09-17-2014, 02:27 PM
idahopanfish these are great tips. I have renewed interest since we are catching them by accident while Bass fishing. Knowing their fine food quality I am driven to explore the opportunity further.
In the State of Georgia there are no restrictions on using live bait and there is no minimum size on Bream, Bluegill or Yellow Perch. One must group them in the Freshwater Game Fish Daily Limit of 50 fish as far as a quantity limit goes. I fish 12 months out of the year and bait is plentiful - must procure minnows! This should be a hoot!
In Lake Sidney Lanier we have resident populations of the Spotted Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye and Yellow Perch as well as Bream, Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Catfish and Common Carp. The landlocked Striped Bass are stocked annually as a big game quarry.
I can't imagine that Yellow Perch could limit size by overpopulation but then again there are a great number of panfish species available as well as forage species that include Threadfin Shad, Gizzard Shad and an exploding population of Blueback Herring in this lake. All of these compete with the Yellow Perch from a food source perspective and all of these are food sources for the larger predator fish.
I'd like to run a few other panfish questions by you. This looks like the right forum and there's never an urgency for anyone to respond. I appreciate all the assistance my fellow anglers provide and try to help as well whenever I can. Thank you
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In the State of Georgia there are no restrictions on using live bait and there is no minimum size on Bream, Bluegill or Yellow Perch. One must group them in the Freshwater Game Fish Daily Limit of 50 fish as far as a quantity limit goes. I fish 12 months out of the year and bait is plentiful - must procure minnows! This should be a hoot!
In Lake Sidney Lanier we have resident populations of the Spotted Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye and Yellow Perch as well as Bream, Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Catfish and Common Carp. The landlocked Striped Bass are stocked annually as a big game quarry.
I can't imagine that Yellow Perch could limit size by overpopulation but then again there are a great number of panfish species available as well as forage species that include Threadfin Shad, Gizzard Shad and an exploding population of Blueback Herring in this lake. All of these compete with the Yellow Perch from a food source perspective and all of these are food sources for the larger predator fish.
I'd like to run a few other panfish questions by you. This looks like the right forum and there's never an urgency for anyone to respond. I appreciate all the assistance my fellow anglers provide and try to help as well whenever I can. Thank you
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