Perch report

[Fish Farmer]

I was out Saturday buddy and myself we ended with 93 nice ones. Launched a sugar loaf and headed to 65fow off Sherkston. Got a few but not great so motored towards Abino, saw a few boats in the 59’ area hit spot lock and Perch on pretty steady. We headed back to Port Colborne around 4:30.we got our minnows at Erie Tracker.👍

[smerchly]

Good catch FF, that's a lot of cleaning to do. I'd have to get the wife to clean them........😄

It's been a long time I since I sank my teeth into a perch meal. Enjoy !

 

 

[Fish Farmer]

10 hours ago, smerchly said:

Good catch FF, that's a lot of cleaning to do. I'd have to get the wife to clean them........😄

It's been a long time I since I sank my teeth into a perch meal. Enjoy !

 

 

Thanks Bill if you were close by I'd drop you off a feed.👍

You know the big ones aren't has good eating as the smaller ones are.

My wife always takes the small ones on the plate😀

[Tyler0420]

2 hours ago, Fish Farmer said:

Thanks Bill if you were close by I'd drop you off a feed.👍

You know the big ones aren't has good eating as the smaller ones are.

My wife always takes the small ones on the plate😀

Do you use an electric knife? I hate cleaning anymore than 20. 

[Fish Farmer]

21 hours ago, Tyler0420 said:

Do you use an electric knife? I hate cleaning anymore than 20. 

No I'm kinda old school Tyler, I use a small Rapala 4" rubber handle knife.

I have a Elec knife and have used it but I find I can filet faster with the knife.

Plus it's probably me, I don't like cutting through the guts with the Elec and getting the crap on the blade then on the filet.

I timed myself the other day and did 49 Perch in 1 hour and 15 Mins.

[verado]

I'm the same way Fish Farmer. I just don't get the feel I like with an electric knife. After using many different kinds, I bought a Cutco fillet knife. It is by far the best I have ever used, it's scary sharp. The blade will extend to about 8-10 inches so I use it on bigger fish as well. I have not touched the electric knife since I bought it.

[Tyler0420]

2 minutes ago, verado said:

I bought a Cutco fillet knife.

$350 I hope that’s not a plastic handle on it. 

[smerchly]

I like to use electric knives for carving up turkeys, slab bacon or hams, ect. I have 4 Rap knives for fish, use the 6" mostly. Keep them well sharpened.

[Darryl L]

Finally got out for the first perch trip of the year. Heard last week they were crushing them but not that way today. Maybe 50 boats out and nobody i spoke to all day was doing great. We ended up with about 20 in a couple hours and a last minute walleye saved us. Lost another walleye at the boat. Gorgeous day. Water temp 50 degrees. No docks at Crystal yet. Water was like glass

[Fonthill]

We were out last Thursday off Crystal beach in 63 ft and we had no problem finding them ,pretty much stopped the boat and we were on them and didn't move . 4 hours we had 80. My buddy went back Monday and could not find a good school ,think they ended up with 10 all  afternoon.

I use a cordless electric Bubba but use my old mister twister blades with it. I find the ones that come with the Bubba to course.

[Fonthill]

On 4/28/2025 at 9:07 PM, Darryl L said:

Finally got out for the first perch trip of the year. Heard last week they were crushing them but not that way today. Maybe 50 boats out and nobody i spoke to all day was doing great. We ended up with about 20 in a couple hours and a last minute walleye saved us. Lost another walleye at the boat. Gorgeous day. Water temp 50 degrees. No docks at Crystal yet. Water was like glass

It's always a bonus when you catch a walleye when not targeting them. We had a  boat pull up on us Thursday , and the one guy was perching and the other guy was jigging a small spoon and caught 6 walleye that we saw in about 2 hours.

[Darryl L]

28 minutes ago, Fonthill said:

We were out last Thursday off Crystal beach in 63 ft and we had no problem finding them ,pretty much stopped the boat and we were on them and didn't move . 4 hours we had 80. My buddy went back Monday and could not find a good school ,think they ended up with 10 all  afternoon.

I use a cordless electric Bubba but use my old mister twister blades with it. I find the ones that come with the Bubba to course.

Yeah we heard great reports from last week but Monday was a dud for everyone we spoke with. Still better than working