Bill,
Got an interesting story for you. Just 15 miles from my home base just south of the Red River, 75 miles north of Dallas, sits 570 acre Lake Kiowa. I electrofished the lake in 1985, the first time. I found fish never seen before in these parts. Yellow perch. To this day, I still find them in samples of this lake. Lake Kiowa has depths to 25 feet, is windswept in the summer, shallow coves. But, a remnant population of yellow perch exists here. They were stocked by a landowner in 1976, along with walleye and a species of pike. I have never seen these two fish. So, whatever the reasons, there are a few yellow perch in Lake Kiowa, in north Texas. I have never heard a tale of a single one being caught by fishermen. But, in Texas, a typical Lake Kiowa fisherman probably wouldn't know the difference between yellow perch and drum.
