Perch fishing

Discuss anything and everything about Perch fishing in Alberta.

15 limit. I need to get to one. Anywhere you can't miss?? - cause keep on missin'.

you know where theres a 15 limit go to Long Lake at the prov park i got my secrets to fishing that lake but year round they have great perch fishing.

Rodger that. Will try er out,. Any hints as to where a good spot might be?

How do you filet or clean your perch?

I fillet them like a walleye.

so whats a keeper size on perch?
6" 8" and how is that cleaning if you can run me threw it I have not done it in years?

dogboy wrote:so whats a keeper size on perch?
6" 8" and how is that cleaning if you can run me threw it I have not done it in years?

Depends on each lake. http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingregs/

well ya the regs. of corse but if a lake has no set size whats worth keeping to eat (why else whuld I keep a fish?)

Yes some lakes have a size limit.You better have a better read. I know for a fact theres at least one lake with size limit on perch.As for most theres only daily limits.And they all vary , betweeen one and other.

Personally a good eating size is anything 10" and up.
If you can find the ones around 13".... and they are out there then they make for good eating.

Just be aware of your limits of course... and always double check the regs... I always do even if I have been fishing the lake for years. The regs change year to year on some lakes.!

Cheers!

10" is my cut off as well, any smaller I don't think they're worth cleaning. Throw them back and either they're bigger next year or the fish that eats them will be.

snipe lake is amazing for perch... also has anyone seen the 10 second perch cleaning video on youtube? very simple and very effective... i find when u fillet a perch there is nothing left and alot of meat still in the ribs gets wasted... if you prepare them this way the meat just comes right off the bones after its cooked.. u basically just pull the spine and ribs right out of the meat

Awesome anything of Size there Jacob ?

BIG BAD JOHN wrote:Awesome anything of Size there Jacob ?

yeah partner... i get out to do alot of fishing and i would have to say its the best lake ive found in years... not only for the football looking perch but the beautifull whites that come out of there too... also fishing out of a boat its where i caught my largest pike to date

Thats Awesome , Where in the Province are you . As well I fish alot more then most , and should fish alot more then I do . I wish I could fish 360 days of the year , and that this Ice stuff wouldnt give us problems . but for now Im getting about 230 to 250 days a year in . Im out there Daily in the summer . ITs an Addiction I think .

Long lake 10-11"
N Buck 11-14"
Isle lake 10-12"
Isle is hard to find them I have one spot that I find them in Feb always. Long is hard as they seem to move a lot, ya gotta hunt them.Buck they just gotta be biting. I skin them if 8" and under but usually dont keep them that small. Over 8" I fillet them no bones at all. The males have more meat and u can tell which ones those are in the winter. If you leave a lot of meat on you just need more practice filleting them. 99% of my perch are fillets. I hate bones.

BIG BAD JOHN wrote:ITs an Addiction I think .

Gee...y'think?

The Anvil wrote:Discuss anything and everything about Perch fishing in Alberta.

My goal is to get all you guys from Edmonton and area to come down to Calgary and Lake Sundance when we pull the nets...Lots of perch for you guys to take home and get some trout fishing in as well......

Those are just babies tho. You come here and ill take you next Feb to catch some 11" - 12" ers

kim wrote:Those are just babies tho. You come here and ill take you next Feb to catch some 11" - 12" ers

we pulled the nets today and we had lots of 30 cm...when I get home I'll post them....we've netted over 5000 this year...My biggest was 14 inches this winter, so the netting is thinning them and and they are starting to get bigger.....

kim wrote:Those are just babies tho. You come here and ill take you next Feb to catch some 11" - 12" ers

Here are Saturdays pictures from netting on Lake Sundance....They are getting bigger due to netting them and we are seeing more 10+ inch perch...I quess the average size now is around 8 - 9 inch...Hopefully with these pics we'll get a few of you guys down to fish for them...Remember there is no limit for perch on this lake....

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Whats the plan there? Eliminate the perch then stock with bows?

The lake was illegally stocked with perch about ten years ago....With no predators they bred until they were stunted in growth....A survey 2 years ago estimated around 1 million perch in the lake...The lake was set up as a rainbow fishery and with the competition for food the trout were starting to stunt…So netting the perch to control them started last year…