hmm whats the purpose of raising um for food or stocking and how deeps your pond ? and how big
do u make good money?
Now thats a cool job.
whats the biggest perch you've ever raised
thats a very interesting bit of info taxi, 15 inches at 5yrs old. 16inches at 6 yrs old, how big are they at the younger ages roughly? how big are some of you bluegill and smallmouths?
Age 1 - 5 to 8 inchesAge 2 - 9 to 11 inchesAge 3 - 11 to 12 inchesAge 4 - 13 to 13 inchesAge 5- 13 1/2 to 14 inchesAge 6 - 14 to 15 inches Mornin taxid.... I was just lookin around reading some posts and found yours and just had to drop ya a line. I have a very similar setup, but only have 3 ponds, size and depth are almost exact to yours. A few years back I started stocking 1 pond with only big perch, trying to keep a good balance of males and pregnant females. All fish were at least 11". I used perch I caught through the ice ,basically because every time I brought home some keepers (I was VERY selective) as soon as I put them in the sink to wash off, they would start kicken. So I ran out to one of the ponds with my auger , punched a hole and they swam right down. The reason I used only big fish was to see if they spawned . Well they did. I waited to to the next spring, and caught some Lil guys...maybe5 inches or so. So it's cool to see that they spawned. Anyway...What I was gonna tell you was that I think , at least where I am from, the growth rate might be a bit smaller. I feed mine minnows and I have also caught some with small sunfish in there mouths. Thanks for the interesting post. My setup is much less technical....but it is fun seeing how good perch do in backyard setups. Later this spring, after ice out I will try to post some pics of mine
Mornin taxid.... I was just lookin around reading some posts and found yours and just had to drop ya a line. I have a very similar setup, but only have 3 ponds, size and depth are almost exact to yours. A few years back I started stocking 1 pond with only big perch, trying to keep a good balance of males and pregnant females. All fish were at least 11". I used perch I caught through the ice ,basically because every time I brought home some keepers (I was VERY selective) as soon as I put them in the sink to wash off, they would start kicken. So I ran out to one of the ponds with my auger , punched a hole and they swam right down. The reason I used only big fish was to see if they spawned . Well they did. I waited to to the next spring, and caught some Lil guys...maybe5 inches or so. So it's cool to see that they spawned. Anyway...What I was gonna tell you was that I think , at least where I am from, the growth rate might be a bit smaller. I feed mine minnows and I have also caught some with small sunfish in there mouths. Thanks for the interesting post. My setup is much less technical....but it is fun seeing how good perch do in backyard setups. Later this spring, after ice out I will try to post some pics of mine
Great bunch of info. here, My question is.....do you have knowledge on the ratio of males to females in the perch population, is it different in a natural setting as compared to controlled?