Deer Creek Perch today.

[Gonefishing71]

Was able to get the boat out today, was hunting some walleye but found some good schools of perch over rock piles in 25-30 feet of water.

[dubob]

Wowser!  Good eats right there.  

[Cowboypirate]

Nice. It seems all of our local water bodies are on a perch up swing both numbers and size

[Gone Forever]

Nice. It seems all of our local water bodies are on a perch up swing both numbers and size

Good spawning depths the past few years.  Flooded brush that we didn't have during the drought.

[wiperhunter2]

Nice haul of some good sized perch, how long were the biggest ones? Were you vertical jigging them?

[Mr. J]

Was able to get the boat out today, was hunting some walleye but found some good schools of perch over rock piles in 25-30 feet of water.

Where did you get the stringer? No, not the fish, the stringer. I have been looking for one like that

[Gonefishing71]

Nice haul of some good sized perch, how long were the biggest ones? Were you vertical jigging them?

The biggest ones were 11 3/4" all nice and fat, I marked them on the sonar and then put out an old school marker buoy set an anchor and was vertical jigging. The fish were on the bottom and suspended up to 5' off the bottom, one thing I didn't mention was they were mixed in with schools of crappie I knew they were in there but was my first time catching them there, we were catching 1/1 perch and crappie.

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Was able to get the boat out today, was hunting some walleye but found some good schools of perch over rock piles in 25-30 feet of water.

Where did you get the stringer? No, not the fish, the stringer. I have been looking for one like that

I found the stringer years ago at Wal-Mart

[wiperhunter2]

Nice haul of some good sized perch, how long were the biggest ones? Were you vertical jigging them?

The biggest ones were 11 3/4" all nice and fat, I marked them on the sonar and then put out an old school marker buoy set an anchor and was vertical jigging. The fish were on the bottom and suspended up to 5' off the bottom, one thing I didn't mention was they were mixed in with schools of crappie I knew they were in there but was my first time catching them there, we were catching 1/1 perch and crappie.

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Nice, we have always known they were there but few people catch them in numbers like that, cool that the crappie were there too. Thanks for the added info. Was there any size to the crappie?

[Therapist]

Regarding the stringer!! Berkley makes a quality one w/ stainless steel chain and clipsw. I believe you can get them at Sportsman's!! As to crappie at Deer Creek !! Someone put them in there years ago, but they never really took off, lack of forage. I would imagine that they would be fairly small, 6-8 inches mostly. I caught an 11 incher years ago, my only decent one!!

[Gonefishing71]

Nice haul of some good sized perch, how long were the biggest ones? Were you vertical jigging them?

The biggest ones were 11 3/4" all nice and fat, I marked them on the sonar and then put out an old school marker buoy set an anchor and was vertical jigging. The fish were on the bottom and suspended up to 5' off the bottom, one thing I didn't mention was they were mixed in with schools of crappie I knew they were in there but was my first time catching them there, we were catching 1/1 perch and crappie.

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Nice, we have always known they were there but few people catch them in numbers like that, cool that the crappie were there too. Thanks for the added info. Was there any size to the crappie?

I have to correct myself they were bluegill not crappie and most were 7-8" sorry I mix them up all of the time.

[Freakyfisherman]

Regarding the stringer!! Berkley makes a quality one w/ stainless steel chain and clipsw.  I believe you can get them at Sportsman's!!  As to crappie at Deer Creek !!  Someone put them in there years ago, but they never really took off, lack of forage.  I would imagine that they would be fairly small, 6-8 inches mostly.  I caught an 11 incher years ago, my only decent one!!

I was fishing in the Walsburg arm a few years ago catching walleye from my float tube, which was my target. I also caught a big crappie that was 16 inches long. It was a definite surprise.I also scored some nice crappie from shore on a different outing.  I think I caught like 10 in the 13 to 15 inch range.  It reminded of the big crappie like that I used to catch out of Pineview before the tiger muskies were stocked. Once the muskies got big enough, those pig crappie were no more.
Gabe

[TubeDude]

I have heard semi reliable reports of multiple crappie catches from Deer Creek over the years.  But never more than a few and usually only one lone straggler...like the one and only I caught off the end of the island one year.

[Piscophilic]

Was able to get the boat out today, was hunting some walleye but found some good schools of perch over rock piles in 25-30 feet of water.

Way to go! That is the best perch stringer I've seen from DC in a while.

Do you know what teh water temp was? 

Thanks for the report and the picture.