Yellow Perch?

[Rockman]

I grew up fishing Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey. Yellow perch were great fighting fish.

Pound for pound, they fought harder than everything else in the lake "pound for pound"

Oh yeah, excellent table fare!

A few years back, they introduced "Muskys". I may have to go back and do some field testing.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I knew they were back East.....

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Distribution (from Wikipedia)

Yellow perch are only found in North America; they are native to the Arctic, Atlantic, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River, and Mississippi River basins. In Canada, its native range extends throughout Nova Scotia and Quebec north to the Mackenzie River. It also is common in the northwest to Great Slave Lake and west into Alberta. It is not native to any other areas of Canada. In the United States, the native range extends south into Ohio, Illinois, and throughout the majority of the northeastern United States. It is also considered native to the Atlantic Slope basin, extending south to the Savannah River.

The yellow perch has also been widely introduced for sport and commercial fishing purposes. It has also been introduced to establish a forage base for bass and walleye. These introductions were predominantly performed by the U.S. Fish Commission in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, unauthorized introductions have likely occurred from illegal introductions, dispersal through connected waterways, and use as live bait. Isolated populations now occur in the northwest and southwest portions of the United States. Currently, the yellow perch has not been introduced outside of North America. Introductions in Canada have been less intense than in the United States.

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[jack_salmon99]

Yellow perch are in Iron Gate and Copco Reservoirs on the Klamath River. We found them in Lafayette Reservoir in the early 80's - don't know their current status in Lafayette.