08-29-2013, 02:45 PM
[quote hooknhunter]
On the perch, it takes a long to time grow the big ones. I found from the fish I caught this summer with tags in them, that from 9-14 inches in size, the perch only grow about 1 inch per year. I wish I knew how fast they grown at smaller sizes. I'm thinking that a 15+ inch perch must be 10-15 years old. I'd like to think it's closer to the 10 year mark but at 1 inch per year from 9 +, then a 9 inch fish would have to be 4 years or less. I'm doubting that at this point.[/quote]
I would like too see that info.... I have a hard time believing that a perch can even live for 10 years.... the info that I have found say they have a short life expectancy, normal is about 7 years, some say 6, but here I would assume with better food source and more time too grow that they may last 8, so take it with a grain of salt, easy search on the life expectancy of yellow perch will reveal all the average life expectancies, perch breed and grow fast, like most panfish, I think SD has some schooling in this and might be able too shed more light on it,
Matt
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Quote:The perch fishing back home is overall much better, but the really big ones (15+) are getting harder and harder to come by.
On the perch, it takes a long to time grow the big ones. I found from the fish I caught this summer with tags in them, that from 9-14 inches in size, the perch only grow about 1 inch per year. I wish I knew how fast they grown at smaller sizes. I'm thinking that a 15+ inch perch must be 10-15 years old. I'd like to think it's closer to the 10 year mark but at 1 inch per year from 9 +, then a 9 inch fish would have to be 4 years or less. I'm doubting that at this point.[/quote]
I would like too see that info.... I have a hard time believing that a perch can even live for 10 years.... the info that I have found say they have a short life expectancy, normal is about 7 years, some say 6, but here I would assume with better food source and more time too grow that they may last 8, so take it with a grain of salt, easy search on the life expectancy of yellow perch will reveal all the average life expectancies, perch breed and grow fast, like most panfish, I think SD has some schooling in this and might be able too shed more light on it,
Matt
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