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Comment by Brian Jones on September 23, 2014 at 7:24am

I usually get um on a chunk of night crawler close to a submerged log thats in the middle of the creek.  They hit my bettle spins too.  Only color I have been able to get a bite on around here is black with red n yellow spots. Most of the ones I get are small end of the spectrum but there are some in there that fry up well.  I tried fishing with ninnows but the Gar and Bofin wont give any chance to catch the fish Im after. I have never seen so many Gar in one place.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 22, 2014 at 2:42pm

They dont get real big, Brian. A 12" perch is a whopper.
The Latin name for the species, "perca flavascens," translate loosely to mean:
"CAUTION Damn thing is sharp!"

Well, VERY loosely translated...

Comment by Brian Jones on September 22, 2014 at 2:35pm

Purdy perch! Good goin. I have caught some on a creek nearby but none were real anywhere from 4 to 10 inches. I never noticed the point on their gills. That does look mean.

Comment by Slip Sinker on September 22, 2014 at 5:36am

fine looking specimen

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 21, 2014 at 7:12pm

First time as saw one here in SC, I had no idea what it was.
As bright and colorful as they are, my thought was an escapee from aquaria.
Id taken my young son to the local lake that day, and can still tell you the exact spot and the baits used.
I can't remember to put on underwear - but this, I can recall.
Weird.

Comment by carl hendrix on September 21, 2014 at 6:54pm

handle with care!!  then  fish fry!!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on September 21, 2014 at 5:25pm

Yes Dick.....those gills plates are like a razor on both Yellow Perch and White Perch as well......I never caught these guys growing up in Louisiana either Mike.......we sit at the southern edge of their range here in North Carolina.....

Comment by mike martinez on September 21, 2014 at 5:20pm

Cool looking fish.......dont have any near me.

Comment by dick tabbert on September 21, 2014 at 5:14pm

Great tasting it might be but if you give him an inch you'll be stuck them gill plates they are lethal as you know.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on September 21, 2014 at 4:50pm

Thanks John......no splits in the dorsal......looked cool

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