fact i have talked it over with my son ,and the next time out we are gonna jig up some "tigertrout" and try those little babies out.it should make for an adventure. so how should i cook em' folks
Scott seriously take the time to filet some they are quite easy to do and take the filets rinse them in ice cold water now take some flour add seasoning salt and some pepper and put it in a dish.Then heat a pan with a large amount of BUTTER nothin tastes better to me than butter . Take the filets and throw em in the flour get them nice and coated put them in the hot butter and cook until golden on both sides when they are just about done cooking I like to add some more fresh pepper and a bit more of the seasoning salt.I also like a little white vinegar on it when it's steaming hot. Now you better fry up like 6 pans because they are kinda like a certain potato product that you can't eat only one. ;) ;D Leftover baked potatoes taste great sliced up and fried in butter too along with the fresh perch mmmmmm.....sounds like lunch for me tomorrow!
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Yellowa are awesome eating if you guys catch em ship them to me I'll be glad to take care of them for ya.
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well i tried these little yellow buggers recently and they were pretty good but i just cant see directing my efforts toward these little buggers. i prefer larger fish to catch and since i dont eat much fish ill leave them for the eagles . i will not through them back only to steal my bait again. i do just discard them on the ice for the eagles or other creatures who cant always find an easy meal underneath winters blanket. someone else already said it, to each his own but im not converting :D i love this topic though it always makes me chuckle
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lost all respect for any fisherman that throws any fish on the ice. if you dont like them throw them back or fish where they dont bother you. Your just wasting a natural resource.
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PERCH HOCKEY i love that game ;D JUNK FISH :P
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HEY MAINERS throw every yellow perch you can on the ice for BIRD food please ;D some one can eat it :P
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ill keep the perch and play burbot hockey. i had never heard of eating burbot until i got on this site. not a practice i condone, but Oneida lake here in NY will have the ice littered with them. to each his own ;D
billybono
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well i tried these little yellow buggers recently and they were pretty good but i just cant see directing my efforts toward these little buggers. i prefer larger fish to catch and since i dont eat much fish ill leave them for the eagles . i will not through them back only to steal my bait again. i do just discard them on the ice for the eagles or other creatures who cant always find an easy meal underneath winters blanket. someone else already said it, to each his own but im not converting :D i love this topic though it always makes me chuckle
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The people that call them junk fish are probably from an area where they're very small or have varying lake conditions that make catching them less of a sport. Here at Devils Lake I'd rather catch a limit of perch any day than a limit of walleye. They're finicky on Devils Lake because of the abundance of shrimp, so they're not stupid, hungry and easy to catch. If I'm fishing walleyes in the trees and mark one on my Vexilar I'm alot more confident and likely to catch that walleye than if I find perch in 40' of water - have to try a lot different presentations and jigging techniques to trigger them - but that's Devils Lake.
As far as size goes - if you're trying to keep 1/4 lb perch, it's not worth the fillet you're getting. But, get into a school of jumbos like the 15.5", 1 1/2 lber below and you'll have a lot of fun and a good meal for supper. My preference of eating for fish is perch 1st, walleye 2nd, sunfish/bluegill 3rd, northern 4th and crappies 5th.
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ill keep the perch and play burbot hockey. i had never heard of eating burbot until i got on this site. not a practice i condone, but Oneida lake here in NY will have the ice littered with them. to each his own ;D
billybono
That's the way it was up here too for many years, untill the F&W made them a sport fish.
Now it is a good fine to waste a burbot. In most prov they even have a limit,
in Saskatchewan it is 8 a day. As for perch, differant lakes, differant taste, differant sizes.
