Golden Lake (North) - Tuesday, February 7, 2012

I have read some of the previous posts and for the most part people are catching tons of small perch. Even though these perch are small, they are still adults capable of reproducing. The size of this lake doesn't seem to be suitable for as many perch that are in there, therefore causing their growth to be stunted. Not saying people should be taking buckets of 6" perch out of here because that is just pointless, but leaving them in there doesn't necessarily mean they will be bigger next year either. The game and fish dept. targets lakes that are loaded with stunted adult perch and removes them before they spawn and relocates them in other lakes that are suitable for perch but dont necessarily have them yet. This is how your grandpa's pond could be a honey hole for jumbo perch in a couple years.
On a different note, I plan on going to North Golden this Saturday so hopefully I can get some action with some decent size. You can bet I won't be keeping the little guys though, I don't like cleaning fish that much.

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Region: Golden Lake (North)

Categories: Fishing > Other Fishing