White perch
In a lake that I fish in SW Ohio, we occasionally catch drum using lead head
jigs when fishing for crappie and saugeye. I have heard others on this lake
make reference to catching white perch. First, I assume there is a
difference between these two type of fish. Second, I am not sure they know
what they are talking about. I have never caught nor seen a white perch,
but maybe they do exist in this lake. What are the main differences between
these fish from an identification standpoint? The drum I thought had a
round mouth more like a sucker which is very different from panfish. Maybe
I am the one who cannot tell the difference.By the way, is white perch a good fish to eat? Thanks,
Jeff |
Jeff
Jun 22
2004
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| White Perch are excellent eating.
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IBNFSHN
Jun 22
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| White perch is 1st cousin to a striped bass (much smaller, and without the
stripes) http://www.fishbase.org/images/Moame_u0.jpg RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing |
Jun 22
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| Also same family as white bass. In my neck of the woods, I occasionally ran
into schools where I'd get a strike almost every cast, and they were mixed
schools, both white bass and white perch. Lots of fun on a 4# outfit. Those
fish would hit like a ton of bricks. |
Marty
Jun 23
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| White Perch is related to white bass and striped bass. They look kind of like
a white bass without the stripes. I don't think they get quite as big as white
bass, but I could be wrong on that. -Zimmy |
duckhunter4570
Jun 23
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| You're not. Most of them are about 10 inches long, tops. Biggest I've ever
seen was just over 3 pounds. They tend to overpopulate lakes and get
somewhat stunted. RichZ©
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RichZ
Jun 23
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| So can striper. |
Bob
Jun 23
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| Thanks for the info. I will be on the look out for these white perch. On
Ohio DNR's website, it sounds like there is a possibility they could be in
the lake I fish, but they are not native to Ohio, but rather the Atlantic
Coast. Jeff |
Jeff
Jun 23
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| I don't know about the native part, but we would catch them from time to
time on Lake Erie over 20 years ago.
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Bob
Jun 23
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| Stripers aren't able to reproduce in any lakes aroudn here - they are all
stocked. Maybe they are differnet out there but have never heard of them
overpopulating a lake.
Ronnie
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rgarri7470
Jun 24
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| There is no bag limit on Lake Powell becasue of overpopulating. The first
ime I succeeded in catching Striper on Powell we were throwing back 7 and 8
pound fish. The average was over 10. The last time I fished for them we
were catching them in the 1 pound range, and 4-5 pound fish were the good
ones. In many areas they stock wipers. white bass - striper hybrids. They are
sterile mules.
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Bob
Jun 23
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| Santee-Cooper. That's where the inland striper fishery started. They were
trapped in there on their spawning run when the dam was built, and the
first inland striper population was born -- but not discovered for 5 or 6
years. RichZ©
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RichZ
Jun 24
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