Great job Nic. Looks like a good size also. Do you eat them also?My first speckled perch on a flyrod. Hit a rubber legged dragon tied by yours truly.
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Great job Nic. Looks like a good size also. Do you eat them also?
That fly looks like it would imitate a cicada really well!My first speckled perch on a flyrod. Hit a rubber legged dragon tied by yours truly.
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I was fishing in lake Allatoona this weekend. An older gentleman caught Crappie and Yellow Perch. First time seeing Yellow Perch. He said those were good eating also.Yessir, I eat a lot of fish. I'd rather have a platter of fried fish than just about anything.
Yellow perch is one of the best eating pan fish there is. Caught them by the dozens in Lake Eire.I was fishing in lake Allatoona this weekend. An older gentleman caught Crappie and Yellow Perch. First time seeing Yellow Perch. He said those were good eating also.
I would rate filleting-sized yellow perch the third-best American freshwater fish, right after walleye and sauger. And this is coming from a guy who dearly loves crappie, catfish, bream, trout, and such.I was fishing in lake Allatoona this weekend. An older gentleman caught Crappie and Yellow Perch. First time seeing Yellow Perch. He said those were good eating also.