Red Ear Perches?

[exfactor]

New to this site, but have enjoyed reading the posts. I to fish the crappies, mostly at Lake Cachuma. But my favorite is fishing for perch. I enjoy eating them much more than the crappie. Here is my PB
She was 4.1 pounds, and I caught her about 5 years ago. I have caught many perch in my life, but my next biggest is slightly less then 3#. This board has a perch board, but not really pertaining to us out west. So, that being said, I thought I would start a link here, and see whats up in the other lakes you guys are fishing. On a side note, I caught 1 crappie this weekend accidently while trolling for trout. Good fishin Mikey

[john h]

do they go by any other name i couldnt find any info on red ear perch and definately doesnt look like anything around here and doesnt look like our red ear sunfish

[lamplighter]

Nice fish. How do they tast? Welcome to the site.

[Bob # 1]

Welcome from Indiana

That is a beautiful fish.

PS
The coffee pot is on

[birdman]

hey john thats a red eared bluegill. I got about a 2 pounded on my wall but sure nothing close to that! thats a pig!!!!

[john h]

the colors threw me off ... thought was some weird calforny fish... the redears i see arent as silverish

[fisherman#1]

looks like a florida shellcracker

[exfactor]

Asked the taxidermy guy to paint it as it looks in spawn...they turn kinda irradescent black, so you have a hard time seeing em in the shallows. It IS a red ear sunfish officially, but the brothers do call em perch. We have a good supply of fresh water clams in the lake, and that is their main grazing food. Aren't there any Californians here that share my passion for catching these? Mikey

[jimeisaac]

Aren't there any Californians here that share my passion for catching these? Mikey

Oh yea! Down here in San Diego I find them in San Vicente reservoir and over in the Colorado River near Yuma.

[wrwest]

Those are some nice fish guys, Good going. I haven't been perch fishing in years. Kinda got me thinking about it again, Thanks