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Sshhh…There are perch out there Feb 27, 2023 9:53 pm #36504

Allseasonangler
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Sunday morning, headed out of portage and targeted perch for the day. Hit Gary light area around 5:45am and was the only boat until 7am or so. Boated 11 nice perch before I had to leave around 9am. 75+ boats around me when I left. Smallest for the day was 10” and largest was 15 5/8”, good quality fish if you ask me. Tight lines!

Fish on!

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Sshhh…There are perch out there Feb 28, 2023 7:35 am #36505

bob Offline Moderator Posts: 2772 Thank you received: 742	Great job! Thanks for the report Sea Ray 290 Amberjack Kelliann 4
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Sshhh…There are perch out there Feb 28, 2023 7:42 am #36506

go4bigfish Offline Premium Member Posts: 226 Thank you received: 585	Good looking batch of perch - those are bigger than some of the Coho that are being caught!
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Sshhh…There are perch out there Feb 28, 2023 8:27 pm #36508

KJK Offline Junior Member Posts: 34 Thank you received: 21	Mostly pre-spawn females........ Maybe take picture and let a couple of the bigger girls go to spawn. KJK
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Sshhh…There are perch out there Mar 01, 2023 7:53 am #36512

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Letting perch go that are caught out of 45+ feet of water is inadvisable, due to the barotrauma from being pulled up from depth.

Best approach is to keep your first 15 fish and call it quits. Catch and release will kill more fish since mortality rates are likely to be high for fish caught in the 55-60 foot depths that they are currently being caught from

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Sshhh…There are perch out there Mar 01, 2023 12:01 pm #36514

Ltrain Offline Platinum Member Posts: 773 Thank you received: 300	100% agree with MC_angler. 200hp Tohatsu 9.9hp Tohatsu 72" MK Ulterra Quest 36v 5 Li batteries MK PCL 460 Trollsmarter 3 12" graphs- Lowrance Live,Carbon Simrad EVO 3 Simrad is40 Lowrance 3d Airmar tm165hw Lowrance 3in1 Lenco 4x12 tabs Traxstech 72" , Berts 24" tracks 2 Big Jon Capt packs MK 15' Talon Lowrance autopilot
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Sshhh…There are perch out there Mar 01, 2023 12:52 pm #36515

Allseasonangler Topic Author Offline Premium Member Crestliner Fishhawk 1750 Posts: 169 Thank you received: 459	There is not a good option for effectively releasing those fish. All of their air bladders had popped out and I wouldn’t take the chance they would survive. If you haven’t fished that deep for perch before maybe it’s not common knowledge. A good learning moment. Fish on! The following user(s) said Thank You: Wallin
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Sshhh…There are perch out there Mar 01, 2023 8:39 pm #36531

Trent Offline Platinum Member 9/12/1957 Posts: 854 Thank you received: 371	Totally agree!
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Sshhh…There are perch out there Mar 03, 2023 11:29 am #36560

ezduzit Offline Senior Member Posts: 53 Thank you received: 14	great
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Sshhh…There are perch out there Mar 03, 2023 1:29 pm #36561

BODA1 Offline Junior Member Posts: 26 Thank you received: 28	Wow, totally awesome. Is this the norm for catching perch there? Usually l don't like about perch till July 4th. 161 Smokercraft pro mag.
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