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Ernie · Mar-07-14 3:01PM

While I was riding my bike today, I saw this Brit by the name of Matt. He was fishing for monster yellow perch.

He really was....on WFN.

I was on my inside bike and happened to catch "24 Hour Rod Race" while riding. I couldn't hear him very well with the bike noise so I don't know where he was except it was across the big pond..

He was catching 2.5-4 lb YPs off the bank....they were brutes!

I also liked the way he weighed them. He used a wet plastic grocery bag and never had to stick the YPs with the weighing hook.

Curly · Mar-07-14 3:50PM

I'm still very depressed about the Occoquan YP being raped 3-4 years ago to now have no YP there now.

mudkart · Mar-08-14 4:59AM

D***. A 4#-er would break our state record by ~ a pound.

Bryan · Mar-10-14 7:10AM

Yeah those European perch get ginormous, I think they're a separate subspecies from our yellows. I would love to fish for them.

I caught some of ours at Lake Brittle on Saturday. They were, um, slightly under 4lbs

Ernie · Mar-10-14 8:26AM

Theirs are darker and have bright orange fins.

Nice that you got some perchies.....

Craig · Apr-25-14 9:16AM

We get them in Oz too in the southern part of the country but we call them Redfin. They were introduced with the English settlers and have done a fair bit of damage to the native species. Good eats though.

Here is a good sized one (not my photo)

Pacemaker Fishing Forum

#1 Mar-07-14 3:01PM

Yellow perch fishing!

#2 Mar-07-14 3:50PM

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#4 Mar-10-14 7:10AM

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