Piney Run Yellow Perch

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Comment by Jim Gronaw on August 22, 2009 at 7:14pm

Thanks for the nice comments, guys! Many of the lake variety perch in our region have that 'humpback' appearance that you might not seem to notice so much when the perch are spawning and full of eggs. Tidal river yellow perch don't seem to display this characteristic near as much as the lake fish. This particular fish was taken in early June.

Piney Run has had an explosion of perch in the past few seasons, with fish approaching 15 inches showing up and a lot of 12 inch class fish in the spring during April and May. Few people target them, yet the fishery is there for the taking. I am anxious to try the RF spoons on them this fall. Tons of smaller perch are providing a dominant forage for many gamefish species, and perch-patterned lures are taking bass and stripers each year.

Comment by Tom Hudson on August 22, 2009 at 6:51pm

five stars, great fish Jim

Comment by Andre Sturkey on August 22, 2009 at 2:21pm

Man i wish all those yellow perch up at Piney Run could grow to that size or at least 10 inches.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on July 16, 2009 at 5:14pm

Thanks guys, By the way, the perchzilla that was posted a couple of days ago are of the MD state record...3 lb 5 oz and 16 1/4 in long. It was the 4 th heaviest yellow perch ever recorded in North America and the largest in the past 40 years in this country. Caught in a 1/2 acre pond on a nightcrawler hooked on a jig head, sittin on the bottom. Wow!

Comment by IceWarriorGill on July 16, 2009 at 5:07pm

Beautiful Big Jack Perch!!!! My buddies call the big ones "Ring Dings" down South for the black stripes or "rings" which they have!!!!

Comment by Xeev Xwm Vang on July 16, 2009 at 10:07am

nice colors! I miss catching these!

Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2009 at 7:09am

Excellent again Jim.You are the Perch Man!
How deep do you think that fish was? I want to target Yellow and White Perch and the best I can do is catch them in with the Gills and Crappies I'm trolling and drifting for.

Comment by Patrick "Bullworm" Olson on July 15, 2009 at 4:50am

What an AWESOME JUMBO, JIMBO!!!!!

Comment by Bill "Musky" Modica on July 14, 2009 at 8:46pm

Nice!!....I'd like a half dozen of them for a stringer mount...Gorgeous inland lake colors, and an exceptional fish.

Comment by Lance A. Cashler on July 14, 2009 at 8:28pm

Wow that is a nice peacock bass!