Stunted YP should resume at least some growth and develop some plumpness if they are eating regularly.

Mark B says - "the ones i do see are the same size or even smaller then I remember seeing them going in". Since you have lots of soft rayed minnows present, it is possible the smaller perch you are seeing are some of this year's hatch - the YOY (young of year). Well fed YOY YP can be 5"-6" at this time of year. A sampling by angling with minnows might reveal that the original stockers are 8"-10".


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