CK's question on White Perch
Crappiekid posed the question in Charles' post as to where are the White Perch since mostly Crappie were caught.
Good question.
From what I've read, the WP is a cousin of the Striped Bass and White Bass. I also read they spawn earlier than Crappie and pose a threat because they eat so many Crappie fry.
I can only assume the WP make spawning runs in the creeks and rivers like their two cousins.
If that is in fact true, why do you not hear of huge catches of WP in spawning runs?
Most of us that fished for White Bass have been in runs where you caught a fish on almost every cast as the big schools came through on their annual run. Same thing is true for Striped Bass.
There are zillions of WP in most of our reservoirs. I think they have pulled a fast one on us fishermen and are doing something different in the spawn.
We need to figure that out because I suspect there's a spot somewhere that you could wear your arm out on spawning perch.