Yellow perch question

[RUGER]

As for stocking, the bigger question is how successful biologists could be at raising them in hatcheries? I'm told by my biologist friends that walleye are fairly easy to rear and raise in a hatchery environment. However for some reason, their close cousins, sauger, are extremely difficult to raise in a hatchery environment. I have no idea how hard yellow perch are to raise, but I do find several sources online where you can buy them for stocking, so apparently it's possible. However, in my Googling I also found this on a couple of fish management web pages: "Being a very prolific fish with few spawning substrate requirements, perch can cause serious stunting problems in nearly any lake or pond."

I cannot let this old, but resurrected thread pass by, however, without pointing out that my guide partner, Capt. Scott Lillie, SLAYS huge yellow perch when fishing Chilhowee Reservoir in the mountains of East Tennessee. See: for just one example.

To book a trip call me.

Probably gonna have to do that one

 

[cbhunter]

As for stocking, the bigger question is how successful biologists could be at raising them in hatcheries? I'm told by my biologist friends that walleye are fairly easy to rear and raise in a hatchery environment. However for some reason, their close cousins, sauger, are extremely difficult to raise in a hatchery environment. I have no idea how hard yellow perch are to raise, but I do find several sources online where you can buy them for stocking, so apparently it's possible. However, in my Googling I also found this on a couple of fish management web pages: "Being a very prolific fish with few spawning substrate requirements, perch can cause serious stunting problems in nearly any lake or pond."

I cannot let this old, but resurrected thread pass by, however, without pointing out that my guide partner, Capt. Scott Lillie, SLAYS huge yellow perch when fishing Chilhowee Reservoir in the mountains of East Tennessee. See: for just one example.

To book a trip call me.

Am I the only one that don't see a pic?

 

[nashvillefishingguides]

Am I the only one that don't see a pic?

 

[nashvillefishingguides]

Yellow perch

 

[nashvillefishingguides]

Yellow perch

And a yellow bass

 

[nashvillefishingguides]

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

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

Those are white bass, not perch

 

[CATCHDAWG]

@nashvillefishingguides You just need to come east, we got plenty of Perch over here. Several good suggestions already.

 

[Popcorn]

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

Which creeks are there none in on KY lake?

So I don't waste my time fishing there of course…

 

[nashvillefishingguides]

@nashvillefishingguides You just need to come east, we got plenty of Perch over here. Several good suggestions already.

I got one good suggestion from a friend who guides in the East.
Now I just have to decide to make the 3.5 hour drive!

 

[brassmagnet]

Are you sure you weren't catching yellow bass?
Those are prevalent in this area (Nashville) but I've never heard of a "perch" coming out of Percy Priest or Cumberland river.
We catch (keep and eat) yellow bass all the time and lots of them, never caught a perch here.

I stand corrected, it's been a while. We caught a bunch and they were fine eating.

 

[nashvillefishingguides]

I think we both know the same honey hole it's iPolk county

Better catch them now, starting March 1st, there will be a 15 fish limit on Perch on Chilhowee.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Better catch them now, starting March 1st, there will be a 15 fish limit on Perch on Chilhowee.

Chilhowee lake is in Blount county. Parksville lake is in Polk county where they are also implementing a 15 fish creel limit. Neither of which is the "honey hole". That being said, I wish they would do the same for the other place instead of people taking out a hundred fish a day.

 

[WTM]

Which creeks are there none in on KY lake?

So I don't waste my time fishing there of course…

if i was fishing the north side, probably none around lost creek or the next creek south. i probably wouldnt drag a drop shot or spreader rig either. nor would i bait it with pinched crawlers, pinched minnows or baby shrimp. fish the mouth of the creeks early morning for jack salmon then when the sun gets high move to the back of the creeks and fish for yellow bellies in 3-6 ft of water.