Feebees in the peerow

Well I'm hungry now.
Perch from clear water are sure nice looking fish. I bet they will taste good.
Dang, Gus is growing.

Those salad greens look great. I should have some in about the next week now that we finally have some sun and warmth.

Hope the little flycatchers do well.

Tim
 
For reasons I have never understood, in Maine white perch are highly esteemed table and game fish, while yellow perch are not. The opposite seems to be the case every place else.

RE: the phoebe's nest, I'm not sure it is possible to disturb them enough to cause next failure. We've had one nest on our back porch, just over the entrance to the house, every year for the last five. Despite many disturbances each day, and at least one event every year where the bird tending the next spooks into the kitchen through the open door and then has to be corralled and chased out an open window, the chicks fledge every year.
 
Perch are probably one of my favorite eating fish. Those yellows sure look good!
We catch and fry mainly saltwater white perch. They average 12-14? and when caught in our salt estuary have a great flavor and no limit
 
Todd,
Even though I am eating lunch as I write this, you are making me hungry.

In my 26 years in Michigan, I found no finer taste than yellow perch. Even my wife preferred them over walleye and she loved walleye.

What a nice mess of "big uns"! A blessing indeed!

Thank you for sharing your photo journey.

Larry
 
Thanks Guys, it was a great family trip.

They were oh so good when we enjoyed them a couple nights back.

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We did neat fish related thing last weekend and went to observe the American Shad upstream migration. American Shad are saltwater fish that spawn in fresh like salmon. The day we went the fish lift over the dam moved something like 25K fish. Really neat to see that many fish, the larger ones are 5+ pounds, so pretty impressive.

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Hi Mark, I missed this when you posted. What you describe sounds delicious and a is a modern adaptation of the classic french dish poisson en papillote (or fish in paper). Damn classy of you and I bet the smoke adds a bit beyond the classic.


Mark W said:
I don't think there is a better eating fish than yellow perch. Would take that over a walleye almost any day.

If you want to try another way to cook perch (or walleye), here is my personal fav.

Fillet the fish as you have.
Place on top of a sheet of aluminum foil
On top of the fish place a couple of pats of butter, lemon slices, and sprinkle lemon pepper on top. (could also squeeze on some more lemon juice if desired)
Fold foil and wrap loosely
Place on grill and cook till done.

May not be a new recipe to many but it is a great way to cook these fish.

Mark
 
tod osier said:
We did neat fish related thing last weekend and went to observe the American Shad upstream migration. American Shad are saltwater fish that spawn in fresh like salmon. The day we went the fish lift over the dam moved something like 25K fish. Really neat to see that many fish, the larger ones are 5+ pounds, so pretty impressive.

Which fish lift? Holyoke?
 
Jeff Reardon said:
tod osier said:
We did neat fish related thing last weekend and went to observe the American Shad upstream migration. American Shad are saltwater fish that spawn in fresh like salmon. The day we went the fish lift over the dam moved something like 25K fish. Really neat to see that many fish, the larger ones are 5+ pounds, so pretty impressive.

Which fish lift? Holyoke?

Yep, we have been wanting to do it for years. The day we went was the second best day of the year, which was cool.
 
25,000 shad in a day is a lot. Most fish lifts perform pretty poorly for shad. I know there are some issues at Holyoke, but I think they are mostly related to a canal/bypass channel, and the lift at the main channel is said to work pretty well.

I have friends who catch more shad in a day than the Lockwood fish lift at the first dam on the Kennebec moves all year.
 
Jeff Reardon said:
25,000 shad in a day is a lot. Most fish lifts perform pretty poorly for shad. I know there are some issues at Holyoke, but I think they are mostly related to a canal/bypass channel, and the lift at the main channel is said to work pretty well.

I have friends who catch more shad in a day than the Lockwood fish lift at the first dam on the Kennebec moves all year.

I ahve no doubt that the lift is stressful for them, they were pretty beat up. The main channel lifts a lot more fish then the bypass. I've always wanted to fish for them, but the strong fisheries are a bit too far from home at a busy time of year for me. John McPhee's "founding fish" about shad is a good read.
 
The two best shad fisheries in Maine are about 15 and 30 minutes from my door, and I haven't fished either in 4 years.
 
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