I'm all in on needing some good perch filet batter recipes!
Setterguy, 1200 perch, wow!! 12x what I put in. Yes, that perch looks good and you will have millions of fry soon

is that a boring worm or something on the side of the perch or just debris from the water?
I'd be curious to see when you see the shrimp in the shallows. When I put mine in I figured they were eaten quickly by fish but this summer in the shallows I see hundreds of them. I see them best at night on the sandy bottom in the shallows moving around.
Does anyone recall seeing shrimp in the stomach of perch? I hear that BG, sunfish eat them but not sure if they are recognizable as a forage source for perch (or larger predators like small SMB, LMB, HSB, WE etc)
Congratulations on a great stocking plan!