Author Topic: perch (Read 11041 times)

Mainehazmt · « **on:** Sep 23, 2007, 10:39 AM »

is it time to start raggin on perch yet lol

ifishhi · « **Reply #1 on:** Sep 23, 2007, 12:15 PM »

i love it

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #2 on:** Sep 23, 2007, 12:25 PM »

eagles are getting hungry

mainedukblaster · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 23, 2007, 02:55 PM »

can't wait for the sight of a beautiful Bald Eagle eating a Tiger trout!!

Frozen__Nutts · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 24, 2007, 09:04 AM »

ifishhi · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 24, 2007, 09:17 AM »

Quote from: Frozen__Nutts on Sep 24, 2007, 09:04 AM

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now that's a good perch pic

jacksmelt71 · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 24, 2007, 09:41 AM »

make good hockey pucks frozen on some clear ice patch during early season. good cut bait on a pimple jiggin'.

Kindguyry · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 25, 2007, 07:05 PM »

Ill take all the perch I can catch or get from other fisherman. Where I am from, Michigan, Perch is so sought out, its sold in the grocery stores. I still cant figuire out why nobody likes them.... Ill take a perch over a trout anyday.

duck doctor · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 25, 2007, 07:52 PM »

Bears like the perch and the blue fish!

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 07:24 AM »

Hmm so far 7 to 1 against perch hmmm should see if we can get the site to sponsor a poll

IceFish4 · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 07:26 AM »

Are we talking yellow perch or white? There is a difference.

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 09:07 AM »

Yellow! the wormy ones we have up here in Maine

Hard_H2O · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 10:43 AM »

Quote from: Mainehazmt on Sep 26, 2007, 09:07 AM

Yellow! the wormy ones we have up here in Maine

When they are cooked you do not even notice or know that they are wormy. Don't tell the wife. The worms are harmless.

Perch are some excellent eating fish.

Buck1985 · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 10:55 AM »

Around here we don't have wormy perch, and perch are sought after pretty hard, and I must agree, I'd take a perch over a trout to eat any day.

IceFish4 · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 11:35 AM »

Regional differences are pretty neat. My uncle has sporting camps in Ray, MN and when he is here he would eat a 5-gallon bucket of yellow perch fillets in a sitting if he could. As for me, I'd rather sit all day and catch one trout than dozens of perch. But, when I do get into them, I only keep the white perch. Here in Millinocket, people spend all year chasing white perch and take a togue or salmon as a bonus. Pretty cool what people like.

If the folks here in Maine could experience Walleye fishing they would abandon the walley's little cousin for sure.

duck doctor · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 11:36 AM »

I like perch if I am targetting them. But that is pretty rare!

IceFish4 · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 12:14 PM »

Countyiceman is on the road today and in upstate New York and just sent me this instant message:

Russ says:
here is something for the guys on IS.com....I just had lunch...fried yellow perch at a restaurant..lol
Jeff says:
I was just adding a thought to a thread about perch on IS.
Jeff says:
How was the perch?
Russ says:
awesome
Russ says:
light crumb batter deep fried....tasted great

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 12:28 PM »

lol only a few hrs old and we already have 265 views lol

Hard_H2O · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 12:37 PM »

Quote from: IceFish4 on Sep 26, 2007, 12:14 PM

Countyiceman is on the road today and in upstate New York and just sent me this instant message:
Russ says:
here is something for the guys on IS.com....I just had lunch...fried yellow perch at a restaurant..lol
Jeff says:
I was just adding a thought to a thread about perch on IS.
Jeff says:
How was the perch?
Russ says:
awesome
Russ says:
light crumb batter deep fried....tasted great

One of the best meals i ever had was at a little fish shack outside of Camp Perry, Ohio. What was on the menu? Yellow perch of course. Camp Perry is right on the shore of Lake Erie.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=camp+perry+ohio&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl

wickedgoodatv · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 08:13 PM »

I grew up in Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie still travel back 3 times a year to Port Clinton, OH. Two trips a year for walleye and one for perch in the fall. This year has been a banner year. Been limiting on walleye early both trips and then filling tickets on some nice jumbo lake perch (yellows).

