Live from the Water 2020

[TreeGuy]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:06 PM, squirrelwhisperer said:

Can anyone tell me if bluegill are good eating? I have a local lake FULL of em. 
What would you say taste better: bluegill or yellow perch?

Perch are much better, but bluegills are great.

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[squirrelwhisperer]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:10 PM, TreeGuy said:

Perch are much better, but bluegills are great.

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I have never taken a fish out of a lake. Always put them back. I go in the salt for dinner but want to try something new. 

[Robhuntandfish]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:06 PM, squirrelwhisperer said:

Can anyone tell me if bluegill are good eating? I have a local lake FULL of em. 

What would you say taste better: bluegill or yellow perch?

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they are a bit tougher to fillet than perch as well.  But are def good eating.  

[squirrelwhisperer]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:22 PM, Robhuntandfish said:

they are a bit tougher to fillet than perch as well.  But are def good eating.  

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I have to check the local regs so I know what’s up. I always seem to catch them at this one spot, even when not trying. I know another spot a bit to the East that has a bunch of yellow perch. All my local lakes are stocked with trout and 90% of the ppl that fish here go to the salt, so there is very little pressure on the lakes. I really need something to do.  

[Pygmy]

I know I am in the minority on this subject, but I prefer bluegills to perch...They are a little harder to filet...Nothing in the world filets as easily as a perch...  

[squirrelwhisperer]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:32 PM, Pygmy said:

I know I am in the minority on this subject, but I prefer bluegills to perch...They are a little harder to filet...Nothing in the world filets as easily as a perch...  

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What do you like about them over perch?

[Fletch]

  On 4/8/2020 at 10:58 AM, Robhuntandfish said:

1 voter for brookies.   Fall brook trout are just beautiful. And the meat is colored like salmon.    

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My vote goes with the brookies as well. Out of some God smacked little stream way back in the Adirondacks.

[Lawdwaz]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:32 PM, Pygmy said:

I know I am in the minority on this subject, but I prefer bluegills to perch...They are a little harder to filet...Nothing in the world filets as easily as a perch...  

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This is from a man that knows his fish fry’s!!!!!

[Robhuntandfish]

thought it was interesting that PA opened up trout season early https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/coronavirus-brings-early-trout-season-in-pa/

[BizCT]

  On 4/8/2020 at 10:49 AM, chrisw said:

I suppose there are a few that could be in contention. Brook trout are gorgeous too.

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Tiger trout too!


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[The_Real_TCIII]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:51 PM, Lawdwaz said:

This is from a man that knows his fish fry’s!!!!!

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Rock bass are great eating too! When I have a pile of perch crappie and bluegills I cant tell the difference when Im eating them, theyre all great

[The_Real_TCIII]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:51 PM, Fletch said:

My vote goes with the brookies as well. Out of some God smacked little stream way back in the Adirondacks.

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Third Lake Creek! I love hiking in there and catching brookies in the beaver ponds

[Steuben Jerry]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:51 PM, Lawdwaz said:

This is from a man that knows his fish fry’s!!!!!

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Great hat - a collector's item!

[Pygmy]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:45 PM, squirrelwhisperer said:

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:45 PM, squirrelwhisperer said:

What do you like about them over perch?

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What do you like about them over perch?

I like the flavor....Best tasting fisn in fresh water IMO....  Perch are wonderful too, however..

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[Jeremy K]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:15 PM, squirrelwhisperer said:

I have never taken a fish out of a lake. Always put them back. I go in the salt for dinner but want to try something new. 

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Perch is absolutely incredible .

[TreeGuy]

  On 4/8/2020 at 4:54 PM, Jeremy K said:

Perch is absolutely incredible .

Don't forget your spoiled with giant lake Erie yellows... There is no bigger and better perch fillet to be had then them.

I would place a wager that a limit of Erie yellows is pounds and pounds heavier than anywhere else.

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[Jeremy K]

  On 4/8/2020 at 5:08 PM, TreeGuy said:

Don't forget your spoiled with giant lake Erie yellows... There is no bigger and better perch fillet to be had then them.

I would place a wager that a limit of Erie yellows is pounds and pounds heavier than anywhere else.

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I would agree

[Pygmy]

  On 4/8/2020 at 3:13 PM, Steuben Jerry said:

Great hat - a collector's item!

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That's a collector's item sitting UNDER the hat, too.....<<sigh>>….

[BizCT]

  On 4/8/2020 at 5:08 PM, TreeGuy said:

Don't forget your spoiled with giant lake Erie yellows... There is no bigger and better perch fillet to be had then them.

 

I would place a wager that a limit of Erie yellows is pounds and pounds heavier than anywhere else.

 

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I would think yellow perch from the less tainted and better water quality of NyC’s reservoirs in the Hudson valley and Catskills would Taste just as good. They certainly get to the same size.

 

Lake Erie says up to 4 meals per month only for yellow perch

 

 

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[Robhuntandfish]

  On 4/8/2020 at 1:51 PM, Lawdwaz said:

This is from a man that knows his fish fry’s!!!!!

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over/under on Dan getting those ready for fish fry - 20 minutes and 2 beers! 

[Pygmy]

  On 4/8/2020 at 5:08 PM, TreeGuy said:

Don't forget your spoiled with giant lake Erie yellows... There is no bigger and better perch fillet to be had then them.

I would place a wager that a limit of Erie yellows is pounds and pounds heavier than anywhere else.

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Back in it's heyday Seneca lake would beat present day Erie....Lots   of 13-15" fish  and some bigger ones..For years, the  Gennessee fishing contest perch division was dominated by Seneca lake, with several fish annually in the 2 1/4 to 2 /12 POUND range...

No more..There are still some jumbo jack perch in Seneca, and a closed mouthed group still takes a few big ones each year, but the fishery is just a shadow of what it used to be..

[Jeremy K]

  On 4/8/2020 at 5:56 PM, Biz-R-OWorld said:

I would think yellow perch from the less tainted and better water quality of NyC’s reservoirs in the Hudson valley and Catskills would Taste just as good. They certainly get to the same size.

 

Lake Erie says up to 4 meals per month only for yellow perch

 

 

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Not the same size ,thats why you guys eat white perch . We won't even touch a white perch with our bare hands they're so gross. 

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[BizCT]

  On 4/8/2020 at 6:15 PM, Jeremy K said:

Not the same size ,thats why you guys eat white perch . We won't even touch a white perch with our bare hands they're so gross. 

Yellows up to 17” are caught every year in local Rez’s. 13-15” cookie cutters in the spring are commonplace


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[TreeGuy]

  On 4/8/2020 at 6:20 PM, Biz-R-OWorld said:

Yellows up to 17” are caught every year in local Rez’s. 13-15” cookie cutters in the spring are commonplace


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I would need to see the proof. Let's keep in mind there's prob 40 boats with 3 men boxing out daily or coming close, JUST out of one port on Erie. That's thousands of 12"+ perch daily. No Rez can compare.


I'll wait....

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[Jeremy K]

  On 4/8/2020 at 6:28 PM, TreeGuy said:

I would need to see the proof. Let's keep in mind there's prob 40 boats with 3 men boxing out daily or coming close, JUST out of one port on Erie. That's thousands of 12"+ perch daily. No Rez can compare.


I'll wait....

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You have to wait for the one shop that sells the only bait you can catch fish on to open for the season.