What a surprise?!

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11-15-2015, 02:06 AM
bluebasser86

What a surprise?!

I was fishing Lake Shawnee in Topeka a couple weeks ago and got quite the surprise. We were out there for smallmouth and trout (ended up doing pretty well on walleye as well), when I caught this guy,
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...pslhefh2yv.jpg

I know there's a few in Kansas but it's probably been over a decade since I last caught one here. Would be really cool if those tasty little fish were in better numbers somewhere around here.
11-15-2015, 10:52 AM
fishlessDan

They've been in there for as long as I can remember, but rarely catch more than one or two a trip!
11-15-2015, 07:03 PM
Pepop

That's definitely a pretty specimen! I've never eaten one but surely they couldn't be any better than a crappie.
11-15-2015, 08:02 PM
DRFISHDUCK

Last yellow perch I caught was back in the 70s at Lake Franklin, Minnesota. Wish we had these instead of white perch!
11-15-2015, 08:50 PM
clemdawg

Be nice if it were bigger.
11-16-2015, 02:56 AM
bluebasser86

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Originally Posted by fishlessDan

They've been in there for as long as I can remember, but rarely catch more than one or two a trip!

I found they'd stocked them back in the 80's. I haven't ever fished Shawnee except for trout season until this year. Was a cool little fish to catch for sure! State record is only barely over a pound, wouldn't take much to break that.
11-22-2015, 01:37 PM
skinner80

Was that on a Ned Rig?
11-22-2015, 07:28 PM
fishlessDan

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Originally Posted by bluebasser86

I found they'd stocked them back in the 80's. I haven't ever fished Shawnee except for trout season until this year. Was a cool little fish to catch for sure! State record is only barely over a pound, wouldn't take much to break that.

Prob 8in is as big as Ive ever caught over there. Kept 2 of them and ate them. Dang tasty!
11-23-2015, 10:13 AM
dkv

Caught my first one ever last Friday, while trying to figure out the mystery of catching blacks at Shawnee. Need help!
11-23-2015, 06:35 PM
haugboss

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Dk their in there big is 12"
11-23-2015, 07:03 PM
clemdawg

Nice fish pics.
11-24-2015, 07:52 AM
dkv

No doubt, I saw Robert and he said I needed to put the boat back on the trailer where it belonged, and come down there and catch some fish. Thanx for answering my need help question!
11-28-2015, 05:18 PM
dester223

My buddy showed me pics where he caught one in MO at Lotawana lake.
02-03-2016, 03:49 AM
bluebasser86

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Originally Posted by skinner80

Was that on a Ned Rig?

Sorry I missed this. Yes, I caught that yellow perch on a Ned Rig while fishing for bass and trout.
04-03-2016, 06:43 PM
clemdawg

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Originally Posted by bluebasser86

Sorry I missed this. Yes, I caught that yellow perch on a Ned Rig while fishing for bass and trout.

Im gonna have to look into using a Ned Rig. I gotta get better at fishing. My wife keeps telling me shes gonna kick my butt this year. Lol
04-04-2016, 05:37 AM
bluebasser86

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Originally Posted by clemdawg

Im gonna have to look into using a Ned Rig. I gotta get better at fishing. My wife keeps telling me shes gonna kick my butt this year. Lol

A Ned rig is pretty much all my wife fishes and she kicks my butt with it regularly. There's a lot of days I'm just netting and unhooking fish.