Perch

Perch One Of The Best Eating Fish And Also One Of The Easiest Fish To Catch In Our Lakes Across The States. I Know Here In The Midwest State Of Minnesota, These Buggers Are Hard To Keep Of Your Hook And Can Get To A Very Decent Size For The Frying Pan, So Lets See Some Pictures Of Your Catches And Hear Some Stories To Boot Thank You.

They are aggravting little buggers in the summer when we are up there, the little 4 inchers love to steal your bait before the sunnies get to it. Last time we were up there in the winter, Mike we went over to Westport Lake,(we used to fish bullheads there when I was a kid) and caught a mess of nice perch up to about 10 inches. I swear I could eat those things till I puke and then sit down and eat some more. Man, are they good.

Mike when I lived in Illinois, I use to go to Winthrop Harbor with my ultra lite, a few Lindy jig heads and a minnow bucket full of fatheads. And man you talk about some fun! In an hours time you could catch 200! I caught some that I swear were 14in to 15in long! Lake Michigan has huge numbers and giant size perch. I can remember when you were reeling one in ten or more would be trying to take that jig tip with the fathead minnow away! It was a blast! I forgot all about those little critters!

Or were they called Flathead minnows Its been awhile!!

Some times they're called Fatheads...Other refer to them as stingers.

well i don't really like to catch them in the summer but i sure like them in the winter, i the winter time there are days that that is the only fish you get get when the rest refuse to bite. i have many times went home and i speak a few years ago gone home with a 5 gallon bucket full, well them turned into fried perch, pickled perch, deep fried perch, perch chowder, and so on and so on. i still catch and go out to catch perch every winter just because they are awesome tasting fish.

speaking of perch, i went out on lake erie on monday and a friend and i caught our limit of 30 each. we culled and threw back another 41. we also caught 18 nice white perch and one big drum. all this in 2 1/2 hrs. had a great time.

oh, and i forgot. twenty of the perch were jumbo's !!!!!

WTG!~! Glad to hear you had a great time on the water. Sounds like they were biting VERY well!~! That's the kind of fishing I like is when you catch one after another!

Man perch are real tasty fish, there on the top of the food chain in my house, congrats on the fine catches to you guys sounds like you had a great time.