jumbo perch

[kamilinthere]

i was wondering if someone would point me to a lake with em 

[Vwtroutman]

If you are close to PA,  Pecks Pond is supposed to be great for BIG perch.
Right on Route 402.

[kamilinthere]

i live in new york but im willing to make a trip if its promising were is it exactly i cant locate it

[quailman2]

Iam still looking for jumbo perch!

[kamilinthere]

i dont know why but i havent had much perch this season yet 
hopefully somone will reply with a lake 2 hours or less from nyc

[NJ PIKER]

If a person has  a lake  with that quality of pearch
I highly doubt they will broadcast it here

[kamilinthere]

i know i wont be able to get privite lakes but if someone does i can return the favor i know a lot of spots for a wide variety of fish but the pearch arent biting this season for me >.<

[chrisk]

You should subscribe to 'Field and Sream' or "Sports Afield'. They'll yell ya where the jumbos r biting.

[kamilinthere]

i joined this site for that :L

[chrisk]

i joined this site for that :L

Just janking yor chain.

[tonyrad]

Jumbo's, Jumbo's Jumbo's, the eternal quest, seeking the easy answer are you not Grasshopper??

Well here's what I will tell you, so listen hard... The big girls are always dead nuts on the bottom, and deep 98% of the time, they don't get that way in the weeds eating micro forage, but meat, herring to be specific.

They move to find that bait, so it's a rare catch unless you hit a school of the big girls chewing at the time you are over them.

Swartzwood Has/Had them, but they rarely come in big numbers. Green Pond (private) has/had them, 1990 and I had 18 from a pound to 1.93 lbs. and they were all girls, the 2 that were 14 oz. were males. The big girls don't travel with the small boys, they tend to orient by size.

By weight, the later in the ice year, the bigger the guts they will have, dangerous ice or ice out before they spawn. So that's 2 for you. One public and one private. My secret spots are like others will tell you, not for public consumption.

Good luck with the size thing Bud.

[fishgalore]

i joined this site for that :L

Try Lake Hopatcongs Byram Bay for lots of perch.

[kamilinthere]

thanks for the tips ive fished lake swartswood and it was dead i didnt get any flags or even panfish its a hard lake 2 fish
and hapotcong is a good lake ive went thier for the past 2 weekes and ive caught pickrel from 20 to 28 inches its an awsome lake ive caught perch but they were mabe like 6 or 7 inches i want the 10 + inch perch

[fishgalore]

i want the 10 + inch perch

Byram Bay

[fishgalore]

i want the 10 + inch perch

Maybe this will help:- http://www.in-fisherman.com/content/nature-perch/1

[kamilinthere]

it does and ill be sure to check the bay out thanks for the tip
and ive been using the jigging shad  not much luck tho ive had more lick on the bugs with a wax worm

[kamilinthere]

bryan bay isnt far from were i fish i usualy fish at halsey island not sure if thats the realy name but i hearf by racoon island the bites are great

isnt bryan bay opened? i thought i say open water thier this weekend

[fishgalore]

bryan bay isnt far from were i fish i usualy fish at halsey island not sure if thats the realy name but i hearf by racoon island the bites are great

isnt bryan bay opened? i thought i say open water thier this weekend

Drill lots of holes and move, move, move.

[kamilinthere]

you can do that
ima try something new ima make a thumper
and atract the fish to me

[bmxrider11976]

never stop looking for them. if you know a lake has perch in it, then they dont just dissapear. they are there but sometimes you jsut gotta dig for em! but once you find it, oh once you find it, cancel all your plans for the next week cause you will be a slave to the ice!

[kamilinthere]

never stop looking for them. if you know a lake has perch in it, then they dont just dissapear. they are there but sometimes you jsut gotta dig for em! but once you find it, oh once you find it, cancel all your plans for the next week cause you will be a slave to the ice!

we should go fishing one time i wana c u walk around all over the lake lol

[NJIceFisher]

For whatever it may be worth (And I dont know after all these Yrs like over 15 Maybe!)  Spruce Run used to have some Monster Perch in it back then and I mean Big (2Lb +) as my Brother has Photos and a Mount from one caught there back in the days from open water that was Huge! and I saw them caught through the Ice too back then at the time but again, that was over 14yrs ago and I don't know if those (Big Sumo's)  are still in there or not (Probably Not!)  But I have only fished it through the Ice the Past Decade and haven't caught any Perch only Pike and Bass but who knows about those Perch in there! as maybe some of you other guys on here have caught them in there more recently? But I do know that it used to be the Place to go (Open water or Ice) back in the late 80's & 90's if you wanted to catch some of those Monsters!

[kamilinthere]

they are geting harder to catch and i havent seen many people with monster pearch thanks agian for the info

[chrisk]

Just janking yor chain.

Shouldn't post under the influence. Biggest perch I ever caught were over deep water sandbars on Spruce 30yrs ago. Sawbellies are still there so maybe those chunkers still are.

[bmxrider11976]

we should go fishing one time i wana c u walk around all over the lake lol

bring it on! i use a spud bar too! and no vex/underwater camera, you could say im one with the fish 

[kamilinthere]

i have a piranha max 30 fish finder by humminbird
ive used it once then havent gone fishing ina year now dont know how 2 use it lol :S
we should go and hopefuly we catch something u use any tipups or just jig?

[bmxrider11976]

ususally jsut jig. ill PM you next time i go

[oldman]

tonyrad's right.  Those big mamas don't hang in the shallows like the 9 - 10 inchers.  We used to jerk em in Swartswood but always in 30' + and yes, usually right on the bottom.  Now I've got the electronics and probed the depths but haven't found any real trophies for years.   

[kamilinthere]

i rather catch a bunch of 9 and 10 inchers then 2 or 3 14 inchers am i right?

[projoe]

as someone said in the past those biggens dont get that big by doing what the majority of the population does. they get that big eating meat (forage fish) and not the micro insects in the weeds.