Author Topic: white perch (Read 6157 times)

fish_finder · « **on:** Jan 09, 2007, 03:49 PM »

Have any of you ever gotten a white perch/bass through the ice? I catch them all the time in the summer but have never gotten any icefishing.

TONYR · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 09, 2007, 03:58 PM »

Back some 10-12 years ago I fished a few times on Greenwood lake which is half in NJ and half in NY. 10-15 guys in a circle about 30 feet across and everyone was pulling double headres one after the next and filling buckets. Most about a half pound, with the rare 2 pounder in the mix. The schools must have been huge when we hit them. The lake is loaded with them. Most of the time you could not find them.

BillP · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 09, 2007, 04:03 PM »

yea we catch white perch jiggin all the time. and bass we catch left and right on the tilts and once in a while youll catch one jiggin its awesome!

marcus · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 09, 2007, 06:52 PM »

white perch are quite active under the ice and very catchable i have caught alot of them when i lived in NH the fish and game was actually telling us to keep them all there were too many of them If i remember correctly they were in some fairly deep water pretty high up in the water column sorry this was my pre flasher days so i cannot be more specific all i know is you find one get ready they run in huge schools

bigfish_1556 · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 09, 2007, 09:40 PM »

They can get pretty pesky on Oneida Lake, NY at times when you're looking for suspended 'eyes......

hunters08 · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 13, 2007, 12:00 AM »

tons of white perch through the ice on chautuqua lake and they actually taste better catching them through the ice

WARRIOR_ON_ICE · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 13, 2007, 08:44 AM »

Quote from: hunters08 on Jan 13, 2007, 12:00 AM

tons of white perch through the ice on chautuqua lake and they actually taste better catching them through the ice

I have caught a handful in the NYC reservoirs on tip-ups. I also caught a bunch of them one day in Lake Champlain. They are good eating as hunters08 mentioned when caught through the ice. I would like to go for them again.

perch-man · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 15, 2007, 08:28 PM »

Sorry I have never seen a white perch does anybody have a picture of one?

holeinhide · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 15, 2007, 08:33 PM »

they are a lot like striped bass or a white bass only smaller.

perch-man · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 15, 2007, 08:36 PM »

Quote from: holeinhide on Jan 15, 2007, 08:33 PM

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Thanks for showing me that are they as good to eat as yellow perch?

holeinhide · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 15, 2007, 08:41 PM »

That depends on your taste. they are more of a oily meat like striped bass so they are a bit fishy and if not taken through the ice they can be quite mushy. So I would say no not good as yellow but others would say different.

fish_finder · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 15, 2007, 10:20 PM »

I find they are great eating but only when the water is cold, ive never had them through the ice but when i get them right after the ice is gone they are really good

BAZOOKAJOE · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 16, 2007, 09:09 AM »

Better than bass...not quite as good as yellow perch.

BillP · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 16, 2007, 02:59 PM »

there not that bad ive only had them the poor mans shrimp way. there a little muddy tasting but its not that bad!

perch-man · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 16, 2007, 03:15 PM »

What if a guy put them in a smoker or are they too small tulibee are good this way?

jigmasterjr · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 16, 2007, 06:16 PM »

white perch arent bad tasting if iced right away in warmer months or threw the ice, it helps if you slit there throat and bleed them out i find it makes them taste better. if your lucky enough to get into some big ones they can put up a nice fight
heres my woman with one

holeinhide · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 03:14 AM »

As you can see in the pic above they are not small fish. They run about the same sizes as yellow perch and yes they might be real tasty smoked.

perch-man · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 10:53 AM »

Quote from: holeinhide on Jan 17, 2007, 03:14 AM

As you can see in the pic above they are not small fish. They run about the same sizes as yellow perch and yes they might be real tasty smoked.

Thanks guys and gals for showing me those fish it is nice to see a speciecs thaT you are not familiar with.

Gold Rush · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 08, 2007, 04:27 PM »

Last year I was getting tons of white perch thru the ice on Webster Lake in NH.

(See my avatar to the left.) They were mighty good eatin'.....filletted, floured and fried in butter.....succulent. This year I can't seem to find them. All I'm finding are tiny 4" yellow perch. WHERE DID ALL THE WHITE PERCH GO?

bigfish_1556 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 08, 2007, 08:16 PM »

I've found on Oneida Lake in NY, that the White Perch populations seem to be very cyclical - banner year followed the next year by next to nothing. Not sure why.

calvin21 · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 09, 2007, 09:40 PM »

are they always so dark or are they lighter in color when they are younger. I htink i caught one this past weekend but not sure what it was. It looked the same as the first picture though.

Gold Rush · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 10, 2007, 04:06 AM »

They can be lightly colored, almost albino, especially in winter.

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