Big Silver Perch
Submitted by Poltergeist on Sun, 2014-03-09 10:41
How's this for a big Silver Perch. 550mm long and weighing in at 5kg.
Caught in a friends farm dam.
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Hebbs
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Nice fish...
I knew of a few people who stockd dams with Silvers in the early 90s, the thought was they would adapt well and grow bigger than Reddies.
Looks like they were right, that is in great nick. Must be plenty of food in that dam!
It's not rocket surgery...
opsrey
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Cracker.
It's a fattie. What did you catch it on? The Fresh Water Fishing magazine probably would like to get a pic of it.
rocklobster
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that is one fat perch! looks
that is one fat perch! looks like its about to explode. any idea on how old a perch that size would be?
Poltergeist
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Owner of the dam recons its
Owner of the dam recons its about 7 yrs old, he catches them on Celtas. Silver Perch have very small mouths so you generally need to use smallish lures to catch them. Yeah, Silvers grow way biggger than Reddies and also fight much harder when there over 1kg. Biggest Redfin I have ever seen was 2.2kg that a mate caught from the Warren River, this farm dam reguarly produces 4 - 5kg Silver Perch.
crasny1
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Looks like
a redfin had an indecent affair with a blowie!!!
Man thats fat.
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DanWA
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Surely full of eggs?
Surely full of eggs?