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Threebyfour:
Seems like every time I catch a perch any more they aren't any more than six inches or so. There seems to be alot in the lakes I fish but no bigun's any more. Anybody got some insight? Depth, water temp? They are so good for eating but have to be at least 10 inches or so to get any fillets.

rainshadow1:
Too many for the available forage. Keeps 'em small.

ICEMAN:
Threebyfour, I hear ya on the fish size gripe! My kids catch buckets of em' and I am stuck at the sink the next morning filleting them all out, mostly small ones!

NRA4LIFE:
I fish for them in 2 places.  North End of Lake Sammamish and the east side of Lake Washington, just south of the I90 bridge.  Lake Sammamish, find 20 -25 of water with weeds and you'll find Perch.  Heats up late in the summer into October.  Lake WA is a little different.  I fish that late summer/early fall.  Usually can find them in 40-50 feet.  Lake WA can be unbelievable if you can locate and park over a large school.  Sammamish is a little bit more predictable.  I took 150 home last summer in 3 trips on lake Samm, of them probably 10 or less were less than 10".  They run a tad bigger on lake WA.  I've been on Lake WA sometimes where I didn't throw back a single fish.  Lake Samm you'll catch a lot of little ones too.  If too many, then move.  GOOD LUCK.

prophet:
I've had some pritty good luck catching nice size perch, for the westside my average would be 12" there not too long in size but vary fat in gerth. stevens and goodwin and cranbarry lake are good. but you got to work for it and you do run into small one's here and there. For the eastside would be 15"-20" and just last year hooked up with two fat 25"-27" perch i thought they were carp when i brought it to the boat. most of my perch are hooked while im bass or walleye fishing the eastside using texas rigged or jigging.

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