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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 25, 2016 14:12:32 GMT -5
How big does a perch have to be to keep here in Indiana? I've never caught one.
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Post by featherduster on Jan 25, 2016 14:13:54 GMT -5
No size limit.
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Post by esshup on Jan 25, 2016 16:26:58 GMT -5
How big? What ever size you feel comfortable cleaning.   Are these large enough to clean? |
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Post by featherduster on Jan 25, 2016 16:29:41 GMT -5
At $15.00 a pound at my local Meijer store I can clean quite a few Perch of various sizes.
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Post by duff on Jan 25, 2016 17:38:41 GMT -5
I used to catch and clean a ton via gill nets and trawl out of lake michigan. If they were under 8" they became fertalizer.
I have cleaned a bunch of 6"-8" though
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Post by steiny on Jan 26, 2016 8:26:50 GMT -5
Not much better eating than perch in my opinion. We catch a lot in northern Michigan, but have to sort through a bunch of undersized ones to get a mess of keepers.
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Post by esshup on Jan 26, 2016 9:54:21 GMT -5
FWIW, in a private pond, it's hard to keep a reproducing population of Yellow Perch sustained if the pond also has Largemouth Bass unless there is a lot of weed cover for them to escape predation. I have them in my pond, but I periodically have to restock with 8"+ fish. I typically stock pellet trained Yellow Perch so they grow faster. A 4#-5# LMB can suck down a 10"+ YP.
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Post by featherduster on Jan 26, 2016 11:02:39 GMT -5
I used to catch and clean a ton via gill nets and trawl out of lake michigan. If they were under 8" they became fertalizer. I have cleaned a bunch of 6"-8" though Did you work for one of the fishing companies from Indiana? |
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Post by duff on Jan 26, 2016 21:34:51 GMT -5
I used to catch and clean a ton via gill nets and trawl out of lake michigan. If they were under 8" they became fertalizer. I have cleaned a bunch of 6"-8" though Did you work for one of the fishing companies from Indiana? Did 2 summers doing research for ball state, who had contract with idnr. Great work, and we are well :-) |
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Post by featherduster on Jan 27, 2016 6:19:31 GMT -5
The reason I ask is a friend ( a term I use loosely ) owned the very last perch fishing operation on Lake Michigan.
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