Thread: White Perch vs. Crappie

Definitely different. Especially taste.

Big difference, we catch them up here and cut up for catfish bait.

Originally Posted by Bluegill Bill

Fishing Lake Russell not long ago I started catching fish that looked similar to a white Bass so I Googled it and discovered it was a “White Perch”! I was always under the impression that a White Perch and a Crappie were one in the same but I was wrong! I guess your never too old to learn!

White perch and crappie are the same fish, white bass is s different species.


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Originally Posted by badbull

White perch and crappie are the same fish.

A white perch is a White Perch. A crappie is either Black or White but is not a White Perch despite being called a white perch by many people in the Deep South.

A White Bass is an entirely different species than a White Perch. They do look similar but a White Perch typically lacks the stripes that a White Bass has

I don't know about the rest of you... but I like eating white perch as much as I like eating crappie. The only reason I feel I should throw that into the conversation... is because as long a people know white perch are such good table fare they will tend to target them too and help to keep the populations in check. (Really... do try them if you haven't already). Plus, they are feisty little scrappers too on light tackle. I love to catch and eat white perch. IMO: They are trash fish with a bonus... they are really good eatin'.

Originally Posted by badbull

White perch and crappie are the same fish


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Actually, Bull .... no they are not. They're a totally different fish in all respects. Now, White Crappie may be "called" White Perch by some, as one of many nicknames, but they're not even in the same fish family. And White Perch are not even an actual "Perch" ... they're a Morone, a fish in the temperate bass family (along with White Bass, Yellow Bass, Striped Bass, & Hybrid Striped Bass).

True "Perch" are like the Yellow Perch, Walleye, & Sauger.

I've won a couple of bets off folks that think White Perch are not good eating fish. I did a blind taste with fillets of Perch, Crappie and Bream and they could not really tell a difference and all 3 were excellent. I have found that the White Perch, which is a 1st cousin to the Striped Bass, has a similar blood line down the side and they are much better if filleted and skinned as opposed to frying whole.
Fish names can be confusing ie: the White Perch is not a perch at all. They are in the Bass family and are anadromousin their natural habitat like the Striped Bass. Both have flourished in land locked reservoirs however.

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

Actually, Bull .... no they are not. They're a totally different fish in all respects. Now, White Crappie may be "called" White Perch by some, as one of many nicknames, but they're not even in the same fish family. And White Perch are not even an actual "Perch" ... they're a Morone, a fish in the temperate bass family (along with White Bass, Yellow Bass, Striped Bass, & Hybrid Striped Bass).

True "Perch" are like the Yellow Perch, Walleye, & Sauger.

Your talking scientific names versus local names, I get that . I can tell you another half dozen names for crappie. The white perch you are speaking of is a northern fish and does not normally exist in Ga waters.


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