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They are the best. Hands down. Lots of work but well worth it
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Gotta side with Rendo on this one. I have no respect for any sportsman that indiscriminately kills and then wastes edible fish or wildlife because you don't like them. Its people like that who drove the Bison and Grizzly Bear to near extinction. It amazes me how some sportsman want to help those that would take your privileges to hunt or fish at all, completely away. Whether its here at this site or in the field, remember, big brother is always watching. To me its a matter of ethics. Sorry if I offend anyone with such a hard stance but if you don't think that hunting and fishing is under fire from the anti groups, then you are living in a fantasy world. We as sportsman have a responsibility to set a clean example to those that don't understand the hunting and fishing way of life. If we take part in a practice that would appall the average person who does not fish or hunt then we supply the anti groups with ammunition to use against us.
IceTroll
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obviously this is gonna be a hot topic. in my own defense i will add that im not talking a lot of fish im talking a few. if i choose to feed wildlife with them rather than myself i shall .i am not wasting any natural resources. i invite you to walk around any lake i fish and find a frozen perch carcass.the wildlife takes good care of it.if i feed five perch to an eagle and you bring 30 or 40 home to stuff yourself,as i have seen so many of you post , i ask you who is waisting what??it is not wasted because you are eating it ?? >:( :D over and out guys...happy perching
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;D Jee Scott did you try the way I said to cook it?? Man I just had two and a half pans of perfectly pan fried perch and I could eat 2 more!!It's just so good.Oh yeah if perch are so bad why are you feeding them to Eagles aren't they your national symbol?? ;) ;D I do feel bad that perch were dumped into waters where they didn't belong because they can quickly overpopulate a lake where there is a lack of predatory species and then become stunted.The same thing happens in Manitoba where they stock walleyes into lakes for years to get a decent population in there only to have some local oldtimers plant pike in there.......soon enough no more walleyes and a bunch of little snot rockets.What is a "Junk fish" anyways is there such a thing? Any species in it's natural environment serves it's purpose it's only when they are planted where they do not belong that they become a nuisance. Happy fishing everyone would be a shame for people to get pis*ed at each other in here as we are all diehard fishermen/women and are the only ones that actually enjoy talking about fishing ALL THE TIME!! ;D 8) 8)
Tight lines!!! :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
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My preference of eating for fish is perch 1st, walleye 2nd, sunfish/bluegill 3rd, northern 4th and crappies 5th.
Sunfish/bluegill are in the same category as yellow perch. I didn't know anybody ate those until I visited this site. I don't want to offend anybody but when I see someone proud as can be holding up a sunfish, it still makes me chuckle. Probably because no one would do that around my area. I guess it's just depends on what you're used to and what you grew up with. :-\ By the sound of things, you guys really like them. We all love catching fish - so best of luck to everyone for what ever type of fish you're after. :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
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My preference of eating for fish is perch 1st, walleye 2nd, sunfish/bluegill 3rd, northern 4th and crappies 5th.
Sunfish/bluegill are in the same category as yellow perch. I didn't know anybody ate those until I visited this site. I don't want to offend anybody but when I see someone proud as can be holding up a sunfish, it still makes me chuckle. Probably because no one would do that around my area. I guess it's just depends on what you're used to and what you grew up with. :-\ By the sound of things, you guys really like them. We all love catching fish - so best of luck to everyone for what ever type of fish you're after. :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
I understand what you mean same goes for me when I see pics of trout. :D where I grew up and fished there wasn't too many trout mostly stockers and at 23 with 19 years of fishing I have never ever caught one or fished for them I have eaten browns rainbows and lakers and found them to taste too fishy.I still like to see a happy angler with any kind of fish and hope that i am lucky enough to fish for trout soon!! Especially the 30+lb lakers we have in Manitoba 8) You guys would probably think I was nuts because I enjoy angling for alternate species such as huge freshwater drum and big brown bullheads in the spring and huge channel cats in the summer not for eating but for fun!! ;D
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ill keep the perch and play burbot hockey. i had never heard of eating burbot until i got on this site. not a practice i condone, but Oneida lake here in NY will have the ice littered with them. to each his own ;D
billybono
Man...burbot are the GOODS!!! Ugly as hell, but they taste great! Here in Michigan's U.P., there's a large following of burbot fisherman! I'd stack it next to walleye any day!
