Quote Originally Posted by chmee213 View Post
I ate a drum a couple of weeks ago, very nice. Awfully skinny though.
My question is on another subject. Would it be possible to stock yellow pearch in one of the cooler lakes in Kansas? I used to catch them as a kid in Ohio. They are a lot of fun and very tasty. It may just be to warm here. Thank you.
Chmee213,

I have seen yellow perch in a couple of Kansas lakes. Gardner City Lake has a population of yellow perch that has been present for many years but most of the fish are small. Council Grove City Lake also has yellow perch. An occasional larger yellow perch is sometimes caught at these two lakes but the yellow perch do not contribute greatly to the sportfishery. Yellow perch are an introduced species in Kansas and were stocked prior to 1885. Yellow perch can sometimes overpopulate an impoundment and cause declines in other more popular fish populations which is a concern of fisheries managers. Yellow perch stocking in Kansas has been discussed but negatives outweighed the positives and future stockings have not been pursued.