7-05-09 NY Jack Perch 13 inches pic2

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Comment by JEFF COSTIGAN on July 10, 2009 at 1:50am

BEAUTY OF A PERCH!! CAUGHT 1 LIKE THAT ON A NYC RESERVOIR ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO.

Comment by John Sheehan on July 5, 2009 at 9:37pm

Ring Dings thats new to me also!

Comment by John Sheehan on July 5, 2009 at 9:35pm

100 Fish!!!Woah...I'm happy catching in the 20's in 4hrs. on my home lake! Kayak huh!Cool ,gotta do that!

Comment by IceWarriorGill on July 5, 2009 at 9:24pm

Hey John, That water is quite brown and muddy due to recent rains we've had the past several days....I was using Chartreuse (Lemon Meringue color Kalin triple threat grubs 2 in on 1/32 jigs). Caught probably close to a hundred fish today and it was a 6 species day for me (Y perch, LMB, Bluegills, P-Seeds, Ch Pickerel, Crappie) but almost everything was small??!! No really big ones except for the Perch!!!! Still had alot of fun!!!

Comment by John Sheehan on July 5, 2009 at 9:14pm

By the way that water color looks the same as my home laken NE NJersey...brown muddy but clearing day by day

Comment by IceWarriorGill on July 5, 2009 at 9:13pm

Hey John, I've heard fellow NY Anglers and Great Lakes Anglers call the large Yellow Perch (12 inches and over) "Jack Perch" but I do not know where the term comes from. When I was down in Virginia (in Midlothian, just outside Richmond) my old salt fishin buddies would call the Yellow Perch, "Ring Dings" from the term Ring Perch due to the black stripes or "Rings" which are on the Perch's sides where each stripe meets at the belly forming a "Ring".

Comment by John Sheehan on July 5, 2009 at 9:00pm

Excellent Perch!!!You're the only guy I know that calls those Yellow Perch ,Jack Perch! Where does that term come from?