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ill keep the perch and play burbot hockey. i had never heard of eating burbot until i got on this site. not a practice i condone, but Oneida lake here in NY will have the ice littered with them. to each his own ;D
billybono
Man...burbot are the GOODS!!! Ugly as hell, but they taste great! Here in Michigan's U.P., there's a large following of burbot fisherman! I'd stack it next to walleye any day!
like i said to each his own. i never have, but i have seen hundreds tossed away. i have always considered it a junk fish. thats the good thing about this forum, it made me realize that what i have been taught isn't necessarily right
billybono
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I'll take a trout over anything for eating,... onions, butter and bacon! But I'm with Trophy Hunter. I'll catfish for fun all day. What a blast. Then I bring a few home for blackend catfish with crab hush puppies. Yum! ;D Or mustard fried cats with stuffed jalepenos! :woot:
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I will do you a favor and dispose of those nasty fish for you, I wouldn;t want you to get a bad taste in your mouth. But I will suffer thru it with some cracker meal and oil, ;D
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Great Eating,Like cook said,Poor Mans Shrimp.Rool them in Batter and deep fat Fry. : :thumbsup:
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I dont like them and wont eat them.
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here a pike is closer to being a trash fish than a perch, and nine five percent of fisherman i know would much rather dine on perch than any trout species. don't get me wrong either i do a lot of trout fishing in all seasons and love fly fishing but when it comes to the table i'll take pike and perch any day of the year. trout is reserved for shore lunches and smoking other than that the usually get released.
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Great pic. Bilditrite, Did you take it?
Jim
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Burbutt...or eelpout ...is what we call dogfish where i live...they are s#iteaters...i would like to play trout baseball with my auger..and then take my perch home and fryem up and eatem up!!!! I can eat all the trout i want ..i live on the southern end of lake michigan...i chose not too...i would rather eat jumbo perch any day...screw trout they SUCKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
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Yellow Perch :clap: :thumbsup: Yum, Yum.......
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It's all a matter of size.perch and sunnies are delicious eating if they heve some size to them as far as burbout goes they throw them on the ice here .wich is a waist to me but they are the only fresh water member of the cod family, so I don't know why they wouldn't be good eating.your really going to laugh at this "I think there to cute to eat" there I said it. go ahead hate me. tear me new one. ;D and dogfish are bowfins not burbout .they both live in oneida lake in ny
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Why would you say that Burbot are $h!teater$. The Burbot is as much a predator as any other fresh water fish. Missfishy is 100% correct that Burbot are a fresh water Cod which is not a trash fish in any catagory. As long as you stay away from the belly meat on a Burbot, they are as good eating as any fish. They also grow very slow and can live up to 16 years. It is a shame that anyone would waste such a fish because they are ugly or considered nasty by some. Here is what the scientists say about the Burbots diet:
This is one of the many voracious predatory fish. They eat mostly other fish. Depending on where they live, these might include sculpins, yellow perch, walleyes, troutperch, or lake trout. They also eat fish eggs, clams, and crayfish. Young burbots eat small crayfish, mayfly larvae, and other aquatic insects.
Sounds like any other predator fish. No mention of being $h!teaters either. Oh wait. They eat other game fish that we like to catch. I do believe that Pike, Trout and walleyes also eat other game fish, including their own kind. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm.
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Hey, a bald eagle thats not eating on a dead pig! Where did you ever find that? I thot thats all they ever ate. I`ll tell you, whoever dreamed them up as a national bird was not a hog farmer nor did he live near a hog farm. I would have voted for the wild turkey with Franklin.
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yellow perch are the best tasting fish .white perch are considered trash fish around here .maybe if all you catch is little tiny 5 inchers id consider them trasfish too .i caught some good size whites last spring and nobody wanted them so back in the water they went.
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What the @#$#@! Junk Fish!! Try gourmet brother! The same thing was said about cusk,ling,burbot or whatever you call them and they are one of the best fish in freshwater! Restaurants buy perch from ya here!
