White perch

[greenlantern]

I guess this is as good a place to put this as any. We have white perch as an invasive species here. Do any of you East coast guys have flies for them? They are easy to catch on worms, especially red wigglers, but I would like to try it on a fly. Maybe a San Juan sort of thing? Thank you for your help.

[pillcaster]

I catch them on a small silver streamer, it has white marabou tail with a couple strands silver flash, silver metalic estaz body, tied on a small jig hook. If I can I will post a pic

[AllenOK]

I caught one a few days ago hardware fishing a topwater lure. The target fish (White Bass, Hybrids, Stripers, and Spotted Bass) were slamming anything that looked like a minnow.

[Fishingfiend]

Can someone post a picture ... I don't even know what a white perch is.

[Uncle Jesse]

Can someone post a picture ... I don't even know what a white perch is.

That's one of the name some folks use for white crappie. But I don't think that is what he is asking about.

[HickoryShad]

Here is a pic of white perch that are typical of Maryland.
Bobber hook and a worm will nail them over and over.
Cheap white spinners, beetle spins.......lotsa stuff will catch them and they are
very good eating..

Joe

[ScottP]

Small Clousers, Crazy Charlies, work for me; catch them a lot when fishing for shad in the spring.

Regards,
Scott

[Betty Hiner]

Whoa! So made me think of JC on this header. He so loved his fried perch! Even after all these years, that still pulled at the heart strings.

[FishnDave]

As shown in the picture, White Perch are actually members of the same family as Stripers, White Bass, and Yellow Bass. White Perch look like a White Bass...without the stripes.

[EdD]

Whoa! So made me think of JC on this header. He so loved his fried perch! Even after all these years, that still pulled at the heart strings.

Yeah, fried yellow perch = Castwell's Dinner in my mind, too.

Ed