laker caught off a perch

[trout slayer 21]

so i saw a guy today catch a 8 pound laker off a 3 inch perch **censored** has anyone ever tryed this and how effective is it

[woodyvt]

Pretty cool.....caught pike on perch, but never a laker......any idea the depth of the water they were in?

[iceman55]

I've heard it was illeagal to use perch for bait don't know how true it is

[trout slayer 21]

perch arnt illegal to use i u catch them in the same body of water and use them there ... and they were fishing 5 feet under the ice in a 100 ft of water the lake has alot of small perch in it and they are more easyer to cath than smelt in this lake just thought it was neat

[iceman55]

I'm sure they work pretty good. I think one of my buddy's was using one cut up for cat fishing on champlain and the warden told him that it was illegal don't make sense, but it's not on the bait list. maybe some one on here knows.

[trout slayer 21]

If it was me I'd use them and not say anything

its leagle say so in the book!

[NEK]

Get a copy of the Vermont F&G regulation booklet and read the list on page 51 - It lists Yellow Perch as one of the legal baitfish as long as you catch it on hook and line and not in a minnow trap. It is listed second from the bottom, just above Rainbow Smelt as legal bait.

[whipplebuck]

Get a copy of the Vermont F&G regulation booklet and read the list on page 51 - It lists Yellow Perch as one of the legal baitfish as long as you catch it on hook and line and not in a minnow trap. It is listed second from the bottom, just above Rainbow Smelt as legal bait.

   yes 100% legal   what was that warden thinking ??  thank god our wardens down around here have a clue about the actual rules..  yikes..

[iceman55]

I see it in the book, fish on!!!

[iceman55]

The warden was down here.

[Lord_of_the_Perch]

i have no use for game wardens all they wanna do it rack up fines and violations and be these days ......

I kinda like wardens. It keeps the people who have no use for them in check....

[trout slayer 21]

I kinda like wardens. It keeps the people who have no use for them in check....

its not that i dont like them because i break laws i just dont like them when they harass fisherman and make crap out of thin air just to make a charge stick.........maybe we have a diff breed up here but thats not cool with me

[johndeere540]

I had a RETIRED GAME WARDEN tell me once that a game warden will do whatever he has to do to get the conviction! Even wording the report how HE WANTS IT WROTE!

[lakerdave]

Lakers are pigs . They patrol the edges of bays , eating every thing . Sunfish , bass , perch, smelt , suckers  even hear they eat small salmon. My biggest laker(a ten pounder )had an 11 inch perch in it, and small bass ,And a few smelt  . I caught a trout last week with bass and Sunfish in it .

[Magog Landshark]

I have cleaned out lakers with little pumpkinseed in them.  Fish gotta eat.

[lakerdave]

When there this big they eat what ever they want

[dgb]

so i saw a guy today catch a 8 pound laker off a 3 inch perch **censored** has anyone ever tryed this and how effective is it

Did'you not just answer your own question

[trout slayer 21]

Did'you not just answer your own question

just startin a convo and never heard of it before i knew browns eat perch but heck i think its intresting

[pikeaddict]

I tried to find the article, but no luck.  A year or two ago I read an article (believe it was In-Fisherman), that said Lake Trout do eat perch.  I guess they are on the menu primarily in the winter, b/c the trout can access parts of the lake that they can't in the summer (water is too warm).  Generally these parts are where the perch call home.

[Lavman]

Did'you not just answer your own question

I think ol' Halfrack is one of those guys that likes to talk just to hear himself speak 

[trout slayer 21]

I think ol' Halfrack is one of those guys that likes to talk just to hear himself speak 

well just wanted to start a convo ......... isnt what this site is for??....

[Lavman]

well just wanted to start a convo ......... isnt what this site is for??....

Yes it is, AND bustin' a few stones 

No worries my large friend, tis all good!

[tipuppppppppp]

my bro caught a 2.5 lber on lake dunmore during the derby when i cut it up there was 4 differnt rubber worms, a hook, about 4 ft of line balled up, two 3inch perch and his shiner,  they are definatly hogs thats for sure