White Perch - Another Drawing by Special K

According to Wikapedia: "The white perch (Morone americana) is not a true perch but is, rather, a fish of the temperate bass family, Moronidae, notable as a food and game fish in eastern North America. In some locales it is referred to incorrectly as "silver bass". The name "white perch" is also sometimes mis-applied to the white crappie and the white bass.

Generally silvery-white in color, hence the name, depending upon habitat and size specimens have begun to develop a darker shade near the dorsal fin and along the top of the fish. This sometimes earns them the nickname "black-back". White perch have been reported up to 49.5 cm (19.5 in) in length and weighing 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).

Although favoring brackish waters, it is also found in fresh water and coastal areas from the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario south to the Pee Dee River in South Carolina, and as far east as Nova Scotia. They are also found in the lower Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, Long Island Sound and nearby coastal areas, Hudson and Mohawk River system, Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay. It is also found occasionally in small land-locked lakes and ponds. The raw meat is of a somewhat pinkish hue, but when cooked, it is white and flaky.

Some states consider the white perch to be a nuisance species due to its ability to destroy fisheries. They have been associated with the declines in both walleye and white bass populations because they feed heavily on baitfish used by those species and outcompete them for food and space. Many states have enacted laws forbidding possession of live white perch. Additionally, these states recommend not releasing captured white perch back into the water to help control its spread."

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I love catching these scrappy fighting critters and love to eat 'em... probably as much as crappie... which is what inspired me to do this drawing. If you don't have white perch in your area. Trust me they're prolly coming. This drawing took about 16 hours of elapsed time over about a month and I have entitled it "Ya Gotta Love the Little Bait Snatchers".

Please take a moment to let me know what you think of the drawing.

Thanks, Good Luck & May God Bless, Wayne aka Special K

Nice drawing! :highfive Needs a hook in his back with a 40 lb blue cat behind him. :biggrin

Drawing looks great. They probably wiped out the White Bass in Santee and a few other lakes, but I love jigging for them in the winter time and eating them as well. They sure make for a fun day for the grandkids.
I mostly fish for them on Murray, it is the one lake that I have trouble catching crappie, and it is full of the rascals.

Huh White Perch is what we call crappie down here. Guess I'll go back to referring to them as Sac au Lait or bag of milk.:scratchhead :dono

Wow! Excellent as always. We have white bass in my neck of the woods. They are strong fish for sure.

i really like the bottom, the bait, and how the water just fades into the background.
really looks like your at the bottom of a lake. great job!

well like rosannadanna say's....it's always something

Wow! You sir are a real artist. Thanks for the fish information and that fish picture looks great.

Nice story and great drawing. thanks

Great drawing! We love whites up here. They get up to almost 3 lbs. sometimes and put up one heck of a battle! Much tougher fighting than crappie or yellow perch, rivaling the smallmouth bass for the toughest category. Thanks for posting. :)

Great job!

Sorry. I should have mentioned that the drawing looks to have been done by a talented artists

Tony the T , do like the Florida group and call them specks. Nice work K.

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Tony the T , do like the Florida group and call them specks. Nice work K.

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That's what we call speckled trout around here but :dono I recon any handle will do. The main thing is just to catch em. :fingerdance

I know this is prevalent all over the country, but I've never understood why you call something other than what it is?? Guess the reason I wonder is once you get a state or two away, no one knows what you are talking about.
I have friends in Ohio that persist in calling Wallyeye a Walleye Pike and they are not in the pike family. Just confuses everyone. They think Walleye are bony like pike and are not good table fare. Hey, come to think of it, maybe that was the idea all along.

Very nice drawing

I appreciate the responses and the supportive words about the drawing... and yes it is interesting to see the different names for fish species across the country, such as Sac o lait or Bag of Milk for the crappie around Louisiana and how white perch are many times called white bass or white crappie. It would be interesting to hear more about how those LA names came about too. I see Tony the Tiger has started a thread regarding this thread topic. Thanks again and may God Bless.

Good job Wayne