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Offline WildOutdoorAddict

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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #30 on: Nov 17, 2010, 07:21 PM »
Quote from: jigginPig on Nov 17, 2010, 07:13 PM
24 36 24 with vocal chords removed ;D
That's Great!  If they we're still in existence today! This could be filed under "the perfect catch" also!  ::)
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #31 on: Nov 18, 2010, 05:51 PM »
For me if I can lay the perch on my hand with its nose at the tip of my middle finger and its tail is fully off my hand and on my wrist its a keeper, which for me is just over 8.5inches.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #32 on: Nov 19, 2010, 09:14 AM »
Any perch worth the trouble of cleaning.

I don't want to be eating small perch "nibblets"

I want a nice piece of fish that is worth my time to clean, cook and eat.


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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #33 on: Nov 19, 2010, 09:25 AM »
Depends what I'm catching. If they're all small, I'll keep a few. If I can get some bigger fish, all the small ones go back.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #34 on: Nov 28, 2010, 06:50 PM »
Go along with my wife... has to be 10" ;D
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #35 on: Nov 29, 2010, 10:58 PM »
Quote from: GotEmHooked on Feb 11, 2010, 11:55 AM


Now that's pretty cool, never seen it done that way before.   I'm an electric knife guy, only way to go when there's a pile of 200+ laying in the cooler.  ;D   Like others have said, my definition of a keeper depends on how hungry I am, but I guess 7" is about the absolute smallest.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #36 on: Dec 02, 2010, 08:44 AM »
Quote from: bart on Oct 11, 2010, 08:01 PM



Same here...
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #37 on: Dec 02, 2010, 08:47 AM »
Quote from: bart on Oct 11, 2010, 08:01 PM



Same here...




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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #38 on: Dec 02, 2010, 05:52 PM »
Quote from: jigginPig on Nov 17, 2010, 07:13 PM
24 36 24 with vocal chords removed ;D

You guys in the US must be different from us Canadians. ::)
Here most of us aren't into flat chested, big bellied, no butt women. :o :o
Now 36-24-36 or even somewhat close is a target species. ;D
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #39 on: Dec 02, 2010, 07:26 PM »
I thought nobody noticed! ;D Its all about the cutter :thumbsup:
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #40 on: Dec 06, 2010, 03:13 PM »
9+
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #41 on: Dec 08, 2010, 07:51 AM »
8+ maybe really fat 7
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #42 on: Dec 09, 2010, 04:31 AM »
8" and up in the bucket. :icefish:
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #43 on: Dec 14, 2010, 04:40 PM »
i keep 9 inchers, 8 inchers if i am catching a lot of them
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #44 on: Oct 22, 2012, 05:59 PM »
How do you tell if the perch are male or female.
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Offline Whytie

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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #45 on: Oct 23, 2012, 12:17 AM »
females are usually round and fat with a large bump on their head, males longer and slimmer and not much of a bump on the head. most fish kept are the females they grow larger than the males.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #46 on: Oct 23, 2012, 09:55 AM »
9-10 inchers can keep. i try to throw the big females back if im not fishing deep water.  if the swim bladder blows up they all keep.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #47 on: Oct 23, 2012, 09:59 AM »
Quote from: meatman on Oct 23, 2012, 09:55 AM
9-10 inchers can keep. i try to throw the big females back if im not fishing deep water.  if the swim bladder blows up they all keep.



About same here, I occasionally have a difficult time throwing back a real fatty.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #48 on: Oct 23, 2012, 11:18 AM »
6" and up. Big females back down the hole they go!
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #49 on: Oct 24, 2012, 04:54 PM »
Quote from: jigginPig on Nov 17, 2010, 07:13 PM
24 36 24 with vocal chords removed ;D
yes  :thumbsup:
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #50 on: Oct 30, 2012, 11:56 AM »
Quote from: webster on Oct 11, 2010, 02:06 PM
depends how hungry i am for a fish fry

X2!
 I prefer NOT to keep any under 8" if possible.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #51 on: Dec 13, 2012, 07:58 AM »
I personally try to stick to 8-9"+ but one of the spots i fish they are wicked overpopulated so sometimes Ill keep some smaller ones.
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #52 on: Dec 14, 2012, 10:02 AM »
personally I let the eagles decide what perch to keep   they all get tossed out on the ice
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #53 on: Dec 15, 2012, 09:04 PM »
I like perch to be 8-12 " anything smaller goes back anything bigger goes back. But that's just me. I usually fish for fun, and mostly catch and release. But will keep once in a while
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #54 on: Dec 15, 2012, 09:13 PM »
Perch 9" crappie 10" gills 8.5"
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #55 on: Dec 17, 2012, 05:10 PM »
8 an up, 2nd best tasting only bluegill are better, i guess maybe cause we have way more perch here than gills
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #56 on: Dec 28, 2012, 08:37 PM »
10 inch plus anything smaller a pain to clean!
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #57 on: Dec 28, 2012, 08:49 PM »
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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #58 on: Dec 03, 2013, 04:00 PM »
Quote from: silvercliff_46 on Feb 15, 2010, 07:44 PM
and once you get them back in your hut..., what happens then......, never mind I don't want to know. ::) :o


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Re: what do you consider a keeper?
« Reply #59 on: Dec 03, 2013, 05:22 PM »
9+, anything else is a dink   ;)
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