Perchin

[Bodeen]

Hit Lake Michigan yesterday for a pretty easy limit of perch. There were 7 of us in 4 boats and we all hit our limits. Biggest fish of the 4 boats was 14 1/2 incher. My biggest was 12 1/2 inches.

[walleye270]

Nice fish. Those will eat very good I haven't gotten a chance to get out yet for perch. Yet

[Bodeen]

whats takin you so long!!!

[walleye270]

Jul 25, 2009 17:04:08 GMT -4 Bodeen said:

whats takin you so long!!!

I've been too busy with those trashy walleye

[Bodeen]

walleye are just perch with teeth And they are my favorite, but I can only have so many walleye in the freezer.....gotta mix it up with some coho, silvers, gills, cats, and perch....possible a few bass just to piss of bass anglers.

[Fishooked]

Jul 25, 2009 21:22:18 GMT -4 Bodeen said:

walleye are just perch with teeth And they are my favorite, but I can only have so many walleye in the freezer.....gotta mix it up with some coho, silvers, gills, cats, and perch....possible a few bass just to piss of bass anglers.

Doesn't matter to me, you're not fishing MY waters.

[zeroroaster]

Wow!!

A 12 1/2 inch perch? Awesome!! Here they rarely get to 12 inches. Because of the cold water and sparse food supply it can take 8 years for a perch to get to maturity, and even then, it's barely worth the electricity to fry them. Ok, so we get 10 lb trout instead...it's a harsh trade off, but we'll take it... ;D

[muskiehunter]

I haven't been out perch fishin yet but after seeing those pics I might have to bump it up on the priority list

I remember catching a few 14 inchers on Bays de Noc a few years ago so hopefully I can get a few of those when I go out.Although I perfer 8 to 10 inchers I won't be picky.

[Bodeen]

Jul 26, 2009 10:15:42 GMT -4 Fishooked said:

Jul 25, 2009 21:22:18 GMT -4 Bodeen said:

walleye are just perch with teeth And they are my favorite, but I can only have so many walleye in the freezer.....gotta mix it up with some coho, silvers, gills, cats, and perch....possible a few bass just to piss of bass anglers.

Doesn't matter to me, you're not fishing MY waters.

From the looks of your posts, YOUR fish are safe anyways

[Fishooked]

Jul 26, 2009 19:46:07 GMT -4 Fishooked said:

Jul 26, 2009 19:04:45 GMT -4 Bodeen said:

From the looks of your posts, YOUR fish are safe anyways

There's fish in my posts...they're always alive when I take pictures of them though.


Check your pms...and for once, I would like a reply.

[casey10]

I like the bass comment Bodeen, I had smbass for supper tonite that the wife and I caught yesterday. Delicious!!! Its the 1st bass I have eaten in years, all are usually c and r.

[Fishooked]

Jul 26, 2009 19:47:16 GMT -4 Fishooked said:

Jul 26, 2009 19:46:07 GMT -4 Fishooked said:

There's fish in my posts...they're always alive when I take pictures of them though.


Check your pms...and for once, I would like a reply.

Yep, that's pretty much what I expected.
You logged on here at least 4 times since I sent you a PM.

[bluefishbuster]

Awesome job! I really enjoy perchin. 3 Rapalas that have been so good to me whenever the perch are hitting are F, J, an SSR. The #1 colour that works for me on all 3 is P. SH on the F and SSR, SD on the SSR, and GFR on the F and J are pretty good to me too. I've caught a few on the JSR in SSD, SD, and P and always have a grand time jigging in the ice with a W5 in GT.

[qbert]

i live in south jersey and have just started catching perch in my local lake over the last 2yrs. only small ones so far though. there are also chain pickerel and crappies which hadnt been there in the past. i caught the biggest pickerel ive ever seen on a j11 in pike color