Jumbo Perch

[perchking]

Nice perch, it looks like a LG perch. 15 inch 2.5 pound perch are not uncommon during the hardwater season. I personally have caught them. You don't hear about them everyday but for sure I hear about them every week, from Feb-Ice out.

You have to love a perch with "shoulders"

PK

[kwiggy]

My opinion... The guys face is real... I've seen him before.

I think the fish is real too. If you have photoshop skills that good, why are you wasting them on this photo. I would put myself in a picture with Biff's Avatar and brag about my girlfriend.

But... I do wonder why they photoshopped the snow out of the background! I didn't realize photoshop could even melt snow.

[NyQuiLlama]

Nice pic.

[hawkeye43]

I have seen and caught perch like that. I have one on the wall that could be a twin. Nice fish

[Shack]

Yep, nice perch

[perchking]

Nice one Hawk... Hopefully he will have some friends join him this year.

[DTro]

Random emails always generate speculation. On the surface, I see no reason not to believe the size of the fish.

I'll be looking for one of those in about a month

[Fredd]

Looks real to me. Nice fish!!

[dan z]

if indeed its a real fish its a nice one if it isnt that guy needs to start a print shop and start photochopping for a living. just because thier isnt snow doesnt mean it aint cold and the lakes arent frozen.... I leanin towards a real fish 80/20

[Hard617]

Nevermind, didnt work. will try again.

I believe its real. This is my father with his.

[ozzie]

there isn't snow on the ground in the pic but there sure is a frozen lake i the back of pic

[Hard617]

[kwiggy]

Okay, the photoshopping going on here is ridiculuous! You mean to convince me that you plug your electrical devices into a tree? I've seen it all now.

PS: Very nice fish.

[Hard617]

HAHA, my mother has been getting a couple every year for a while now. most of the light switches and covers are that way now. Thanks for the compliment, i guess. again, they are my fathers. All from Michigan and all master anglers. the one on the far right with the plaque was a tournament winner from quite some time ago. (and not the greatest job of taxidermy) but does the job.

[NyQuiLlama]

Those perch are so big they look like bass that have been painted with perch markings!

[Dan189]

are you sure those are not a photoshop job? The fish on the top left has some pretty bright orange fins...

[kwiggy]

are you sure those are not a photoshop job? The fish on the top left has some pretty bright orange fins...

Naahhh... that's just the reflection off of the guys jacket on te TV show.

[Hard617]

are you sure those are not a photoshop job? The fish on the top left has some pretty bright orange fins...

Not at all photoshop. The best I could do was what I did to his face just to protect his identity some.

[fishorgolf]

Photoshop? Are you kidding me? If you can do a better job than you need to be working in the printing industry! You think it's photoshop because of the ice on it's back. If it's photoshop then this person needs to come forward so I can start them working in my printshop.

I agree. I have been in the printing business for over 30 years and I have always been able to find some type of flaw in every modified photo I have seem but in this case I can not.

[Craigums]

Why is it being labeled photoshopped? Its a sumo perch no doubt, but there are bigger ones swimming around

[Johnny_Da_Der]

is this the playa hater's ball thread or something? and the hater of the year award goes too......

Looks real to me. I have seen, with my own two eyes, in real life, fish that look just like that. Now if I could just figure out how to get one on MY line...

[BSG]

I believe these would classify as jumbos. 12.75" is the smallest, 14.25" is the largest. All caught in one day.

[RonWBasser]

I think it is a real picture, that being said... here is my son when he caught that same fish.

[Johnny_Da_Der]

I think it is a real picture, that being said... here is my son when he caught that same fish.

If that's your son, you better be that guy in the original picture or your wife has some 'splainin to do.

[Sonicrunch]

I gotta laugh at the phallic shape of the nose.