Lake Hennessy bluegill 2lb 1oz
Nice! Did you catch those today?Ha, I wish! Those are various perch over the last three years. Guys were posting panfish pics so thought I'd contribute with one of the more "unique" species.
Nice perch Chris. Never seen one of those caught except in ur reports...they have same feeding habits as crappie? Id like to catch one of those!Thanks Ryan. I'd say in general, they have similar feeding habits to crappie. Their diet turns more to fish as they grow bigger. But unlike crappie, Sac perch only actively school during the spring spawning period. After that, they're basically loners for the rest of the year. This makes targeting them outside of the spring spawn period very difficult. They can get real moody as to when they want to bite. Over the last couple years I've started working on nailing down some patterns for them. A marabou jig under a slip float is a killer technique in the spring when they're up shallow. In summer, I found drifting small baits and lures drifted over weed beds in 10-20 feet of water is productive. While targeting perch, you'll have to wade through a LOT of smallmouth bass. That's not a bad thing, but often times it'll be like 3-4 bass for every 1 perch landed.
This thread is really making me want to do some crappie fishing. :smt007 Maybe to late in the season ?crappie fishing was pretty good at lake Mendo this time of year. They were just off the first break hitting crawlers and minnows.
Alex
This thread is really making me want to do some crappie fishing. :smt007 Maybe to late in the season ?crappie fishing was pretty good at lake Mendo this time of year. They were just off the first break hitting crawlers and minnows.
Alex
Never caught one.. they taste better than perch?
Never caught one.. they taste better than perch?
Caught this one today, my PB crappie. 2lbs 6oz, almost 18".Holy smoke, that's big!