Author Topic: yellow perch (Read 4173 times)

g dawg · « **on:** Jan 09, 2012, 05:00 PM »

anyone know of a place with big yellow perch

hoopdawg · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 05:13 PM »

ok I say it !!!! In the water !!!

Rando5512 · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 05:23 PM »

I dont fish for them but a couple guys i fished with last year said there are some big yellows and whites in Ossipiee Lake

NHSlabbinCabin · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 05:44 PM »

Fished Alton Bay for a few today. No real monsters, but plenty of them.

sweet lou · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 06:01 PM »

also picked up a few in the bay sunday. just finished the fry. em/em good.

stompa13i · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 06:32 PM »

plenty of perch in umbagog...nice and close too!

JIGGIN- · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 06:55 PM »

Newfound has some monster yellow perch however you gotta wait for the ice with the rest of us.

JIGGIN.

Oddfish · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 07:18 PM »

Massy, Bellamy, Patuckaway, Winni, BIP,.........and the list goes on. I picked up some mongoes from Massy last winter. Winni Has large fish Period!, So most any body of water will probably do.

Oddfish

Oddfish · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 07:22 PM »

I think this is what you might be looking for

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=193725.0

Oddfish

jeffro9023 · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 07:24 PM »

Lake gofindem has done me well

carpzilla · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 07:27 PM »

Where do you live?

deerme · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 09, 2012, 08:13 PM »

Quote from: jeffro9023 on Jan 09, 2012, 07:24 PM

Lake gofindem has done me well

LOL!

g dawg · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 11:31 AM »

i live in manchester i caught the state record perch with my wife and did not know it the perch was just shy of 19" and weighed just over 2' lbs ifish there every year i catch them 15" long most times but nothing like that on just looking for others places

DU4LIFE · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 11:38 AM »

Not to get off topic but what's the deal with guys leaving piles of perch on the ice for the birds. Saw 2 piles yesterday and 3 piles today. If your gonna put them on the ice at least take em just my crazy opinion i guess.

surflizard · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 11:47 AM »

Winni is as good a place to start as any other !

captain54 · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 11:53 AM »

They call them invasive species and feed them to the eagles along with pike,many pics in past years of guys that had piles of perch and pike( they spell out words with dead fish on the ice) left on for the eagles,it's really not very nice to look at,so if you must please don't post pics. Not calling anybody a liar but 19 inch PERCH may be a world record,you would think if someone did get one 19 inches they would have known they had something specail. A 15 inch fish is a giant .

surflizard · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 11:58 AM »

Just my Honest Opinion, but anyone who dumps Perch on the ice is a MORON and should lose their licence !! It doesn't get much better then some fresh deep fried Perch fillets !!

potatomansoup · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 02:58 PM »

Quote from: captain54 on Jan 10, 2012, 11:53 AM

They call them invasive species and feed them to the eagles along with pike,many pics in past years of guys that had piles of perch and pike( they spell out words with dead fish on the ice) left on for the eagles,it's really not very nice to look at,so if you must please don't post pics. Not calling anybody a liar but 19 inch PERCH may be a world record,you would think if someone did get one 19 inches they would have known they had something specail. A 15 inch fish is a giant .

Perch I think are native.... most other game fish are invasive. Bass, Sunfish, Carp, Brown trout, Rainbow Trout and a bunch of others... be careful about being a bucket biologist...
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NHSlabbinCabin · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 03:15 PM »

I know people get annoyed by them but it bugs me to waste a resource. It does feed birds, foxes etc but still. Just not my thing

salmon stalker · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 03:50 PM »

Any warm water should have nice supply of perch. As for the big ones...takes time to find them...BUT some good places have been mentioned.

I personally hate catching perch, great eating for me, I hate they eat my bait. BUT I dont ever kill them just to kill them, that is wrong. If you want to remove perch, take them home and put in your own trash, dont mess up the lake and make the residents think fisherman are slobs and wasteful. It makes us all look bad, I dont care how bad perch suck, respect the fishery we all put time and money into.

FishEnticer · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 05:18 PM »

I caught one perch today. Not veryt big, but I'm keeping it and cooking it. i never had ate them. I cut the eyes out for bait andf caught 3 crappie when they wouldn't hit anything else.

Oddfish · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 05:30 PM »

Quote from: salmon stalker on Jan 10, 2012, 03:50 PM

Any warm water should have nice supply of perch. As for the big ones...takes time to find them...BUT some good places have been mentioned.

I personally hate catching perch, great eating for me, I hate they eat my bait. BUT I dont ever kill them just to kill them, that is wrong. If you want to remove perch, take them home and put in your own trash, dont mess up the lake and make the residents think fisherman are slobs and wasteful. It makes us all look bad, I dont care how bad perch suck, respect the fishery we all put time and money into.

Good Points SS. I think that some people actually belive that it is good to feed the eagles, and maybe it is for the eagles, but dummies!....WAKE UP.............What do you think your preciouse game fish eat? Take the Yellows out and the rest of the fishery get hungry

Oddfish

winnisquam guy · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 05:35 PM »

why anyone would take it upon them selves to decide what belongs in a lake or what doesn't, if you're not eating your catch, throw em back! eagles can fend for themselves

sweet lou · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 06:28 PM »

the yellows are some of the best eating fish you can get in fresh water they are a pain to filet but i do it anyway.always used small ones for cusk bait till they outlawed them.

Guinea · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 06:41 PM »

I still don't understand why people think they are a trash fish. We had some for breakfast last Sunday....beautiful white flaky meat!

mosred · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 06:43 PM »

They are really some good tasting fish. Used to fill 5 gallon buckets in NY and have fish fry's every Sunday. YUMMY little creatures.

got1 · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 07:05 PM »

wow i didnt relize so many of you dont like perch...i spend most my winter perch fishing.....in the summer i stay away from them but my winter connsits alot of perch fishing........i grew up ice fishin in ak,we didnt have perch..

whtmtniceman · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 07:22 PM »

Quote from: surflizard on Jan 10, 2012, 11:58 AM

Just my Honest Opinion, but anyone who dumps Perch on the ice is a MORON and should lose their licence !! It doesn't get much better then some fresh deep fried Perch fillets !!

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whtmtniceman · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 07:29 PM »

I have this same issue, just with white perch... the cure is simple, just keep trying untill you figure it out. then be happy at how much it's worth it to figure out a new species

Swampdonkey · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 10, 2012, 07:32 PM »

Quote from: sweet lou on Jan 10, 2012, 06:28 PM

the yellows are some of the best eating fish you can get in fresh water they are a pain to filet but i do it anyway.always used small ones for cusk bait till they outlawed them.

A friend talked to a warden on the phone while I was sitting next to him and he said they could be used for bait if they were dead. BUT he also said check with the warden in the area you plan to fish because they could interpert the rule diffrently.

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Author Topic: yellow perch (Read 4173 times)

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