Whats A Keeper

Just Kind Of Wondering What Everyone Considers A Keeper Size Fish To Eat When Ice Fishing?

Would Like To Know On These Fish.

1. Perch
2. Walleye
3. Blue Gill
4. Crappie
5. Pike

This Is Mine That I Keep.

10"+ Perch
15"+ Walleye
8" Sunfish
12" Crappie
Pike Very's By What Lake I Fish But Generally I Like Them Small In The 24 Inch Range.

Crappies, 9-10 inches

Bluegills, 7-8 inches.

Sometimes a little smaller if I'm hungry. Those cold water fish just taste too darn good.

Its depend size on panfish, if alot of panfish are 5 to 6 inch so I would keep them.

walleye- legal size 18"

Northern- legal size 32"

Bass- legal size 18"

Perch 9 to 10 inches
Crappies 10+ inches

Don't fish for the other three species around here.


Jim

1. Perch 7in. You Guys Are Picky
2. Walleye 15in. Legal
3. Blue Gill 6in. Like said need to be few to keep this size if I'm getting bigger ones I'll step up to 7
4. Crappie 8in.
5. Pike Whatever legal slot is

I Don't Think That It Anything To Do With Being Picky, But It Has Alot To Do With What Your Lake Holds For The Size Of The Fish. I Fish Alot Of Lakes That You Are Lucky To Catch A Perch Over 4 Inches And I Mean Catch Bucket Fulls, But I Also Fish A Few Lakes That Have 10 Inch Perch Easy With Some Bigger. The Lakes That Have The Big Ones Is Not Only Do To What The Lake Has To Offer Game Fish Food But Also The Release Of These Fish To Grow Up, And The Lakes That Have All The Small Ones In Is Because Of Poor Management Such As Stocky The Lake With Game Fish To Control The Population Of The Perch. There Are Several Ways Of Looking At This But It All Revolves Around Common Sense And What And How The DNR Manages The Waters You Are Fishing.

PS Even I Keep Small Perch I Use Them For Pickled Fish, And The Cats Like The Carcasses Also Because There Small.

It was a joke

OhioFisher wrote:

It was a joke

I Guess I Don't Understand What Is A Joke.