What happens to all of the yellow perch?

kawishiwi · 09-20-2015, 10:40 PM

Ive fished winni bass this year from may to sept and have not seen a single yellow perch yet this weekend I marked a large school of fish, from 5ft down to 20ft, 20+ ft long and wide and they turned out to be 2.5 inch yellow perch. A lot of fish that filled the sonar screen! As yellow perch will hit many smallmouth baits I am suprised to have seen 0 adult yellow perch yet found such a massive school of young. Any ideas as to why this is?

Flyfisha · 09-21-2015, 02:10 PM

Caught some pretty good ones in the Basin. Also, landed some huge white perch this summer!! I think the small fry end up in Rock Bass Bellies!!

DesertDweller · 09-21-2015, 03:15 PM

I seldom catch yellow perch so I don't think you are experiencing anything out of the norm. Plenty of white perch though.

kawishiwi · 09-22-2015, 11:37 AM

I dont want your favorite spots but what bait do you use for white perch and what kind of locations?

Flyfisha · 09-22-2015, 12:18 PM

Worms, small hooks with brass spinner and red beads. 25 feet water in quiet coves. You can see schools on your fish finder.

Rob M · 10-16-2015, 10:31 AM

I fished Winni 15 - 20 times this year for bass, and found many spots with large schools of adult perch and other spots with endless clouds of juvenile yellow perch. These are the spots I caught most of my bigger fish. They may not be in the same spot as they were last year, but they are around. The long winter changed the weed beds a lot this year, when the vegetation changes the fish habitat changes. Find the weeds, find the forage fish, find the big fish.

09-20-2015, 10:40 PM	#1
kawishiwi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 519 Thanks: 227 Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts	What happens to all of the yellow perch? Ive fished winni bass this year from may to sept and have not seen a single yellow perch yet this weekend I marked a large school of fish, from 5ft down to 20ft, 20+ ft long and wide and they turned out to be 2.5 inch yellow perch. A lot of fish that filled the sonar screen! As yellow perch will hit many smallmouth baits I am suprised to have seen 0 adult yellow perch yet found such a massive school of young. Any ideas as to why this is?

09-21-2015, 02:10 PM	#2
Flyfisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Rattlesnake Island Posts: 140 Thanks: 58 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	yellow perch Caught some pretty good ones in the Basin. Also, landed some huge white perch this summer!! I think the small fry end up in Rock Bass Bellies!!

09-22-2015, 11:37 AM	#4
kawishiwi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 519 Thanks: 227 Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts	What do you catch the white perch on? I dont want your favorite spots but what bait do you use for white perch and what kind of locations?

09-22-2015, 12:18 PM	#5
Flyfisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Rattlesnake Island Posts: 140 Thanks: 58 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	How and where Worms, small hooks with brass spinner and red beads. 25 feet water in quiet coves. You can see schools on your fish finder.

10-16-2015, 10:31 AM	#6
Rob M Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 21 Thanks: 10 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Yellow Perch I fished Winni 15 - 20 times this year for bass, and found many spots with large schools of adult perch and other spots with endless clouds of juvenile yellow perch. These are the spots I caught most of my bigger fish. They may not be in the same spot as they were last year, but they are around. The long winter changed the weed beds a lot this year, when the vegetation changes the fish habitat changes. Find the weeds, find the forage fish, find the big fish.

09-21-2015, 03:15 PM	#3
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 366 Thanks: 24 Thanked 85 Times in 71 Posts	I seldom catch yellow perch so I don't think you are experiencing anything out of the norm. Plenty of white perch though.

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