MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
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 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!!
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.