Erie Perch
- Markus
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Erie Perch
One of my favorite annual spring outings is with my good buddy Rich down on Lake Erie. It's 100% a meat run and the perch fillets are a big part of our summer cook up plans.
We launched around 7:30am and after a short run a bit of sonar scouting, we found them and went to work filling 2 limits. We had what we wanted by 10:30.
Avg size was around 11IN's and there was some real piggies mixed in as well. The lake was supposed to be a blow, but it stayed glass calm all morning. We used minnows on a drop shot rig.
It took a little knife work to complete the day, but with the sunny beautiful weather, it was a pleasure to pull up a chair at the cleaning table and get them all cleaned up and bagged. I'll remain married for another year now that I have my wifes perch supply secured.
We launched around 7:30am and after a short run a bit of sonar scouting, we found them and went to work filling 2 limits. We had what we wanted by 10:30.
Avg size was around 11IN's and there was some real piggies mixed in as well. The lake was supposed to be a blow, but it stayed glass calm all morning. We used minnows on a drop shot rig.
It took a little knife work to complete the day, but with the sunny beautiful weather, it was a pleasure to pull up a chair at the cleaning table and get them all cleaned up and bagged. I'll remain married for another year now that I have my wifes perch supply secured.
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Look at those hogs!!!! Nice haul!
- Fishoholic
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What a haul. Gotta keep the wife happy and if that means you have to go out a fish then so be it!
- chappee77
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Happy wife...Happy life...
Speaking of eating fish I find the perch in my home lake (Mississippi)
full of grubs, probably because it averages 10'. I would imagine you don't have that
problem on Erie.
Speaking of eating fish I find the perch in my home lake (Mississippi)
full of grubs, probably because it averages 10'. I would imagine you don't have that
problem on Erie.
- Markus
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no....never any parasites in them. I have seen it like you've described in a lot of the SE inland lakes.
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Wow, some real tanks right there, great haul for ya!
Walleye'm fishing, you're sleeping.
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Always wanted to do that trip when I was in the area but wind always got the better of it timing wise.
Great fishin and some meat treats!
RJ
Great fishin and some meat treats!
RJ
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Nice to see a report from other areas of Canada!
How hard is it to clean a perch? On par with a walleye? Trout?
Any food porn?
Craig
How hard is it to clean a perch? On par with a walleye? Trout?
Any food porn?
Craig
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Now that's a ice haul! Congrats.
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Nice cooler of perch! I'm originally from the Windsor area, and every time I go home to visit my brother he threatens to take me and the kids out to get perch. Unfortunately, it always seems to be too windy, or the perch aren't biting or something. Personally, I just don't think he knows where they are, or how to catch them
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Thats some serious perch. Good eats!
- Splake_Hunter
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Tanks!
- Splake_Hunter
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Tanks!
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Hammertime Jumbos!
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Some Nice perch bud.