GbayGiant Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Got this in the spring trolling Georgian Bay for walleye with a worm harness, I've never caught a white perch or a white bass so had no idea, googled it and seems to be a White Perch ? Anyone else catch white perch anywhere ? don't see them around to much on the bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Yup! White Perch... and a darn fine specimen too!!! They are a Temperate Bass like White Bass and Stripers, a nomadic schooling fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermccann Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Yes I have caught them out of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Rouge River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 That fish is a 'white perch' GBayGiant. Notice it has a perch like face and no stripes. The white bass has a different mouth and striping like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 That is interesting GB. Didn't know they existed. Wonder if they ever have been caught in Nipissing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GbayGiant Posted October 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 GCD, Stripers are one fish I wish the bay did have, they look like a good fish to catch. Nice fish EHG, yeah when I got it I noticed the perch head and than the body looked like a crappie but I herd of guys getting white bass up here too so wasn't sure but I can see the difference now. I would guess Nipissing has them, they got everything else from the Bay and have herd of guys getting lots of White Bass there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Your pic of the fish,I was always under the impression they were white bass,til Spiel told me other wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Here's an interesting link to Temperate Bass in the Great Lakes: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/GLWL/Fish/bass/bass.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdel Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I have caught white perch near the coal dock in Midland (Severn Sound, Georgian Bay). When I caught the White Perch at first I thought it was a small Silver Bass (White Bass) but the colours weren't right. The White Perch was silver with a yellowish tint. It was without the definite black horizontal stripes on the sides. Silver Bass are exactly that ..... very bright and silver with the dark horizontal stripes, they have no yellow tint at all. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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