12 inch perch club pics post yours here! And where caught!

[skipper9]

Im wondering how many years it takes a perch to get 12+ inches.

Around seven years for a female and 10 plus years for a male. This is for the western basin of lake erie.. it may be shorter in the central or eastern basin. This was from a study from commercial netters..

[Hoss928]

Interesting. Thanks for the reply Skipper.

[wnyguy]

Here is an eastern basin fish. Got it memorial day weekend, in about 63 feet of water. (typical for this end of lake) I wish I could say I got this is from a secret honey hole that constantly produces, but in all honesty I was going out to a spot I had fished before, started puttering around until I marked some fish, and dropped anchor. My 12 year old daughter pulled this up first fish of the day:

It was 14 1/2 inches. The fish to the upper right is 12 inches. If you look carefully, you can see something sticking out of the big one's mouth ,it's not a female with eggs, here is what I found inside of the stomach: (warning, gorey pic ahead!)

I'm pretty sure that upper bait fish is a goby!

[BAD KARMA]

Here is some 13's with the tail pinch on a couple. Best perch catch of the year on my boat 60 in 6 hours last friday. We had to earn them but they were real nice for around the islands.


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[waterdog]

ok,,, heres some of my big ones...