[quoteI hear jumbo perch in the 18 to 24 inch range being caught. either a typo or someone is pulling your leg!
friend of ,mine has a 18 3/4 perch on the wall.
May devise a Goby recipe the way the perch are going....catching plenty of them. Lots of baitfish shallow just not catching anything big. May need to go further east.
was on the west end of lake erie yesterday on a perch run. fished east of west sister area on friends boat. the perch must be much bigger on the east end. we caught a half doz 12"ers but the rest of the bag was 8-10"s. pulled our 4 man limit in 3 1/2 hours. the size has increased the last couple years. it makes it worth the trip now, if you know someone with a boat there. if it cost much more than the 20 bucks each it mite not be worth it. there are plenty of 8-10" perch rite around here. now 14-18"ers mite be another story! lol those are some heavy sacks there man!
Seen 3x 14 -18 inchers cought same day last year out of a marina from shore on lake erie.. any how there heading for spawning grounds now.. but are still deep in the water report last night was saying fish are 22 to 26 fow out in front of Fermi.. hopefully we get some big perch form there in the next few years.. have been hearing the emerald population took a major hit and there starting to eat gizzard shads.. so that mean a good turn form the worst.. the fish are moving north towards detroit river from sterling st. park.. might be trying to get in the warm waters of fermi to.. got a week of cold temps fish should be on move this week so keep eye on it..