little angler Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 http://www.anglerstimes.co.uk/images/Recor...h-pic-1-WEB.jpg Have a look at it, i was in shock when i saw the size of this perch unbelievable! I sure wouldn't be eating that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyWater Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 yea they got some sort of government nuclear strain out in the uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 its not called a perch over in the uk, i cant think of the name of what they call it. Its kind of like the walleye=zander, its a different strain of fish. If that was a north american fish, i owuld sure take up perch fishing lol Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 WOW! Can you imagine how big the pike and pickerel are??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modny Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 years ago down at 50 point in grimsby i seen a kid with a perch on a stringer that was the length of my forearm. it must have weighed like 5 or 6 lbs . it was just a monsterr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 years ago down at 50 point in grimsby i seen a kid with a perch on a stringer that was the length of my forearm. it must have weighed like 5 or 6 lbs . it was just a monsterr How big is your forearm??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modny Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 this big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyHerc Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 its not called a perch over in the uk, i cant think of the name of what they call it. Its kind of like the walleye=zander, its a different strain of fish. If that was a north american fish, i owuld sure take up perch fishing lol Cheers! It's a European Perch. And they get big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 you think europe has big ones. Look up the Nile perch. they have monster perch the size of tuna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pachone Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 thats a bigggg boy! oh and hilarious forearm comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anders Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I wonder if they school together like the ones here? That would be fun getting them with a spreader. Small tail to for such a big fish. Wish i could catch them that size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Babies Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Nile perch are unrelated to Perca species like the European and yellow perch. years ago down at 50 point in grimsby i seen a kid with a perch on a stringer that was the length of my forearm. it must have weighed like 5 or 6 lbs . it was just a monsterr That would shatter the world record. I wish people wouldn't throw weights around like that. It tends to cheapen the accomplishment of actually catching a fish that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modny Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 i'm not even lying man. i'll give u my phone number, you can call me, and talk to my brother and dad. they were there too. it was gigantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laopi Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 http://www.gofishinontario.com/fish.php?fid=10 Yellow Perch facts Ontario record: 2.25 lbs (1 kg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef Runner Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I can believe witness to a massive perch. 5 or 6 pounds may be much. I wish we had the photo proof, a picture was taken on a fun saver, but the film was lost. Six years ago on a nice portage lake just off our resort near gowganda, my cousin, I and some friends were trolling with williams spoons and our friend Steve catches a huge perch that I thought was a walleye when it was coming up...it was the biggest perch I've ever seen. I can estimate that it was three pounds minimum, beating the current Ontario record, but back then we didn't know or care much for records. It sure was tasty though. Another fishermans tale? Without the verification, I am leaving myself open to injury but I give it my Scout's honour (and I was a scout). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modny Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I can believe witness to a massive perch. 5 or 6 pounds may be much. I wish we had the photo proof, a picture was taken on a fun saver, but the film was lost. Six years ago on a nice portage lake just off our resort near gowganda, my cousin, I and some friends were trolling with williams spoons and our friend Steve catches a huge perch that I thought was a walleye when it was coming up...it was the biggest perch I've ever seen. I can estimate that it was three pounds minimum, beating the current Ontario record, but back then we didn't know or care much for records. It sure was tasty though. Another fishermans tale? Without the verification, I am leaving myself open to injury but I give it my Scout's honour (and I was a scout). ya man i hear ya. there is a good chance he ate the perch or didn't get it weighed for a record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) Hey Littleangler. I've seen that picture before over here in the UK and it is a very big European Perch, though it must be said the angler does also hold the fish very close to the camera away from his body to make it look bigger - none of us have ever done that! LOL I think that fish was a four pounder. The record over here is almost 6lbs!! Lunkerbasshunter - the fish in the picture is definitely a European Perch which is very similar to the Yellow Perch in Canada. There are some subtle colour differences. The perch in Europe are generally a paler colour a sort of greyishgreen (no yellow) but usually with very pronounced black stripes and bright red anal and tail fins. The other fish you mentioned is a Zander otherwise known as a 'Pike-Perch' - it is indeed very like a walleye and therefore doesn't really look like a perch except for the dorsal fin and nothing like a pike. The Zander is an alien species to the UK having been introduced from Holland I believe. I hope the info is useful - hopefully one day I'll post such a picture of a big perch - I've been told that my local lakes in England have perch of about 4lbs! cheers 007 Edited July 10, 2008 by OO7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 http://www.gofishinontario.com/fish.php?fid=10 Yellow Perch facts Ontario record: 2.25 lbs (1 kg). Here's my biggest perch (2.20 lbs) caught on Lake Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef Runner Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Very nice fish Billy Bob. That sure is a pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 billy bob that perch is a hawg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 thats jsut scary billybob!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Camera angle accounts for a lot in the first pic in this thread, but it is a BIG Perch. Here's my biggest perch (2.20 lbs) caught on Lake Erie. Billy Bob, that fish is just nasty fat!!! Looks like some of the folks around here waddling out of the all you can eat fried food restaurants!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little angler Posted July 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 holy crab t looks like it ate his family!lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Is it true that you can still purchase live Lake Erie Emerald shiners in Ontario. Our perch FISHING has really suffered because we cannot due to the VHS disease . Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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