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Post by z7bowhunter on Jun 17, 2012 21:23:50 GMT -5
Did anybody know that there were yellow perch in lake monroe? I didnt know there were, but this weekend me and my dad took our kayaks on the lake and did some fishing in a little finger of the lake, and we were catching bass,decent bluegill, some small crappie, small yellow bass, and two small yellow perch. i had no idea there were perch in the lake, but maybe i just dont fish in the right places .. Has anyone else caught any?? I caught a nice one in a smaller lake near monroe, but it was a long time ago. Attachments:
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Post by ericbass on Jun 18, 2012 5:40:35 GMT -5
I have caught a few of those,I think they are young walleye.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jun 18, 2012 22:01:52 GMT -5
no, im pretty sure they arent walleye.
They have black lines running vertically down the sides of them.. I have caught bigger ones out of state before. They get pretty good sized..good eatin too!
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Post by Greenedog on Jun 19, 2012 12:48:56 GMT -5
Very cool catch! I was just reading an old creel survey from Monroe and it sounds like they were pretty thick at one time. Guess they even tried stocking northern pike in '79 to thin out the perch and yellow bass. Would you mind saying how they were caught? Yellow perch show up on Shakamak's Kickapoo Lake survey every time, but I've never heard of anyone catching one.  |
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Post by goosepondmonster on Jun 19, 2012 13:17:04 GMT -5
Very cool catch! I was just reading an old creel survey from Monroe and it sounds like they were pretty thick at one time. Guess they even tried stocking northern pike in '79 to thin out the perch and yellow bass. Would you mind saying how they were caught? Yellow perch show up on Shakamak's Kickapoo Lake survey every time, but I've never heard of anyone catching one. Did they not make it? |
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Post by Greenedog on Jun 19, 2012 13:26:03 GMT -5
Evidently not. I've never heard of anyone catching one out of there...then again...I had never heard of anyone catching yellow perch out of there either.  Same with tiger muskie at Sullivan Lake....that lake is so full of little fish that I don't see how a predator couldn't survive? But I guess they didn't. I remember reading some where that the yellow perch in Shakamak came from illegal stockings....something about guys bringing a bunch back from Canada and releasing them in the 70's or 80's. The ones in the creel survey have been fairly good sized; 8-10 inches. |
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Post by goosepondmonster on Jun 19, 2012 13:33:18 GMT -5
Evidently not. I've never heard of anyone catching one out of there...then again...I had never heard of anyone catching yellow perch out of there either. Same with tiger muskie at Sullivan Lake....that lake is so full of little fish that I don't see how a predator couldn't survive? But I guess they didn't. I remember reading some where that the yellow perch in Shakamak came from illegal stockings....something about guys bringing a bunch back from Canada and releasing them in the 70's or 80's. The ones in the creel survey have been fairly good sized; 8-10 inches. Interesting. I didn't know about the tiger musky at Sullivan either. It is crazy to think that there could be a few huge old northerns swimming around in Monroe. |
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Post by Logan on Jun 19, 2012 16:43:57 GMT -5
I've caught a few on our lake. Most of them stay on the north side of the lake but, after the flood they kind of scattered everywhere.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jun 20, 2012 0:24:34 GMT -5
Very cool catch! I was just reading an old creel survey from Monroe and it sounds like they were pretty thick at one time. Guess they even tried stocking northern pike in '79 to thin out the perch and yellow bass. Would you mind saying how they were caught? Yellow perch show up on Shakamak's Kickapoo Lake survey every time, but I've never heard of anyone catching one. They were caught with a simple bluegill rig, a small hook, split-shot, and a bobber. Redworms for bait. Bobber was set about 2 1/2 ft deep and where i was fishing was maybe about 3-5 ft deep. Im goin fishin to yellowwood lake near monroe this weekend if i can talk my dad into it. I caught a real nice yellow perch in there when i was real little.. i havent been there in a LONG time. Id like to fill a cooler up with big gills and maybe see if i can catch one of them perch or a big crappie on some minners. It a pretty nice lake. Good sized bass too. |
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Post by jonboy on Jun 20, 2012 6:08:16 GMT -5
Troy, I caught a yellow perch through the ice on kickapoo several years ago. That's the only one that I have ever heard of being caught.
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Post by Greenedog on Jun 20, 2012 10:55:11 GMT -5
Troy, I caught a yellow perch through the ice on kickapoo several years ago. That's the only one that I have ever heard of being caught. Thanks Jon, I knew SOMEBODY would have had to of caught one in there through the ice. I was marking fish down deep over the road bed there one summer so I dropped some minnows down, but no luck. |
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Same with tiger muskie at Sullivan Lake....that lake is so full of little fish that I don't see how a predator couldn't survive? But I guess they didn't.
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
