P.E.T. part 2

Well I did not know Opie had give the Perch Jerkers a name, but that sound better than Perch Jerkers so I'll go with that.
Yesterday (Monday) was the only decent looking weather day this week so I went with my friend Harry and his son. We went to where Opie had been fishing and found the perch waiting. Since the lake has come up some we put in at Hallmark Shores. That is a shallow ramp and we really had to back out to launch.

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We ran around the cove to the old Turners Landing cove and started fishing in 40 FOW. It did not take long to find the fish,
Here is Harry and son, Will, pulling in a few.
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We were using minnows but I decided to try the Flexit Spoon and got a hit and caught one of the largest of the day.
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Hard to tell from the picture, but this fellow was bout 14 inches and thick as a 2X4.
When I pulled him in Harry said you want to see him on TV??
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This shows the jig and the fish hitting and then me reeling him in. Pretty cool electronics, huh?
Harry's son had to leave at 10:30 and it was probably a good thing because we had 50 in the cooler and sure did not need to stay longer. We had planned to drop Will off at the landing, but we figured we had enough to clean so we called it a day.
Here is Butch's cooler shot, and yes, Tim, they are floating upside down as you requested.
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I am not sure why the pictures are displayed as an attachment instead of the actual picture on my PC. If you can't open them let me know and I will repost the pics.

Sounds like a good trip. But the pics wont open for me.

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Ok, I think I figured out the problem. :bash
1st pic is launching on shallow ramp.
2nd is Harry and son Will.
3rd is the live well shot
4th is the picture of the DF showing the fish hitting the soon and being reeled in.
4th and 5th is picture of fish on the DF.

I am soooo jealous! I've developed a real passion for these fish (both the catching and the eating), and I've scaled down the tackle to take better advantage of just how hard they fight. But Clarks Hill (as far as I know) is still too muddy, and local reports I've heard are very poor, even in the clearer waters of Russell. Overnight we went from catching over a hundred to almost none...but that's what 3-4 feet of new water the color of milk chocolate will do.

Hopefully, I can soon rejoin the fun y'all are already having. Although I'll have to call my group the Perch EXTRACTION Team, as eradication might be too bold a boast even for me! :biggrin

Excellent Ray, being part of the exclusive P.E.T. we need to keep one thing in mind. The state record for white perch is 1lb 15.2 oz., I believe thay we can break it! Good job and nice report. :ThumbsUp

good deal Ray glad yall got on um. you and Rex are gona make me do a 100 mile trip to help thin those bad boys out
thanks for the report and pics

From what I understand Uncle R, Wateree has it's fair share as well as Wylie, but you are more than welcome to come help yourself.

Very good catch Ray, looks like y'all had a good time. Enjoyed the report and pics :ThumbsUp

When you filet these perch do you scale them before our just cut down the spine like striper?

I always take the skin off as well. We caught some small ones at Santee a few years back and cleaned them whole like small bream and they did not taste as good. I think they have a stronger fish taste in the skin like the stripers so I always take the skin off. Besides, I can do that quicker than I can scale them anyway.
When they are filleted and skinned we cannot taste any difference in them and other pan fish. They are all good.
By the way, you probably know this already but the bio info on the white perch says it's closest relative is the striped bass. The perch name was a misnomer.
Kind of ironic the white perch is not a perch and the LM bass is not a bass.

electric fillet knife -- cut behind head to spine - slide down spine to tail - flip meat over -start at tail slide knife up skin toward where head used to be until the meat is off skin - use fillet knife to cut rib bones out - rinse off - dip in house autry sea food breader mix ( have a fry daddy full of hot oil bout 350 0/o ready when you finish) drop in oil for a few min.

THEN INVITE ME TO SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO NEXT :biggrin :biggrin

:hesaid except I go old school with a Rapala filet knife, that way I can feel my way down the backbone prior to the flip.

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Originally Posted by SeaRay

From what I understand Uncle R, Wateree has it's fair share as well as Wylie, but you are more than welcome to come help yourself.

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thanks for the invite Ray hope to take you up on that soon.
you are right Wylie and Wateree has there fair share of perch in um. just haven't had time to go in a while. we had a few deaths and lot of people in hospital and nursing home in our church and my boat been broke for a long time too but finally got it back Friday night so maybe things will be looking better and can get back to fishin pretty soon.
btw-- I haven't forgot your mention of coming over to wateree, hopefully within the next few weeks we can make that happen

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Originally Posted by uncle remus

electric fillet knife -- cut behind head to spine - slide down spine to tail - flip meat over -start at tail slide knife up skin toward where head used to be until the meat is off skin - use fillet knife to cut rib bones out - rinse off - dip in house autry sea food breader mix ( have a fry daddy full of hot oil bout 350 0/o ready when you finish) drop in oil for a few min.

THEN INVITE ME TO SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO NEXT :biggrin :biggrin

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That is how I do mine, including the House Autry seafood breader. Here is their website, it has some great recipes on it.
http://www.house-autry.com/recipe_se...nd+muffins&go=