Yellow perch question

[RUGER]

With the exception of KY Lake, in what seems like scattered and limited quantities, there is nowhere around here to catch the yellow perch.

I have caught two in my life, both about 4" long while bream fishing on KY Lake.
I see where TWRA stocks bass and sometimes shad in lakes around the area.

Would stocking Yellow Perch in, for example the TWRA family fishing lakes be something that might happen?
Would they survive in those types of lakes?

 

[Spurhunter]

I've been told Herb Parsons is full of them, but I can't verify. Are they really good to eat?

 

[RUGER]

I've been told Herb Parsons is full of them, but I can't verify. Are they really good to eat?

Everyone I have talked to say they are one of the best.
I have yet to try one.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I've been told Herb Parsons is full of them, but I can't verify. Are they really good to eat?

They are my favorite fish to eat! If you've ever had Walleye or Sauger then you know what Yellow perch taste like. They are all "true" perch. I was planning on catching a good mess this week but all the rain we've had derailed any kayak adventures for a while.

 

[Smo]

A Friend of mine sent me this pic… from SW Wisconsin .. They are wearing them out right now up there!

I had a Friend several years ago that would wade fish small creeks and catch them in Wayne and Lawrence Counties however..

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

I have caught several...it seems as though they are a delicate fish. Probably 20 percent I have released have died relatively quickly.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I have caught several...it seems as though they are a delicate fish. Probably 20 percent I have released have died relatively quickly.

All of the ones I catch die too.

 

[Deer Assassin]

i caught one on the chic in chatt

 

[Deer Assassin]

dang good eating

 

[Spurhunter]

They are my favorite fish to eat! If you've ever had Walleye or Sauger then you know what Yellow perch taste like. They are all "true" perch. I was planning on catching a good mess this week but all the rain we've had derailed any kayak adventures for a while.

I do love sauger!

 

[CATCHDAWG]

And... I reckon we ought to apologize to @RUGER for absolutely hi jacking his thread as we are known to do in the Tndeer world

 

[Smo]

I'm guilty as well…. But he did ask…

Now I've gotta send of and get me one of them TWERP certificates…
Sorry Ruger…

 

[WTM]

probably wont happen since they are an aquatic nuisance species outside their native range. probably would end up with a bunch of stunted fish.

 

[rukiddin]

If somebody would bring me a cooler full of yellow perch, be it 25 or 500, I'd gladly clean every one of'em with a smile on my face knowing I was about to eat a fish that's dang near as good as freshwater fish gets.

 

[kornbread]

Normandy has them as well as below Nickajack Dam

 

[Chiflyguy]

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A Friend of mine sent me this pic… from SW Wisconsin .. They are wearing them out right now up there!

I had a Friend several years ago that would wade fish small creeks and catch them in Wayne and Lawrence Counties however..

Could be the Mississippi River.
Fished off a barge with my youngest and my nephew a few years ago south of LaCrosse. Pay a fee for the day and a boat drops you off at his fishing barge. 12-14 inch perch and oh so tasty.
When I was a kid, my dad, my brother and I would fish for them off Navy Pier in downtown Chicago.
Blacks, whites, Mexicans, pollacks, Chinese guys all fishin together and not a hint of trouble. Early 80's.
That's the Chicago I knew.
Here's a pic of my kid at a fishing barge in Genoa Wisconsin
I saw a lot of large perch caught. We ended up with about 20 that day and this walleye.

 

[Crow Terminator]

If you're ever on this side of the state and want to go, give me a shout. I'll take you to yellow perch honey hole. Very easy to catch 100+ eating size in a short amount of time. I need to get new tires on my jon boat trailer and I plan on hitting it in October myself.

 

[Smo]

Chiflyguy, you would be correct. It was on the Mississippi out of a private owned boat..

Here's another trip they made…

And they do practice fillet-n-d-grease!

 

[Chiflyguy]

Chiflyguy, you would be correct. It was on the Mississippi out of a private owned boat..

Here's another trip they made…

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And they do practice fillet-n-d-grease!


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The amount of fish caught up there is unbelievable.
The walleye fishing is amazing.
You need a road trip.

 

[Chiflyguy]

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Chiflyguy, you would be correct. It was on the Mississippi out of a private owned boat..

Here's another trip they made…

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And they do practice fillet-n-d-grease!


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This is where I fished out of
https://www.clementsfishing.com/

 

[Smo]

Theses were caught on Devils lake… He said he threw 15 more back!

Thanks for posting the link, I do plan on a road trip back up that way one of these days..

 

[Union Co. Boy]

Have caught them in the river below Melton Hill dam. And they are delicious!!!!

 

[Jmed]

I know its a long way but Parksville and the Ocoee river reservoirs are full of them.

 

[dpmiller613]

I'm from the Northeast, way Upstate NY. Up until a few years ago I had a house on Lake Champlain in VT. You've never lived until you've caught a 5 gallon pail or two of Yellow Perch, filleted them and fried them. They are one of the absolute best fish around for flavor. I fished them year round and caught the biggest and best ones ice fishing in February-March when they were migrating to their spawn beds. If you ever have the chance to influence Tennessee into developing the fishery for them, take it. They do well in both warm and cold water and are a very hardy fish.

 

[bluball]

4-5yrs ago ibwas putting my boat in at harmons creek on kylake.2 younng boys in a 14 ft flat bottom showed me a cooler with probally 20 in it.They said they wentbway back in the creek to catch them,believe it was july when i saw them.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

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I'm guilty as well…. But he did ask…

Now I've gotta send of and get me one of them TWERP certificates…
Sorry Ruger…

#thatsnotayellowperch That's some sort of log perch or something.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I'm from the Northeast, way Upstate NY. Up until a few years ago I had a house on Lake Champlain in VT. You've never lived until you've caught a 5 gallon pail or two of Yellow Perch, filleted them and fried them. They are one of the absolute best fish around for flavor. I fished them year round and caught the biggest and best ones ice fishing in February-March when they were migrating to their spawn beds. If you ever have the chance to influence Tennessee into developing the fishery for them, take it. They do well in both warm and cold water and are a very hardy fish.

Tennessee has tons of them, just not on the op's side of the state.

 

[WTM]

4-5yrs ago ibwas putting my boat in at harmons creek on kylake.2 younng boys in a 14 ft flat bottom showed me a cooler with probally 20 in it.They said they wentbway back in the creek to catch them,believe it was july when i saw them.

there are none in KY lake, especially way back in the creeks. sauger either.

 

[brassmagnet]

Me and Urban Hunter got into a mess of them on Bledsoe Creek, off of Old Hickory Lake. We literally got tired of catching them. They did eat good though. I need to go get tired of catching again....

 

[Safari Hunt]

I cuaght a yellow perch out of Richland Creek in Dayton, in front of Jacob Meyer's restaurant. Yes, it was a surprise!