MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
i always hear guys talking about keeping fish over 10 or 11 inches. when i go out i look for the 8-10 inchers because they ae alot easier to clean with a regular fillet knife, and i think what i get off a perch that size is worth it. yes i enjoy catching big perch i have caught some over 13 inches this year and kept a few but i still think a 9 inch male perch has the best tasting fillet out of any fish out there
Anything over 8, but I don't fillet my perch.
GotEmHooked- I've got my way to do it, works good when you've got buckets to do after an outing.Zip your knife, blade up, down both sides of the fins on the back, then pull that fin up from the back foreward.Put your thumb between the meat and skin on one side then the other, at the start of these cuts. This separates the skin from the meat.Cut straight down at the start of your first cuts until you break the backbone.Grab the meat where that cut meets the other two, pull the meat out of the skin.Meat comes out clean, then all you have to do is cut off the belly bones.
with smaller fish the males are worth it for me to clean, the females that size get to go back in my hut
depends how hungry i am for a fish fry
9" +
I'm betting with the job situation, and the cost of food sky rocketing, "Catch & Release" will be put on hold, in many cases. Who can blame them. I offer a lot of catches to older folks who can use them.