white perch or silver bass

[nh3fitter]

When I was in Vermont this summer some guy's were talking about white perch I didn't  know what a white perch was so this guy shows me one and I said that's a silver bass. Anybody know the difference???

[RIVERRAT2]

O -BOY- you must not think that the local name given to a fish is right
i have checked my books,as far as i can tell the white perch and the
silver bass are TWO DIFFERENT fish[to me names given by locals are
limited]
let us do the white perch[morone americana]
classification
animalia
chordata
osteichthyes
perciformes
moronidae
morone
--morone  americana
RAT

[Chowdaire]

[RIVERRAT2]

GREAT INFO.[chowdaire]
it is better then mine
 
RAT

[filetandrelease]

thanks chowdaire
silverbass is a term that descibes both species , i have an old map of Oneida lake  that also calls them silver bass but the are both whites
I have a couple of pics of the , first the white perch then the bass you will see the difference
 

[rgfixit]

Man, that Filet never smiles does he

Is that a Sno-Suit or a Frabill Fred?

Rg

[CLAMFARMER]

We used to catch what Gramps called silver bass. Seems like we picked em up off Dunham and Frenchman Islands. They were considerably larger than any white perch I’d seen.Are they still in Onieda??

 Maine has some big white perch though - 15” + in some places. Mostly you find em in the 8” - 11” range.

Great info Guys! I've wondered about the difference and if what we caught were just big wp.

Man, that Filet never smiles does he
Rg

He might be Maine’s MG39’s brother. It’s a practiced art of the kill(er). 

[filetandrelease]

RG  that is a  bass pro,pro qualifier gortex rain suit with the wind stopper liner
And to let you guys know that smile takes years of practice lol,

[CLAMFARMER]

RG  that is a  bass pro,pro qualifier gortex rain suit with the wind stopper liner
And to let you guys know that smile takes years of practice lol,

Note the resemblance. MG39 on right. bee on left. MG means it too
The old boy wanted to come to Onieda w/me, but schedules didn’t fit. His wife has a job and they have critters.

[Chowdaire]

Now you're just gonna confuse it more! Those aren't white perch or bass, or even white crappie. I'd sure rather catch nice crappie like that then either of the others though.

And as long as they're crappie I'll take white or black. I run an equal opportunity frying pan.

[filetandrelease]

Clam farmer that's to funny , lmao

[rgfixit]

RG  that is a  bass pro,pro qualifier gortex rain suit with the wind stopper liner
And to let you guys know that smile takes years of practice lol,

One thing I know Fred, I ain't playin poker with you.

Rg

[FishinNY]

Note the resemblance. MG39 on right. bee on left. MG means it too
The old boy wanted to come to Onieda w/me, but schedules didn’t fit. His wife has a job and they have critters.

MG39 is a lot of fun to fish with! Hope to make it out his way again this year.

[CLAMFARMER]

MG39 is a lot of fun to fish with! Hope to make it out his way again this year.

You might even see him smile! 
He IS a good man!
bee is alright to, except he often catches more fish than anyone else.  I’m working on that  It makes him smile. 

[nh3fitter]

Ok I'm the one that started this thread so what I did was I came home cleaned the fish and put 2 plain yellow perch fillets and 2 what we will call silver bass In a little olive oil and fried then with just salt and pepper did a taste test I found both to be white flakey meat. I guess I'll start saving and eating silver bass/white perch.