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What kind of fish is this?
knucklehead14
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What kind of fish is this?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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i dunno, never seen one like that. where you catch it...south, north, east, west, fresh water, salt water?
I caught that White Perch in Chautauqua Lake in New York, and I posted that photo a while ago. At least thats my hand holding it.....
Here it is again right from the Tiny Pic folder I put it in.
As soon as I find my pics from the lake, I will post ours.
picture on that website.
The stripe going along it`s body isn`t showing on the white perch
picture on that website.
Good point, but that's just its lateral line, in some fish it really stands out, others it's very faint. I've caught white bass that have a distinct lateral line and the next one doesn't look like it had one at all. I still think it's a white perch, but I could be wrong. [;)]
This one is about average, but we do catch them a lot bigger sometimes.
White Bass are a different kind of critter than these are......
They may be related to the striped bass but thats about it.
Do a Google search and see for yourself instead of assuming you know what your talking about....
It's darn funny that all the State fish and game depts still call them WHITE PERCH....
White Bass are a different kind of critter than these are......
They may be related to the striped bass but thats about it.
Do a Google search and see for yourself instead of assuming you know what your talking about....
I'm not assuming I know what I'm talking about, I know what I'm talking about. I don't care what Fish and Game depts. call them, the fish in the picture is not of the perch family. I've caught lots of these fish. A good reference on this is Fleigers "Fishes of Missouri".
The fish in the posted picture is a true bass, scientific name is "morone mississippiensis", common name is yellow bass. It is closely related to "morone crysops, the white bass, and to "morone saxafilis", the striped bass. I'll give you this, if it's not a "morone mississippiensis" it's a "morone americana", which is, no matter what it's called locally, a bass, not a perch.
Many fishes are called many different names in different areas, for instance walleyes are commonly known as jack salmon here in Missouri, and are in no way a salmonid, or related to the salmonids, they are of the perch family. The fishes called largemouth, smallmouth, Kentucky basses aren't basses at all, but rather are members of the sunfish family, big sunfish, but sunfish they are. Different strokes for different folks.
The posted photo shows no signs of any Yellow at all on it and the Yellow Bass has that color. Even though the White Perch is in the true bass family it is still according to all reports a White Perch, and is different that a Yellow Bass no matter where your at....
WHAT DID IT TASTE LIKE BASS OR PERCH
[:D]
Jeff
White Bass.
Wrong answer cant you read ?
Anyhow, they aren't so great to eat. A bit strong, not nearly as good as yellow perch, but better than sheepshead- I tried cleaning one once for practice and the cat wouldn't even eat it!
Seldom reaching more than 12 inches in length, white perch are the smallest members of New York State's true bass. They are easily told apart from other true bass because white perch have no dark stripes and no patches of teeth on their tongues.
Like striped bass, white perch can live in both fresh and salWar on Terrorer. Although white perch prefer brackish waters, they also live in rivers, lakes and reservoirs. They often occur in large schools in turbid shallow areas. They are rapidly expanding their range in the state and can be found in the Hudson River and its tributaries south of Troy, small lakes east of the Hudson, fresh and brackish waters of Long Island, the Seneca River and Mohawk River systems, Oneida and Chautauqua Lakes, and in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
White perch are prolific breeders. Schools of spawning white perch crowd into tributary streams or along gravelly shoal areas in lakes and large rivers to deposit their eggs. The tiny eggs sink to the bottom and attach to vegetation and rocks. Young perch eat plankton and insects while older perch feed mostly on fish.
White perch are tasty fish with white, flaky flesh. At one time, they were an important commercial species in New York. Today, their large numbers and catchability make them popular panfish. Although small in size, they can put up a good fight when hooked. White perch are especially easy to catch in the spring during spawning. They can be caught by still fishing with worms or grubs, or by casting small flies or lures. Best catches are taken at dusk or after dark.
I have never been fishing in Lake Erie Ohio !!!
I caught that White Perch in Chautauqua Lake in New York, and I posted that photo a while ago. At least thats my hand holding it.....
Here it is again right from the Tiny Pic folder I put it in.
Big fish trick...closer to the camera, bigger the fish looks..[:D] And this white perch is a cousin to the stipped bass. I do think someone said that though. lol
millerlite
It is definitely a white perch- though it is NOT a member of the perch family, this is true- but then again, neither is the walleye a member of the pickerel family, and they are often referred to as pickerel.
Anyhow, they aren't so great to eat. A bit strong, not nearly as good as white perch, but better than sheepshead- I tried cleaning one once for practice and the cat wouldn't even eat it!
FYI: Walleyes are in the perch family. True blue walleye fisherperson here!!
millerlite
Here is a BASS.......Just kidding Don't look like any White bass I've ever seen
Another fisherman that really knows what he's talking about instead of just taking a WAG.