Jordan Lake Yellow Perch?

I am wondering if anybody ever caught any that were eating size. They are excellent bait stealers (worms, usually), but the ones we catch are rarely more than five inches long. I would think that we would catch one bigger occasionally. Maybe they are prized by bass and never get very big?

I have caught decent eating sizes in lakes James and hickory. Excellent for the table if you can find them, just not a size able population of them around here.

Ya need to goto the coastal rivers in the 1st couple months of the year!

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't clear in the message body. I was wondering about Jordan lake, specifically.

I've caught some yellow perch in Jordan over the years, but never any size. I think the bass, catfish and stripers keep the population low and small.

I used to catch big ones (12"+) at smith mountain in the fall on main channel drop offs.
TW