As someone else mentioned, you can buy yellow perch fillets in the grocery mart. Earlier this year I saw a sign reading lake perch $12.99/lb and walleye $10.99/lb.

I love going back and being able to order a nice perch dinner with walleye cheek nuggets as an appetizer.

When I first met my wife, we were just goofing off fishing and both of us hooked up on some nice 12-13 inch yellow perch and she unhooked hers and threw it back. I asked what she was doing and told me that that was just a junk fish, only the whites were any good. I talked her into keeping them and trying them and we came back with a whole pile in the boat. She loves them now.

It is funny like you say about the tastes of different regions of the county.

Just a question for the midwest boys, anybody still eat the sheepshead. We used to smoke them, but now they take up too much room in the coolers that we need for the big ol goggle-eyes and yellow perch.

I think it is where you grew up again on the trout thing. I like trout, but will take a plate of yellow perch, pike and walleye over any trout any day.

We oughta set up a big ol fish fry on the ice somewhere during a derby or something and everybody bring some of what they caught and fire up the turkey cookers and have a feast. Some people might be surprised at what they like and start keeping alot more fish that they catch.

calvin21 · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 08:26 PM »

i don't know one person that eats sheephead

Sven936 · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 09:32 PM »

Ate some sheepshead this last winter. Do not get it often, but not bad...... Especially with some old milwaukee (again not often, but not bad) However, the next morning is killer

good thing we had more than one bathroom in the house....

dabber-doo · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 09:44 PM »

Lmao you guys got it all wrong. Gills and craps are the best. Will take um over trout and pearch and walleye any day.

Perch-Pirate · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 26, 2007, 10:02 PM »

Icefish4,
Where was your buddy at in Upstate NY eating perch? You can never have too many restaurants that serve perch fillets!!!!

Late,

Perch-less

Buck1985 · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 27, 2007, 02:26 AM »

I don't eat sheepshead, but I like how Pike was brought up, I talked to a guy last winter that said he'd take pike over perch, walleye, crappies, bluegill, trout, well basically said that was his preferred taste. I have to agree Pike is really good.

chillywillie · « **Reply #25 on:** Sep 27, 2007, 05:28 AM »

I tried yellow perch for the first time last winter. I'll never throw another on the ice again. They're awesome eating fish.

IceFish4 · « **Reply #26 on:** Sep 27, 2007, 07:20 AM »

Quote from: Perch-less on Sep 26, 2007, 10:02 PM

Icefish4,
Where was your buddy at in Upstate NY eating perch? You can never have too many restaurants that serve perch fillets!!!!

Answer: Schuler's Restaurant in Watertown

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #27 on:** Sep 27, 2007, 07:47 AM »

oh oh 6 to ice em 7 to eat em too close to call yet

Hard_H2O · « **Reply #28 on:** Sep 27, 2007, 08:12 AM »

Around here the trash fish are the carp, sheepshead, and rock bass.

Went up to Andrusia on the Cass Lake chain in MN this summer for a week. The cabin next to us had two couples from Illinois. They were looking for the rock bass to bring some home. I told them to take all they wanted.

Any of them are good especially if they are fresh, came out of cold water, and they are even better if I caught them.

Crappies, perch, bluegill, pike, walleye, crappie, trout. Even burbot is good eats.

We came in from a day on the ice up in Sioux Narrows with a mess of fish. We fired up the motel's fish cooker (it was around 0°F so the oil was solid in the cooker. We put the gear away and cleaned the fish. We had a mix of burbot, perch, and walleye. Breaded it all threw it all in together. You couldn't tell on from the other. It was all fresh right out of a frozen lake.

duck doctor · « **Reply #29 on:** Sep 27, 2007, 09:09 AM »

I know that there are people in Oswego Ny that line the banks of the Oswego River trying to catch sheephead. Apparently they love them out there.

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