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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2015 6:45:00 GMT -5
Walleyes are great eating,I think they are the largest perch, but nothing in taste to compare to yellow perch. Interesting. We are lucky to catch them one pound. They are most commonly found at the cold water outlets below the dams of large impoundments. Striking colors. Will attack bait bigger than it is. |
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Post by snowmom on Apr 16, 2015 6:51:39 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2015 6:57:32 GMT -5
They are commonly 3 pounds here, that was average at Lake Lanier dam. Biggest we caught was 6 pounds. Gooood eating, perfect young fish @ 3 pounds, yum. |
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Post by spiritstone on Apr 16, 2015 8:43:58 GMT -5
On a good day catching perch, you can pull almost 50 out per hr. Not all keepers but very aggressive when it comes time to eat. Bacon works real good and so does other perch cut into bait size.
The largest walleye ever caught comes from the N. Saskatchewan river here. Average size of them are 6- 9 pounds. We have a ban on catching them after the populations were literally fished out of most lakes, most are still catch and release, but the ban is slowly being lifted year to year on certain lakes after such a good rebound back in population.
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Post by fantastic5 on Apr 16, 2015 8:54:10 GMT -5
Walleyes are great eating,I think they are the largest perch, but nothing in taste to compare to yellow perch. To continue the hijacked thread: Are the yellow perch making a comeback Deb? My fondest memories are fishing from the dock all summer long with my mom. We caught lake perch by the dozens each night. My uncle, who owns the property next door to the old cottage, told me that the invasive mussels, eat the plankton (or fresh water equivalent), that the fry eat and the populations have crashed to the point that you can't even catch perch from the docks anymore. I remember one night the biggest school of perch my mom had ever seen swam along the shore and under the dock. They were so hungry they were hitting my bare hook. I would just drop the line straight down and pull up a perch which my mom would take off and we would do it again. This went on for several minutes. I think we caught over a dozen in under 10 minutes. I probably remember this so well because my mom told me I would most likely never see something like that again. <º))))>< |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2015 9:58:27 GMT -5
Walleyes are great eating,I think they are the largest perch, but nothing in taste to compare to yellow perch. To continue the hijacked thread: Are the yellow perch making a comeback Deb? My fondest memories are fishing from the dock all summer long with my mom. We caught lake perch by the dozens each night. My uncle, who owns the property next door to the old cottage, told me that the invasive mussels, eat the plankton (or fresh water equivalent), that the fry eat and the populations have crashed to the point that you can't even catch perch from the docks anymore. I remember one night the biggest school of perch my mom had ever seen swam along the shore and under the dock. They were so hungry they were hitting my bare hook. I would just drop the line straight down and pull up a perch which my mom would take off and we would do it again. This went on for several minutes. I think we caught over a dozen in under 10 minutes. I probably remember this so well because my mom told me I would most likely never see something like that again. <º))))>< A fishing hijack, no such thing: I said, don't ask no stupid questions And I won't send you away If you want to talk fishin' Well, I guess that'll be okay  |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 16, 2015 10:32:06 GMT -5
Etheostoma chuckwachatte lipstick darter Interesting name, lol. |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2015 10:48:26 GMT -5
Etheostoma chuckwachatte lipstick darter Interesting name, lol. Common names remind me of the names of small towns in Alabama and Georgia gingerkid. Where forth did they come from ?? Inbetween, Climax, etc LOL |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 16, 2015 10:52:46 GMT -5
jamesp, one summer, my bestfriend and I worked at Campbell's farm (yep, Campbell Soup, lol) in Climax, Georgia making 'mater crates with an icepick and helping load 'mater plants on the truck. My best friend's dad was our supervisor at the farm. Climax is not very far from Cairo.
