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Title: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Mar 16, 2020, 08:47 PM: Only a handful of lake in Quebec have white perch. Hoped to find some big schools, but they were still deep. Still managed to land 8 of them, as well as some yellows.

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Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: SpitzoMT on Mar 16, 2020, 11:31 PM: Great pics Phil.....Just curious.....Is there a taste difference white vs. yellow ?? Thanx 4 sharing !!
Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Mar 17, 2020, 06:07 AM: Quote from: SpitzoMT on Mar 16, 2020, 11:31 PM
Great pics Phil.....Just curious.....Is there a taste difference white vs. yellow ?? Thanx 4 sharing !!

Will find out this morning ;)
Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Mar 17, 2020, 06:43 AM: Quote from: FreshwaterPhil on Mar 17, 2020, 06:07 AM
Will find out this morning ;)

Just had the biggest one, very similar, slightly fishier. I'll have to try the smaller ones side by side with the yellows.
Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: SpitzoMT on Mar 17, 2020, 12:41 PM: Thanks Phil !!
Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: Seamonkey84 on Mar 17, 2020, 04:15 PM: Those are some nice WP! They are actually in the temperate bass family, like white bass and striped bass, most say they taste closer to a crappie than YP.
Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: fish_finder on Mar 18, 2020, 10:20 AM: Beauties! We target them here a lot, one lKe in particualr is very productive. Great eating fish
Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Mar 19, 2020, 09:27 PM: Hit a new spot for white perch today. Took me 5 hours to finally find a few, but the quality made up for lack of quantity. At 13 and 14.5 inches, with one over 2 lbs, these bass sized panfish make me think I'm gonna need a bigger pan.

(http://freshwaterphil.com/images/philwhiteperch031920.jpg)

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Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Mar 25, 2020, 09:24 AM: Quote from: SpitzoMT on Mar 16, 2020, 11:31 PM
Great pics Phil.....Just curious.....Is there a taste difference white vs. yellow ?? Thanx 4 sharing !!

Cooked some up side by side with yellow perch. All 5 of us prefered yellows to whites.
Title: Re: First time catching white perch on ice
Post by: SpitzoMT on Mar 25, 2020, 05:43 PM: Quote from: FreshwaterPhil on Mar 25, 2020, 09:24 AM
Cooked some up side by side with yellow perch. All 5 of us prefered yellows to whites.

Thanks Phil !!