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May you catch keep and eat all the perch you want.
Please come to maine and catch every last one of them.
may the perch be with you!!! ;D ;D ;D
Ps leave a few for us to catch and throw to the birds thanks he he
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Great pic. Bilditrite, Did you take it?
Jim
yes i was able to get in close and let my zoom do the rest. he knew i didnt want that perch ;D
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Yellow perch make great bird food ;D
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Hey, a bald eagle thats not eating on a dead pig! Where did you ever find that? I thot thats all they ever ate. I`ll tell you, whoever dreamed them up as a national bird was not a hog farmer nor did he live near a hog farm. I would have voted for the wild turkey with Franklin.
I don't know if I'd have agreed with franklin either.here in central NY when we see the farmers go by with a manure wagon in the winter ,we call it the turkey buffet ;D ;D even a carion eater beats that :-X
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So you are saying turkeys are $h!t eaters :o I like that eagles eat pork ;D
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I SAID THIS LAST YEAR ON HERE AND ILL SAY IT AGAIN. THE ONLY REASON YELLOW PERCH ARE DISLIKED SO MUCH IN MAINE IS BECAUSE THEY WERE ILLEGALLY INTRO DUCED IN OUR WATERS AND RUINED MANY A GOOD COLDWATER FISHERY. IVE EATEN SOME OF THOSE 14'' PECH IN CONN. AND YES THEY WERE GOOD. BUT THEY DONT BELONG IN OUR WATERS AND DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD . THEY ARE ALSO TOO SMALL TO FILLET. FOR YOU GUYS THAT CONSIDER THEM A GAME FISH, GOOD FOR YOU. AT LEAST THEY ARE GOING TO GOOD USE BUT AROUND HERE WE WILL DISPOSE OF THEM TO HELP OUR COLDWATER SPECIES OUT WHICH ARE NATIVE AND BELONG HERE. YES ITS TOO BAD THEY ARENT A EDIBLE SIZE AND CANT BE EATEN. BUT LIKE SCOTT SAID THE ANIMALS IN THE NORTH WOODS REALLY BENIFIT FROM WHAT WE LEAVE THEM. WE ARE ALL FISHERMEN AND WOMEN ON HERE AND I DONT THINK ANYONE TRULLY HATES ANY FISH THAT BENDS HIS POLE. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE FIRST FISH I LEARNED TO CATCH AS A KID WAS PERCH. THEY JUST DONT BELONG IN OUR WATERS AROUND HERE AND DO MORE DAMAGE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. NO DISRESPECT INTENDED FOLKS. TIGHT LINES!!
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well then freeze em and send them over here to western ny just ad bisquick a deep fryer and some cajun fries to hell with the birds im hungary for some yellow perch :thumbsup:
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Anytime someone introduces a foreign species into a lake it's bad. Bass fishermen are probable the worst for this. Leave this kind of thing to DNR their experts at screws up lakes!
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Why does the Maine Game and Fish Department (or DNR as some call it) not take steps to reduce or eliminate these illegally introduced fish. It would not be that difficult to drastically reduce their numbers and in smaller waters, to illiminate them all together and then restock the native species. Sounds like that would make a whole lot of people happy.