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Post by cobbledstones on Apr 16, 2015 12:07:53 GMT -5
Common names remind me of the names of small towns in Alabama and Georgia gingerkid. Where forth did they come from ?? Inbetween, Climax, etc LOL further hijack..no place like central PA for interesting town names. This drive takes only 15 minutes www.google.com/maps/dir/Blue+Ball,+PA/Intercourse,+PA/@40.1059387,-76.0709647,12z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c66a84e3cc1793:0x643f08cf141e27c6!2m2!1d-76.0482087!2d40.1183438!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c638ca947b9567:0xa9157e7cd574de6c!2m2!1d-76.1075043!2d40.0383787 drive another couple miles to end in Paradise, PA |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2015 12:27:15 GMT -5
So it happens in PA too. LOL   |
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 16, 2015 13:49:10 GMT -5
Walleyes are great eating,I think they are the largest perch, but nothing in taste to compare to yellow perch. OMG!!!! I miss fishing for Walleye and Yellow Perch,plus the eating of the catch!!!! So freakin' good!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by stephan on Apr 16, 2015 17:05:38 GMT -5
In California we have, among others:
Dogtown
Weed
Cool
Zzyzx
Rough and Ready
Cheeseville
Mormon Bar (Gotta love that one)
Hell
Burnt Ranch
Fleaville
Bummerville
Nevada (Remember, that's Nevada, California)
No Mirage
Yreka (where Yreka Bakery is a palindrome)
-Enjoy
BTW, my favorite place name has to be Boring, Oregon.
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Post by snowmom on Apr 16, 2015 18:02:26 GMT -5
Walleyes are great eating,I think they are the largest perch, but nothing in taste to compare to yellow perch. To continue the hijacked thread: Are the yellow perch making a comeback Deb? My fondest memories are fishing from the dock all summer long with my mom. We caught lake perch by the dozens each night. My uncle, who owns the property next door to the old cottage, told me that the invasive mussels, eat the plankton (or fresh water equivalent), that the fry eat and the populations have crashed to the point that you can't even catch perch from the docks anymore. I remember one night the biggest school of perch my mom had ever seen swam along the shore and under the dock. They were so hungry they were hitting my bare hook. I would just drop the line straight down and pull up a perch which my mom would take off and we would do it again. This went on for several minutes. I think we caught over a dozen in under 10 minutes. I probably remember this so well because my mom told me I would most likely never see something like that again. <º))))>< Ann, yellow perch can still be caught in the inland lakes around here but they really don't take them out of Huron, that I've heard of. I don't think they are doing so well as a species. It would be a shame to lose them! I have childhood memories of feeding schools under the boat anchored in the shallows a few times. They are fun fish to catch. Great memories. There is an interesting twist on the problem of the zebra and quagga mussels (invasive species). It seems that there is a puffer fish which is also invasive, which is becoming common because it feeds off the young mussels. The cool part is that the brown trout and some of the big game fish in Huron eat the puffers instead of the fingerlings of their native prey, so nature seems to be working on a balance in that way. Water is so clear here that the sun causes loads of algae to bloom, that is making muck on the shorelines and infilling the quieter areas with sandy earth made up of the vegetative matter (algae). So in some places the lake is filling in somewhat. Water levels are predicted to be quite high this year. After many years of low levels, that is pretty good news. Many beaches in this area are covered with algae debris and in mid to late summer most of the shallows are filled with algae to the point that you can not see what sort of rocks you are looking at. They are all anonymous grey-green-brown blobs covered with algae. The best rock hunting will be the rest of this month and ending just before Memorial day, when official tourist season starts.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2015 18:11:02 GMT -5
In California we have, among others: Dogtown Weed Cool Zzyzx Rough and Ready Cheeseville Mormon Bar (Gotta love that one) Hell Burnt Ranch Fleaville Bummerville Nevada (Remember, that's Nevada, California) No Mirage Yreka (where Yreka Bakery is a palindrome) -Enjoy BTW, my favorite place name has to be Boring, Oregon. Consistency from coast to coast |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2015 18:18:19 GMT -5
snowmom : "when official tourist season starts." Y'all have tourists ?? Just kidding
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Post by snowmom on Apr 16, 2015 18:24:43 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 17, 2015 2:46:35 GMT -5
snowmom : "when official tourist season starts." Y'all have tourists ?? Just kidding They come to feed the black flies, lol. |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 17, 2015 5:21:42 GMT -5
Some of the water in those lakes look like the water in the Caribbean. Add the geology and pebble beaches. Grandmom lived on L. Erie and I was in awe when visiting snowmom. GrandDad was a hunter and ice fisherman. |
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Post by snowmom on Apr 17, 2015 5:28:35 GMT -5
My grandpa(dads dad) was a hunter, trap and skeet shooting champion and a fisherman, when you grow up like that it is in your blood. outdoor life is everything. Great Lakes are wonderful to visit, heaven to live here! Memories of such beauty in nature last a lifetime and influence everything when you experience it while young. We are lucky to have had such experiences. |
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