Perch eaters?

[Fathom]

Just curious as to what size perch people keep for eating?

[thehawk]

reg. perch on a regular lake...9"ers and from ML or LOTW I would like to see them at least 10" to keep.

[Comit 2]

They just went through this in the SouthCentral form.

Here is a neat cleaning trick that was posted for Perch.

Just like cleaning s Bullhead.

[perchking]

I really like to eat the 11-14inch males. They usually have some pretty nice "shoulders" on them which makes for a great fillet.

PK

[jwmiller33]

I really like to eat the 11-14inch males. They usually have some pretty nice "shoulders" on them which makes for a great fillet.

PK

how do you tell the sex of a perch?

[perchking]

Sometimes it is pretty hard but where I fish it is pretty easy during the winter time. If their girth is equal to their length you got yourself a female.

[Team Otter]

Sometimes it is pretty hard but where I fish it is pretty easy during the winter time. If their girth is equal to their length you got yourself a female.

Cheater.

[Fuzzbient]

On east central lakes I keep em 8 inches or longer. Great video on cleaning perch! Can't wait to try that approach.

[pikestabber]

I worked as a dock boy on Winnie as a kid. I had to clean 100-200 perch a day, for guests, on average. I don't have a bragging bone in my body, but I could clean 5 perch to this guy's one, completely boneless, without meat loss. We used electric fillet knives, and once you have the knack for it, it is hands down the fastest process there is. I hope this doesn't come off sounding smug--that is certainly not my intent. I am just saying, keep your options open. On the other hand, I have never seen this particular process done, and it was one neat to watch... It goes to show that "there is more than one way to skin a...perch "

[gogophers]

Interesting that the video "clean a perch in 10 seconds" is 2 minutes long.

[pikestabber]

Interesting that the video "clean a perch in 10 seconds" is 2 minutes long.

My thoughts exactly...

[Chef]

Well, my Wife thinks "This" is 10 Inches

[genegodawa]

Wha??? She never heard of "shrikage"?

You know, like when you get to the dock, your keeper has shrunk jus a lil

[Chnginthhofl]

I'm no surgeon, I lack the dexterity so I keep whatever I feel comfortable cleaning.

[AaronM]

Originally Posted By: gogophers

Interesting that the video "clean a perch in 10 seconds" is 2 minutes long.

My thoughts exactly...

He could easily do that in 10, he went slow for the camera IMO.

[BrdHunter01]

Wouldn't the rib bones still be in that meat? I think I'll also stick to the classic option. Clean it like a walleye with an electric knife. Fast and easy with NO bones!

[pikestabber]

Even if it could be sped up to 10 seconds, and I can see where that would be possible, he does (as BrdHunter01 mentions) still have the rib bones inside the cavity. Factor in trying to get the rib bones out and in addition to butchering your fish you are gonna have to tack on 15 more seconds at least... Not real impressive by me--just my opinion.

[goblueM]

its a cool trick

some people like bone-in fish to fry, they think it increases the flavor. I'd say if he was doing it full speed it'd take 25 seconds, not 10.

the best thing is there's no mess - no scales, no skin flaps, just one nice piece (i tried it on a buncha perch on Sunday)