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Offline icefishman

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Perch Contents
« on: Dec 31, 2021, 03:30 AM »
Found a weird bug tonight one of my perch I caught. I’m sure one of you knows what it is. Also was surprised at the size of bluegill another perch ate.









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Offline Iceassin

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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #1 on: Dec 31, 2021, 03:36 AM »
Was it on the outside of the fish? Looks like some sort of water bug. I'd say harmless.
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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #2 on: Dec 31, 2021, 03:48 AM »
Quote from: Iceassin on Dec 31, 2021, 03:36 AM
Was it on the outside of the fish? Looks like some sort of water bug. I'd say harmless.

No, it was in stomach
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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #3 on: Dec 31, 2021, 03:53 AM »
Quote from: icefishman on Dec 31, 2021, 03:48 AM
No, it was in stomach

Meh. Still good. They eat bugs too. Just ain't digested yet.
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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #4 on: Dec 31, 2021, 05:23 AM »
Giant water bug…
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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #5 on: Dec 31, 2021, 06:15 AM »
Not sure on the bug.
The size of the gill in that perch doesn't surprise me a bit.  I have found several types of fish with large prey in them.  After a few finds like that I started using bigger baits at times. 2inch plastics find their way down my ice holes quite regular tense days.  Go back there and anchor some 2-3inch gills to bottom and see what you get!

Another bait people don't use in winter is crawdads. I find them in bass at times so they are worth a try too.
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Offline aacosta

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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #6 on: Dec 31, 2021, 06:39 AM »
Bug is a dragonfly nymph


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Offline DR.SPECKLER

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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #7 on: Dec 31, 2021, 07:13 AM »
Looks like a water boatman.theres 300 different species of them.
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Offline threewack

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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #8 on: Dec 31, 2021, 09:07 AM »
As mentioned that would be dragon fly.
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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #9 on: Dec 31, 2021, 09:41 AM »
Great looking fish! Congrats!

As mentioned X3 dragonfly nymph
Sometimes I find them mixed in with wigglers at the bait shop.

Good Luck all  :tipup:
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Re: Perch Contents
« Reply #10 on: Dec 31, 2021, 10:35 AM »
Around here the are sold as thundebugs.
Dragonfly nymph is correct name.
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