Caught two decent YP this afternoon also....

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Comment by Vince Fusco on September 27, 2012 at 3:22pm

I agree with you on your reply about diet dictating how a fish or animal is going to taste. Mike. I personally like all fish, but gills and the relative sunfish are on the top of my list. Yellow perch, walleyes, and crappies are delicious, but put a plate of gills, and a plate of crappies in front of me, and I will eat the gills first every time. I have eaten gar on several occasions and they real good. A good pair of tin snips will make the cleaning job a lot easier, unless the gar is going to the fish smoker. Contrary to popular belief, they are not a super bony fish.

Comment by Vince Fusco on September 27, 2012 at 3:08pm

The Chattahoochie River north of Atlanta, (cold water river) and some North Ga. mountain lakes have a good population of them. My personal best (1 lb. 10 oz) came from a Chattahoochee River backwater.

Comment by Allen Morgan on September 27, 2012 at 11:39am

Ok, here the reply I got:

Yellow perch were stocked in the mid 1900's experimentally, but never did amount to anything. I have never seen one in OK and never have seen any present in over 30 years of ODWC sampling data. I think the yellow perch is limited to Iowa/Illinois for the southern border of its range.

Comment by John Sheehan on September 27, 2012 at 10:17am

I agree Vince Walleys taste like Perch .Maybe Yellow Perch are a little tastier.

 

Comment by Vince Fusco on September 27, 2012 at 10:09am

Other than the size of the fillets, I can't taste the difference between Yellow Perch and Walleyes. They are really good!

Comment by dick tabbert on September 27, 2012 at 6:29am

If you ever ate a yellow perch you'll find the best eating fish anywhere.

Comment by Allen Morgan on September 27, 2012 at 5:17am

Ok, I just posted a question to an ODWC biologist that I know.  Hopefully later today I'll get an answer.

Comment by Greg McWilliams on September 27, 2012 at 4:55am

Allen and Jen, Back in 1950, 51 and 52, these guys were stocked in several lakes in NE Oklahoma!!!!!!! Fairfax lake Pawhuska lake are two that I know they were stocked in!!!!! I now a guy who said he caught one a few years ago in a TROUT STOCKED LAKE near here!!!!

He kept it frozen til the BIOLOGIST came by could be some still there, course they would be about 60 years old now!!!!! :-)

Comment by Allen Morgan on September 27, 2012 at 4:42am

Jen, we don't have them, except maybe out near the Black Mesa.  Probably be better to find out the closest area that does have them, and make a road trip.

Comment by dick tabbert on September 26, 2012 at 8:25pm

Jeffrey get the oil hot don't get any better than that. Great job

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