I love me some yellow perch! But am wondering if white perch taste the same?
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I love me some yellow perch! But am wondering if white perch taste the same?
White is good but not as good as the yellow IMO. You definitely need to cut the red meat out of the white but it is good firm meat. The yellow has no red meat and to me is a little sweater. I prefer either one over a crappie.
Love yellow perch, very good eating.
Thought white perch was a crappie . lol My wife said I did not know everything .
Huge difference between the 2 fish. I grew up on lake erie smelt and yellow perch.
I keep yellow perch that are 8" or bigger & any white perch I catch.
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White perch in Ohio are considered an invasive species that can and will decimate other fishes hatcheries/beds. I caught both those fish pictured above in an inland lake near me. Not good!!!
Yes, they are different. But does one taste better than the other?
Go to the store and buy a box of burgers. Eating the burgers would be like eating the yellow perch. Eating the box would be like eating the white perch.Quote:
Originally Posted by wasabi
Most people up here in ohio won't even both eating white perch. They simply kill/destroy them whenever they catch them leaving them for the seagulls.
I catch a lot of perch when I go panfishing/targeting bluegill.
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yellow perch are in the walleye family ,the best of the best along with crappie out of fresh waters .
white perch are in the bass family and not even a close second in flavor best i can tell you
Thanks Ketchn! That's a good way of putting it. I don't think I'll bother trying the white perch then!
[QUOTE=forrest r;4108940]Go to the store and buy a box of burgers. Eating the burgers would be like eating the yellow perch. Eating the box would be like eating the white perch.
Most people up here in ohio won't even both eating white perch. They simply kill/destroy them whenever they catch them leaving them for the seagulls.
Funny analogy! Good stuff!:Rofl (That was a nice mess o’fish BTW)
Bob
As kids back in the 1960's we'd catch hundred's of them when they 1st showed up in lake erie & bring them home to put in the garden. Every year 1 row of the garden wouldn't get planted and a trough was dug and filled with fish/fish guts, compost, egg shells, oyster & clam shells, etc. It was nothing to toss a couple 1000 white bass in 1 of those troughs in the garden.
While most people up here don't eat the white perch I do. You should give them a try
I like them broiled with a little butter, lemon pepper and salt. If filleted I eat them strait out of the oven. If I cut the head off, scale and gut them and then broil them I let them cool and pick the meat off and put it in rice or vegetables. They're actually down right tasty with broccoli.
Anyway don't let me discourage you from trying them. I just wouldn't put them in the same class as yellow perch.
I think white perch is good eating. You should try it & form your own opinion. ;) Just be sure to trim off the majority of red meat before cooking.
Yellow perch are in a whole other class though. Very similar to Walleye & delicious!
I have heard some from South Mississippi refer to crappie as white perch . I guess the white perch you speak of does not exist down there .
Both are great eating...yellows have a firmer "chew" feel than whites. Used to eat the roe as well. Only a couple rivers in NW Florida(Appalachicola region)that have a few yellows, to my knowledge, no white perch in Florida.
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Pretty sure the white perch they are talking about are a species that lives mainly up and down the eastern states along the Atlantic coast and apparently in the Great Lakes region based upon some of the replies. I've never caught one. We do have yellow perch in the Tennessee River. I've caught several of them in Kentucky Lake and during a trip to Pennsylvania in my youth. They are delicious. I've never caught or tasted white perch. Have heard crappie called white perch often as well.Quote:
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It looks like what we call a white bass or sand bass. They are often crossed with stripers around here and called wipers or.hybrids.
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I have read where some towns up in Wisconsin and Michigan have ice festival perch cookouts with great attendance. Fresh caught off the ice and deep fried in a town party atmosphere. Sounds really good with some ice cold Leinies!
Bob
Where I'm from white perch and yellow perch are the same, the only difference being white perch are in Lake Michigan and yellow perch are caught inland and are typically darker colored. The other white perch is an invasive, and my buddy says they taste terrible. We had fresh caught caught yellow perch tacos today and they were awesome.
I caught a yellow perch at "Beaver lake "on the Tombigbee Waterway last year . Had never seen one before . Threw it back .
No they don't taste the same, but white perch are edible especially if you remove the red meat (blood line). Yellow perch are about as good as white meat fish get. Right there with walleye, and cold water sunnies and crappies. But yellow perch don't get very big. White perch are much like their larger cousin the silver bass, perfectly edible but the yellow perch is still much better, especially winter through the ice, right along with ice sunnies and crappies.
One of the members has it nailed. You can pour syrup on poop, but that doesn't make it pancakes. Yellow perch are syrup, white perch....
I've eaten thousands of white perch and they are really good, almost as good as yellow.
You have to brine the white perch fillets in in the fridge in a large bowl with some salt water and a few squirts of lemon juice.
After a few hours the water will get darker colored, the brine and citric acid dissolve some of the blood and oil out of the meat.
Rinse in a colander and vac pac/freeze, or cook fresh.
I've served white perch to hundreds of people and not a soul has complained of the taste.
I fish for white perch several times a month because they eat good.
But if you don't process them correctly then they won't be as tasty.
Yellows don't get big? Really??:scratchheadAttachment 395665Attachment 395666Attachment 395667Attachment 395668Quote:
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Yellow perch, as good as it gets, without any extra steps just to get to "edible".
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Beautiful looking jumbo's!!!
Didn't keep a lot of perch this year, 10#+ of fillets. Was targeting crappie and bluegill on inland lakes. This was my biggest perch this year, just under 13", a fish ohio.
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