Dandy yellow perch that your visitor caught. Enjoy those yellow perch, however they may become few and far between. With bass commonly present they will eat lots of the young YP even to the point of eating more YP than sunfish due mainly to the slender versus wide body shape of sunfishes. To keep YP present long term in the pond you may have to periodically stock several larger 6" to 8"+ perch. Bass love to eat easy to catch yellow perch.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/11/23 07:34 PM.

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