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Record White Perch #364669 01/30/14 01:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 3 Earth C CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker
CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker C Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 3 Earth	They were never supposed to be in that part of the country, but they're there now. Glad to see some anglers can enjoy them. Even though I have heard they tend to stunt badly in many Midwest lakes. To me they are some of the best eating fish out there and I love fishing for them in the spring when they make their spring spawning runs out of the Chesapeake Bay and into the tidal rivers to spawn. Michigan Record White Perch

Re: Record White Perch CJBS2003 #364675 01/30/14 01:37 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker
Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	Must have come in through the Great Lakes? If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Record White Perch CJBS2003 #364705 01/30/14 09:51 PM
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CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker C Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 3 Earth	My best guess if they are connected... If not, someone did some bucket stocking.

Re: Record White Perch CJBS2003 #364712 01/30/14 11:18 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker
Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	Oh they definitely are connected. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Record White Perch CJBS2003 #364729 01/31/14 07:44 AM
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MSC M Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 339 Southern Maryland	I also like fishing for white perch when they come charging up the creeks around here on their spawning run in early April. They come up some small creeks and can be great fishing if you are there at the right time. And I agree they are one of the best eating fish. Free expert fishing tips. Just call BR-549.

Re: Record White Perch CJBS2003 #364955 02/02/14 06:47 PM
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Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,993 Likes: 1496 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH	Lots of white perch (pests) in Lake Erie. aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine - America's Journal of Pond Management

Re: Record White Perch CJBS2003 #364970 02/02/14 08:27 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 910 Aylett, VA K kenc
kenc K Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 910 Aylett, VA	Tidal white perch are nearly as tasty as a yellow perch. If my back pond floods in the spring we will get a ton of YP but have never had a white perch caught in that pond. Two ponds, 13 and 15 acres on the Mattaponi River.