I was actually amazed at how fast my WE grew, they went from fingerlings to 14 inches in 8 months, they didn't appear to grow too much this past winter but I did filet out a couple 14" fish, mostly just to see how they are and they are as tasty as everyone told me they were.
Haven't caught any of the yellow perch yet, don't know how, had somebody tell me to fish with a worm and bobber which doesn't work at all in my pond unless you want to catch a hundred little BG as fast as you can bait the hook. I don't really know anything about YP, do I fish in open water or around brush, deep or shallow? I been catching the WE on crappie jigs.
Holy smokes! I had no idea they could do that.
Gotta be honest, I don't really "know" anything about the fish I want to stock other than having eaten them before & what I've read here. Haven't even gotten a hook wet in over 35 years
From what I've been able to glean on here, I
think I'll be okay with my "vision" for their role. Can they get big enough in a pond to become a problem for SMB & YP? I'm wondering if I'd see any YP recruitment between the SMB & WE?