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I SAID THIS LAST YEAR ON HERE AND ILL SAY IT AGAIN. THE ONLY REASON YELLOW PERCH ARE DISLIKED SO MUCH IN MAINE IS BECAUSE THEY WERE ILLEGALLY INTRO DUCED IN OUR WATERS AND RUINED MANY A GOOD COLDWATER FISHERY. IVE EATEN SOME OF THOSE 14'' PECH IN CONN. AND YES THEY WERE GOOD. BUT THEY DONT BELONG IN OUR WATERS AND DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD . THEY ARE ALSO TOO SMALL TO FILLET. FOR YOU GUYS THAT CONSIDER THEM A GAME FISH, GOOD FOR YOU. AT LEAST THEY ARE GOING TO GOOD USE BUT AROUND HERE WE WILL DISPOSE OF THEM TO HELP OUR COLDWATER SPECIES OUT WHICH ARE NATIVE AND BELONG HERE. YES ITS TOO BAD THEY ARENT A EDIBLE SIZE AND CANT BE EATEN. BUT LIKE SCOTT SAID THE ANIMALS IN THE NORTH WOODS REALLY BENIFIT FROM WHAT WE LEAVE THEM. WE ARE ALL FISHERMEN AND WOMEN ON HERE AND I DONT THINK ANYONE TRULLY HATES ANY FISH THAT BENDS HIS POLE. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE FIRST FISH I LEARNED TO CATCH AS A KID WAS PERCH. THEY JUST DONT BELONG IN OUR WATERS AROUND HERE AND DO MORE DAMAGE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. NO DISRESPECT INTENDED FOLKS. TIGHT LINES!!
no need to SCREAM, my ears... ::)
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yeah quit yelling already ;D.I agree there are trout waters in NY that yellow perch don't belong in.introducing foreign species, thats never good.
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Why does the Maine Game and Fish Department (or DNR as some call it) not take steps to reduce or eliminate these illegally introduced fish. It would not be that difficult to drastically reduce their numbers and in smaller waters, to illiminate them all together and then restock the native species. Sounds like that would make a whole lot of people happy.
i think that would be an extremely expensive temporary solution to a permanent problem. yellow perch are the least of our worries. the new wave bucket biologists as we like to call them are not intersted in yellow perch . they are spreading northern pike around in alarming numbers and threatening what have traditionally been salmon and trout fisheries. maines native species are far and few between with the majority of the fisheries being put and take. i have nothing agains northen pike and i love fishing for them but i think it will take decades ,possibly centuries for the fish to evolve to where they co exist
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yeah but yellow perch are still yummy :thumbsup:
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scott you are a bad man......lol yellow perch.....i love them.......my friend darrell says why waste your time jigging for them. i say yum yum and the trophies will come on the traps! scott is also right about... expensive to remove illegal fish from a system. we here in nh are fighting a rockbass problem and it has ruined a lot of good fisheries. the rockbass have even desimated the yellow perch in most lakes they were introduced into. think about that......they even overcame the yellow perch! beware of these little devil fish! i will say it again......scott you are a bad man.....lol.
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thanks bud ...oh yeah me bad! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/billditrite/cool-smiley-011.gif)
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i can fillet even a 6" perch with no problems(when pulled out of 50ft you have to keep em), so it would seem funny to me to waste them best tasting fish in our lakes. if they are a pest fish just keep everything and try frying up the tasty little buggers.
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I think it's funny to read all the trout/salmon guys saying how nasty perch are. I can't stand any trout or salmon. Oily, stinky, PCB laden junkfish in my humble opinion :-) Perch and bluegills are the best eating fish in freshwater - with strong competition from whitefish, northern pike, burbot (yes burbot), and sturgeon. Ever have sturgeon? Tastes like lobster - delicious.
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good for feeding eagles and coyotes here in maine ,we leave them all over the ice,no one keeps em here.they are a joke come and get em boys!!!!!!
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try leaving perch on the ice here you'll get a nice hefty fine for wasting GAMEFISH!!!
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I too Think they are bird food. I have caught my share of jumbo perch (14") and fried them boy they taste like !@#$ :P. Now they end up on the ice for the eagles and coyotes.
Maybe out west they taste better. Who knows? BUt for now unless I'm told by the IWF they will be footballs, hockey pucks and frisbies.
The only thing they are good for is when you have a couple dozen pinner shiners and some kids around to chase the flags all day. Nothing better than seeing a child smile when he/she catches a fish. ;D
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Is there something in the water down there cause the are like candy here in manitoba
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I dont think its the water last i checked New jersey was South of maine. It could be food supply or lack there of.
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yeah you are ;D......lol.
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mettipin ...you did take the guts and scin off first ,right :-\ ;)