01-03-2006, 06:16 PM
About 25 years ago I used to catch a lot of perch from Deer Creek. Back then few people fished for the perch and I used to get a lot of funny looks from people when they saw me keeping them. One day I fed some fried perch fillets to my sister-in-law and her husband. He was so amazed at how good they were that he went up a few nights later to catch some on his own. He had no idea how to fillet a fish, so he prepared them just like he did trout: cut the belly open, pull the guts out, roll them in flour and fry them. They ended up with mouthfuls of scales, which were apparently pretty nasty.
He accused me of lying to him about the type of fish I fed them since the ones he fixed were so nasty. My wife and I took him and his wife out a few nights later to catch perch and cook a shore lunch so he would believe me. Then we had a lesson on how to fillet fish. After that he frequently went on his own to catch them.
It's too bad so many people learned that perch are good to eat. There used to be a lot less competition for the warmwater species.
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He accused me of lying to him about the type of fish I fed them since the ones he fixed were so nasty. My wife and I took him and his wife out a few nights later to catch perch and cook a shore lunch so he would believe me. Then we had a lesson on how to fillet fish. After that he frequently went on his own to catch them.
It's too bad so many people learned that perch are good to eat. There used to be a lot less competition for the warmwater species.
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