Quote Originally Posted by TimY View Post
Actually they are perch and yes they are great to eat from what I'm told from guys that are die hard crappie fisherman. Said they fillet them and throw them in the deep fryer.

White perch = Morone americana, White bass = Morone chrysops, Striped bass = Morone saxatilis all family Moronidae

Yellow pearch = Perca flavescens , European perch = Perca fluviatilis, Walleye = Sander vitreus ; all family Percidae

Different family, so not a true perch. Then again, Dad always called sunfish (bluegill, redear, etc.) by the name of perch... Hearing that reference for 20 years cost me when I got into fisheries class in college, and guess what, I still call them perch! To each their own.