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

[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...

[cameronwhite]

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

not sure how many years it takes, its really interesting to know & I also looking towards to know its right answer.

[jdaney]

Caught this one early this spring while crappie fishing. I was surprised to catch a perch in fairly shallow water near shore, let alone one this big.

[fishkiller16]

We Eastern Basiners would need a 14"-15" page my personal best was 16.5" in 55 foot of water off Sturgeon Pt. NY.