Fish heavy

[Duck-Slayer]

4 coho salmon and 80 perch kept over 3 days! Putting meat in the freezer!
Matt

 

[brownbear932008]

Jumbo perch!

 

[Charlie Bob]

Nice

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Jumbo perch!

Yep, there super tasty!
Matt

 

[Birdbander]

Those are some NICE perch!

 

[David58]

We have only been fishing once since we got up here from NM last year. I hope to get out Saturday, in the boat that has only managed to be in the water once. Heading to Hayden Lake, aiming for pike and bass (throwing spinner baits), would love to figure out how to catch perch like that. Some good eatin' there!

David
CdA ID

 

[Rack Daniels]

Yep, there super tasty!
Matt

You scale em and fillet or what’s your go-to method for em?

I’ve tried all subspecies of bass but can’t say I’ve eaten any of them perch. I almost always catch and release warm water species anyhow but if they’re tasty….

 

[Jnasa]

Dang big perch

 

[shootbrownelk]

Those perch are some of the tastiest fish that swim. Walleye's are second.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

You scale em and fillet or what’s your go-to method for em?

I’ve tried all subspecies of bass but can’t say I’ve eaten any of them perch. I almost always catch and release warm water species anyhow but if they’re tasty….

They are my favorite fresh water fish, undisputed.
I fillet them and my wife cuts out the rib bones.
Matt

 

[Pagosa]

Really nice perch and coho. We fished up there in early June, caught some nice bass, but no walleye or perch. We didnt really know what we were doing.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Really nice perch and coho. We fished up there in early June, caught some nice bass, but no walleye or perch. We didnt really know what we were doing.

No walleye in this lake
Matt

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I took a couple guys catfishing this week that were over there last week. They fished with a guide that had a 15 fish limit on the perch. They caught their perch and a couple big rainbows.

 

[westbranch]

We have only been fishing once since we got up here from NM last year. I hope to get out Saturday, in the boat that has only managed to be in the water once. Heading to Hayden Lake, aiming for pike and bass (throwing spinner baits), would love to figure out how to catch perch like that. Some good eatin' there!

David
CdA ID

I have caught some good perch on Lake CDA but not consistently. A lot of small ones. Haven't been out warm water fishing at all this year yet.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

I took a couple guys catfishing this week that were over there last week. They fished with a guide that had a 15 fish limit on the perch. They caught their perch and a couple big rainbows.

Yeah most people do, I just have a minimum length 10” and a maximum length 14”, we threw back 80+ that were not in my personal slot on my boat. I also only do this a 1/2 dozen times a year, so pretty minimal on the population.
Matt

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Yeah most people do, I just have a minimum length 10” and a maximum length 14”, we threw back 80+ that were not in my personal slot on my boat. I also only do this a 1/2 dozen times a year, so pretty minimal on the population.
Matt

I think they just don't want to fillet more. Same deal on the Columbia with walleye that have no limit.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

That’s a possibility
Matt