Author Topic: Some cool different colored perch (Read 3941 times)

jekross42 · « **on:** Feb 14, 2010, 11:03 PM »

just some different perch me and my brother caught on cayuga a few weeks back
the two were way more blue than the picture shows

perchman47 · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 14, 2010, 11:14 PM »

the one on the bottom has no stripes!

pot-belly-perch · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 14, 2010, 11:35 PM »

Yea that is diffrent

Raquettedacker · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 06:05 AM »

They sure are unique...

Doubles Shooter · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 06:24 AM »

Do they glow in the dark?

pondskipper · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 08:32 AM »

thats an albino perch

TheOutdoorsman · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 08:34 AM »

I have seen a lot of color variation among yellow perch, but none without bars! Nice catch.

jimmyclaude · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 08:46 AM »

Two of them are Blue perch... there are a few threads over the last two years. They are a genetic mutation that lacks, I think the yellow pigment. It gives them a blueish color.

jimmyclaude · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 08:48 AM »

Blue crayfish

Blue perch

vermonner · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 08:52 AM »

Cool stripeless perch
1st thought: heterozygous DNA code for no stripes
2nd thought: immature walleye? (but probably not, looking at fin positions)

jimmyclaude · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 08:58 AM »

Quote

1st thought: heterozygous DNA code for no stripes

Yeh, This is a new one for me... I got nothing

Sunfish · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 09:31 AM »

You should of brought them to a BassPro Shop

jekross42 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 04:21 PM »

the mutation is a good guess, weve caught 4 or 5 stripeless on cayuga, or very very pale stripes. but ive never seen perch as blue we caught quite a few of those on cayuga, pretty cool having a stripeless one come up though

zdake1 · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 05:15 PM »

well we're all dieing to know, how did they eat? Walks like a perch, talks like a perch, but does it taste like a perch?

fishon22 · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 05:42 PM »

woah. weird. nice fish though.

CaptBlye · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 05:42 PM »

First stripeless perch I've ever seen... Very cool!!

Captain1978 · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 05:47 PM »

Pretty fishies. I've seen the blue Perch...Only on here though, I've never met one in person. As for the one with no stripes...

mealworm · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 06:01 PM »

i guess 1 might say those are perch of a differnt color,i'v never seen one with no stripes b-4 kind of neat

TheOutdoorsman · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 06:09 PM »

Quote from: vermonner on Feb 15, 2010, 08:52 AM

1st thought: heterozygous DNA code for no stripes

I think you are on the right track there...but it would probably be a homozygous recessive of some sort (having two of the same and very uncommon alleles).

Irrgang131 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 06:14 PM »

Quote from: vermonner on Feb 15, 2010, 08:52 AM

Cool stripeless perch
1st thought: heterozygous DNA code for no stripes
2nd thought: immature walleye? (but probably not, looking at fin positions)

Thats my pick or radiation poisoning

jekross42 · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 09:59 PM »

fileted and tasted and looked like perch to me (when fileted)
actually caught 2 like that this year, the other was too small, about 5 in
glad you guys thought it was as different as i did
kind of amazing in our group we caught a few thousand fish and only 1 or 2 came out without stripes

perchman47 · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 11:10 PM »

we did have some good days. like the one day we limited by 8:30 in the morning.

vermonner · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 07:12 AM »

Quote from: TheOutdoorsman on Feb 15, 2010, 06:09 PM

I think you are on the right track there...but it would probably be a homozygous recessive of some sort (having two of the same and very uncommon alleles).

I always get the 2 transposed. Led to some headaches in bio.

oswegatchieEd · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 07:23 AM »

i use to fish cayuga when i lived in rochester. we used to catch many 90%, bluegill and seeds that also had a beautiful light blueish type glow. never seen anything like it anywhere else but cayuga.

northernnyice · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 09:55 AM »

Never seen a stripeless perch like that pretty cool.

shadfish · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 10:51 AM »

I love fish

bobdboater · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 11:07 AM »

Quote from: jimmyclaude on Feb 15, 2010, 08:46 AM

Two of them are Blue perch... there are a few threads over the last two years. They are a genetic mutation that lacks, I think the yellow pigment. It gives them a blueish color.

Too bad they aren't crossed with Blue Pike. I remember many stories from my deceased Dad about the Blue Pike. Any older members ever eat one. If so what did they taste like? When was the last time one was caught? Any pictures you can put on the site?

perchman47 · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 12:43 PM »

i have caught burbot out of the seneca river with blue fins and mouths. those were creepy loking fish

NatefishNY · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 02:44 PM »

wow... nice perch.. i have only heard of blue perch and you seem to have caught a couple and a perch without stripes... crazy!

TheManInBlack · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 08:29 PM »

My Dad caught a "stripeless" perch this week on Chatauqua. It was odd. It had the exact coloring off a walleye, but was definitely not a walleye. It was the exact same shape and size as all the other perch we were catching out of there. First time we had ever seen something like that. We should have taken a picture!

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