The Perch are Biting

[lowangle al]

Although I've been doing a lot of paddling lately, I haven't been fishing much. Recently I have been seeing schools of perch swimming by, so I decided to catch a few to eat yesterday. It went pretty well despite the windy conditions, and the yellow Mr. Twisters on an 1/8 oz jig were the ticket.

 

[BWCA66]

Bet that was one tasty meal!

 

[lowangle al]

I just got them filleted and got almost 1lb 6oz of meat. I'm also making about a quart and a half of fish broth. This is the first time I've filleted panfish and made broth in over 35 years. Lately I've only been keeping a couple fish and frying them whole. I am looking forward to eating them. The broth is almost done, but I need to go and get more oil to fry them up later.

 

[lowangle al]

The broth turned out pretty good. I added some noodles, wild mushrooms and topped it off with some grated parmesan cheese.

 

[Penns Woods]

When it comes to cleaning and eating pan fish I have only had large bluegill. They 're a bugger to clean but one of the best eating. I've never cleaned perch. How did you cope with the bones? Broth looks really good .

 

[Robin]

I never knew perch where good eating till an old friend told me how good they were. Then I would take one of my 3 kids in the Grumman aluminum canoe each week, catching bluegills and perch, then home for a feast. Ummmm, good eating, Cleaning a mess of panfish and perch was kind of a hassle, but great memories.
Those are nice size perch Al.

 

[tketcham]

Yum, perch are one of my favorites.