18 inch Yellow Perch!

[taxi1]

Well actually it's a cast of a European yellow perch (Perch fluviatilis) I painted like a yellow perch for a customer. Didn't like the original fins so I attached fins from a 19 inch walleye. Picture doesn't do it justice but I did use a cell phone. It's not picking up the metallic base under the yellow/orange color or the richness of the yellow/orange. And some of the fins look clearer than they actually are.

For those of you that don't know European Yellow Perch get much bigger than our North American Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens).

Fish is painted on both sides.

[Light liner]

Nice looking mount.
18" perch that's a whopper!

[lunkerslayer]

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Well actually it's a cast of a European yellow perch (Perch fluviatilis) I painted like a yellow perch for a customer. Didn't like the original fins so I attached fins from a 19 inch walleye. Picture doesn't do it justice but I did use a cell phone. It's not picking up the metallic base under the yellow/orange color or the richness of the yellow/orange. And some of the fins look clearer than they actually are.

For those of you that don't know European Yellow Perch get much bigger than our North American Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens).

Fish is painted on both sides.

Moderators can we get moderators please I am seriously jealous right now becuase it's not my perch. This fish is clearly only a  8 inch. And the title is deceiving me. Security!!!!!!

Nice fish sir just a little online humor
Merry Christmas and the owner that mount will love it
Thanks for rubbing it in to everyone face
Kidding just kidding 

[slipperybob]

!!!!!

I was excited to see a yellow Stanley measuring tape.

[bullpine]

Are they tasty like our perch?

[taxi1]

Thank you for the kind words and humor.

I knew I would get lots of looks really fast if I posted 18 inch Yellow Perch. I was not disappointed. 

That and of course many of us are on Christmas break and waiting for decent ice, so not a lot going on with the site yet.

[stinkyfingers]

Chopped and channeled. Custom paint. Not really the fish your guy caught though is it?

[bobberbill]

Zander..

[taxi1]

Are they tasty like our perch?

I would bet they are the same. Genetically they are very close.

Here's one:  48 cm (18.89 inches)



And a juvenile. You can see the difference but it's not a lot.

[taxi1]

Chopped and channeled. Custom paint. Not really the fish your guy caught though is it?

Actually he's not proporting to have caught it and not even hiding the fact that it's really a cast of European Yellow Perch. He just wanted a replica of the biggest perch I could produce for him. Ironically the vendor for the blank is located in Florida.

[taxi1]

Zander..

Another fish in the perch family that is related to our walleye but gets bigger.

[tomturkey]

Are they tasty like our perch?

Ours are too strong for my sister in law. I gave them a lb. of filets off of some nice size yellow bellies with the skin on. She made my brother take the skin off of them before she would cook them. She said they were too strong.

Yet She likes large mouth bass. I did say she was my SIL. I guess that is my brothers problem.

[taxi1]

Ours are too strong for my sister in law. I gave them a lb. of filets off of some nice size yellow bellies with the skin on. She made my brother take the skin off of them before she would cook them. She said they were too strong.

Yet She likes large mouth bass. I did say she was my SIL. I guess that is my brothers problem.

Interesting. I always thought LMB were the strongest tasting fish around second only to carp.

[stinkyfingers]

Actually he's not proporting to have caught it and not even hiding the fact that it's really a cast of European Yellow Perch. He just wanted a replica of the biggest perch I could produce for him. Ironically the vendor for the blank is located in Florida.

You did a beautiful job on the mount. It's obvious that you take pride in your work. I'm maybe a little too sensitive on the authenticity of fish mounts. I had a co-worker that had a mount produced for a 39" Northern he had caught, his lifetime best. When the mount came back it had grown 5" in length and looked liked it had "gained" 7-8 pounds. He certainly claimed his trophy fish and had the back story down but only he and I knew it was fake because I took the original picture.

[filetandrelease]

Both excellent fish , the cast is awesome , the Zander and walleye world records are the same at 25-# last I knew , here where I live in NY a big eye will go 10- 14#

[corny13]

Beautiful mount!!  Yep those perch grow big over there!  Ive caught some in Sweden.  Note in the next photo how Red their pectoral fins are... why they are called Red finned Perch not yellow perch.  They are Finland's National Fish!!

[taxi1]

Both excellent fish , the cast is awesome , the Zander and walleye world records are the same at 25-# last I knew , here where I live in NY a big eye will go 10- 14#

O.K. I stand corrected.

[corny13]

I don't believe there are any euro perch in the USA  but there is one lake in central North Dakota with a few Zander in it.. Spiritwood.  They were stock about 30 years ago and every so ofter some one pulls one out.

[Gills4me]

am I the only 1 that wants to move to Europe now ?

[1750outfiterss]

am I the only 1 that wants to move to Europe now ?

  No im with ya! Awesome mount 

[taxi1]

I don't believe there are any euro perch in the USA  but there is one lake in central North Dakota with a few Zander in it.. Spiritwood.  They were stock about 30 years ago and every so ofter some one pulls one out.

There was a fish farm in PA that claimed to sell European perch or a cross between ours and the European.

I've heard rumors there was or is at least one fish farm illegally raising them for the food market.

[filetandrelease]

O.K. I stand corrected.

Oh over all I think your right I’ve seen many pics of 15# and over Zander compared to eyes , they just share a record

[trundog]

Great looking mount!

[lunkerslayer]

http://www.in-fisherman.com/ice-fishing/idaho-girl-ices-world-record-perch/

[Kov619]

These are lake Eire perch 15 ins....Pennsylvania

[mr tip up]

Nice looking mount.
18" perch that's a whopper!

now thats what i call a nice perch

[river_scum]

that would be cool on the wall.  nice mount taxi.


i ran across this vid last year when this subject came up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArlXhJCtAJk
hum

[OldSailor]

We NEED to get those over here!!!! At least cross breed them with ours!!! 

[mdrobny]

I would've fillet it!

[Charman03]

Taxi, do you have any pictures of crappie mounts?