Thread: Question?

Yellow perch. Good eating if you can get into some that are big enough.

Strangely enough, BR is the only place that I've ever caught them.

I caught a few in Jonathan this past weekend. Put these back but have eaten them before and they were good.

I catch 2-3 of em each year fishing north KY Lake....usually on minnows...

I throw them back hoping that someday they will proliferate like the blue gill has...

Rickie

I agree with the great eating!!! Have it a couple times a year up north when we visit the in-laws. Wish they would take off down here as well!!!!

Up in Lake Michigan My fatherinlaw used to catch em. Thats a yellow perch and there are whites also. I caught one bluegill fishing last May near Big Bear. Up north they get a lot bigger than I have caught but they are tasty. I think they school and run deep generally liking colder temp waters.

I moved from Milwaukee Wisconsin to Kentucky 6 years ago and the Lake Michigan Yellow Perch fishing was ON back then. It wasn't hard to get 5 keepers in the first hour of daylight(The Daily Limit was 5) Yes only 5 but we would get them up to 16" and my keeper size was 10" to 13" the rest I would let go. Even out of Lake Michigan the Yellow Perch tasted Grrrrrrrreat !

Cool. I've never seen a yellow perch in Kentucky. We used to catch a ton on Lake Erie with my uncle. Jumbo sized. Would catch two at a time with an umbrella type rig. And yes, VERY fine eating. Wish they were thick here in Kentucky, but have not seen one in the lakes i primarily fish (Rough,Nolin,Taylorsville).