New State Record Yellow Perch!

[Devan S.]

5 hours ago, 45acp said:

I renovated an old farm pond on my property a few years back.

Decided to try something other than the normal bluegill/largemouth/channel cat mix.

Stocked forage minnows spring of '19, redear sunfish and northern crayfish June of '19, yellow perch September of '19.

Caught this one a couple days ago.  

 

Can you provide some information about your pond? Size, depth, turbidity, ect?

 

I've got several I am looking into having cleaned but they are all active as far as cattle getting in them. Had considered hybrid striped bass in one, koi in another but yellow perch sounds like a sweet idea too. 

 

Where did you source them from?

[MrGiggles]

1 hour ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

lake Lotowana up by Lees Summit has some in it

It's private though.

[Fish24/7]

I wonder how many MO record yellow perch from Bull have been eaten and never considered for a record? I bet it's quite a few based on what I've seen over the years while living there.

[45acp]

14 hours ago, Devan S. said:

Can you provide some information about your pond? Size, depth, turbidity, ect?

 

I've got several I am looking into having cleaned but they are all active as far as cattle getting in them. Had considered hybrid striped bass in one, koi in another but yellow perch sounds like a sweet idea too. 

 

Where did you source them from?

.35ac, shelf around the edge down to 6' or so, then sheer drop to 16'.  100+ up to 30' cedar trees along one bank and one side of the drop in the middle.  Most of the shelf was covered in inch base crushed limestone before the pond filled.

2/3 of the dam is rip-rapped with 3"-6" crushed limestone.  Visibility is good, up to 5'-ish when there are no muskrats in there tearing things up.  When water temps are above 50° F I run diffused aeration.  The pond is on a supplemental feeding program - ~1/2lb of Optimal Jr. once per day March-November.  10lbs of fathead minnows added spring and fall.

I drove ~550 miles, one-way, to get these fish.  They are a Nebraska sandhills strain, that are proving to exhibit remarkable potential in small bodies of water.  

There are a couple commercial fisheries in MO that can get Great Lakes strain yellow perch.  Harrison's and NEMO.  There may be others, but these are two that I know can get them.  There is also a southeastern strain of yellow perch, that I would expect to do well with the water temps we get here, but I haven't heard of any fisheries that sell them here.  You'd probably have to drive to Georgia for those.

[45acp]

15 hours ago, Devan S. said:

I've got several I am looking into having cleaned but they are all active as far as cattle getting in them.

I wouldn't put yellow perch in a cow pond.  They won't be able to feed well, and the sediment in the water will choke

out the swim up fry.  Good visibility and a plankton bloom at hatching time is critical for survival of the fry.

Hybrids would probably do fine if you put them on a supplemental feeding program.  Hybrids and bluegill

might be a combination that would result in a trophy bluegill pond.