Biggest Perch ever!

[FI Guide]

my biggest perch was 11.5 out of a metro lake

FI

[Gerd]

16" out of Wood Lake, Brown County Minnesota - 3 maybe 4 feet of water (deepest spot in the lake) through 2 feet of ice. Wood Lake winterkilled that same year (96-97)

[Guest]

waterfowler54014....I was on Shagawa catching those big perch and walleyes in 95-96 and also went to VCC. If your the guy I am thinking about we partied pretty hard together. You remember Todd larson?

[Guest]

i got a perch on Thanksgiving weekend that was 16.5" long, according to the scales at Koeps in Glenwood it was 2 pounds 1 oz... does this sound right to you guys? it was like a frickin football.. also had about a dozen others that day over a pound, and 3-4 sunnies that were all well over a pound!!

sorry boys, cant divulge the name of the lake, i have a feeling my fishing buddies would kill me!!

[Guest]

We have a 13 inch perch at home in our aquarium. My brother and I seined it around home about 5 years ago. Back then she was only about 3 inches long. It's amazing how fast they can grow with a steady food supply and warm water temps.

[Guest]

how did you manage to keep it alive that long?? every time we've tried to raise fish they seem to die off within about 2 months... no matter how often we clean the tank, what we feed em, they just wont survive!

[Guest]

last year got one at devils that tipped the scale at 2lbs, 2oz. I do a little taxidermy work and he is now on my wall.

[Guest]

What size tank do you have? We have a 75 gallon. We keep the water temp about 72 degrees. We also only throw in a couple minnows at a time. Otherwise they die pretty fast and can contaminate the water when they decompose. Other than that, we throw in a antifungal tablet about once a month. By the way, we also have an 12 inch crappie in our tank. We've had that one for 4 years. Man, they are fun to watch, especially at feeding time.

[Guest]

Sure I remember Todd Larson, Alaskander70, he was my R.A. when we lived in the college apartments. Where did you live live when you were up there, Whats your name - I checked out the pic. on aestheticsoutdoors-is that you? I'm Adam and my roomies were Nigel, Blanchard, and Wolfie.

[bigspike]

Shagawa still rocks for perch and eyes, we were caughting bigger perch then eyes last year. Slow on the eyes.

Hey waterfowler54014 and Alaskander70 you guys still fish Shagawa?

[deadeye]

I do,
I went out on shag quite a bit this past winter. I think my biggest one was like 15 inches but I know that bigger ones were caught. I do have to say that the perch were bigger than the walleyes were for the most part, I got the occasional nice 'eye but most were about 12 inches.
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[bigspike]

I will be on shag june 7th-14th. So if you see three guys in a 21ft 225hp fish and ski, stop by and say high - if you can caught us

[protrapper]

16 incher. Trout Lake near Grand Marais, MN
Caught the thing on a Kamlooper Spoon trolling for trout. It was real long but not as fat as it should have been.

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