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Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on June 30, 2016, 01:53 PM:
When do the colors green and gold equate to awesome table fare? Well when perch are involved of course. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Fun day fishing off the dock. We threw back more than we kept, but it sure was a ton of fun. Beats the heck out of watching news and politics!!!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 30, 2016, 03:29 PM:
Sure brings back memories. I used to catch a bunch of perch when I was a kid. Haven't caught one, since. But, as far as eating, as I remember, they were just as good tasting as what we called "sunfish" in the north woods. Of course, the adults wanted to eat Walleyes, but the kids liked the perch and sunfish. We could catch them, the walleyes required special gear besides worms.
A few of those shown would be lunkers, where I come from.; which is Minnesota. For my money, I'd rather catch a Northern (Pike) than anything. I thought they were good eating, I think my mom soaked them in brine and then deep fried them.
Everybody we knew spent two weeks in the summer up north at some lake and fished all day, every day. For us it was a different lake every year. My secret weapon was the frogs I managed to catch but most everybody else used a "chub", or a regular minnow, if not some kind of spoon? The larger perch would take a minnow but all mine were caught on earthworms, or cut bait. I never heard them called "yellow perch" before, just plain perch, and most of the big people, serious fishermen threw them back.
Thanks for sharing, Troy!
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Moe (Member # 4494) on June 30, 2016, 07:05 PM:
I also caught a lot of perch when I was a kid. My mom cooked them up and they were damned good eating. When I was working in Vermont I fished for trout in a tributary of the Connecticut River and the holes were loaded with perch. I always kept the big ones. Lots of fun on flies.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 01, 2016, 08:32 AM:
Speaking of quantity, I'd have to say that I caught more bullheads and Carp than anything, by a lot. Never ate any of them. A rare prize was a bass and mostly smallmouth. I never caught a trout until we moved to California.
My dad believed that the way to fish Rainbows was the same as how he used to catch Walleyes. It took me a while to learn that this was erroneous, bless his heart. I think he was just mainly feeding them, because he didn't catch many? Funny how old folks get set in their ways....look who's talking.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 01, 2016, 02:17 PM:
About a 100 years ago, before the lamprey eels and the alewives took Lake Michigan over, yellow perch were the fish to catch. Good sized ones.
Vendors at the piers sold minnows and rented cane poles and the piers were usually lined with people.
When the schools came thru it was like the 'wave' at a football game. Poles coming up with a perch, re-bait as fast as you could, catch a couple more and then wait for the next school to come thru.
Old memories.
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