What is it? We've been catching a lot of these guys over the past two years at Greenwood Lake in NY. They range in size from 4-10 inches and seem to hit everything. This one was about...

mcdclc Loc: Pomona, NY

We've been catching a lot of these guys over the past two years at Greenwood Lake in NY. They range in size from
4-10 inches and seem to hit everything. This one was about 9 inches long and was caught on a night crawler.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

mcdclc wrote:

We've been catching a lot of these guys over the past two years at Greenwood Lake in NY. They range in size from
4-10 inches and seem to hit everything. This one was about 9 inches long and was caught on a night crawler.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Looks like the White Perch we have here Mcd.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

Looks like a fall fish to me. They do like worms and I get them on flies once in a while.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

I agree with Fred. Definitely looks like a white perch. I found this on Wikipedia.🤷‍♂️

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Catfish hunter wrote:

I agree with Fred. Definitely looks like a white perch. I found this on Wikipedia.🤷‍♂️

Here's the picture in our rulebook.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Fredfish wrote:

Here's the picture in our rulebook.

I guess they’re not even in the perch family. They belong to the bass class. They sure look like the perch family but I’m not gonna argue with Wikipedia. It’s on the internet so it’s gotta be right. Lol. We don’t have those around here.

mcdclc Loc: Pomona, NY

The coloring is definitely similar to white perch but the dorsal fins look different.

mcdclc Loc: Pomona, NY

The coloring is definitely similar to white perch, but white perch have 2 dorsal fins, the fish I caught seem to have only one dorsal fin.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

mcdclc wrote:

The coloring is definitely similar to white perch, but white perch have 2 dorsal fins, the fish I caught seem to have only one dorsal fin.

From the angle of the picture, it looks like the main Dorsal is laying down, but I'm not there.

Slatts1 Loc: Moorhead, MN

It's a nice looking fish. What do they taste like? Have you tried them?

mcdclc Loc: Pomona, NY

No, we just throw them back.

Jim Kay Loc: Franklin, Virginia

mcdclc wrote:

We've been catching a lot of these guys over the past two years at Greenwood Lake in NY. They range in size from
4-10 inches and seem to hit everything. This one was about 9 inches long and was caught on a night crawler.
Any ideas?
Thanks

White Perch. If your lake is landlocked, it may have gotten in with stocke Striped bass or Catfish.

nitestrike Loc: Belmont NC

White Perch, have caught em jigging spoons scrappy fighters on light tackle and yes ok to eat them.

Jim Kay Loc: Franklin, Virginia

mcdclc wrote:

We've been catching a lot of these guys over the past two years at Greenwood Lake in NY. They range in size from
4-10 inches and seem to hit everything. This one was about 9 inches long and was caught on a night crawler.
Any ideas?
Thanks

White Perch. If your lake is landlocked, it may have gotten in witrh stocked striped Bass. The White Perch is a Temperate Bass of the same family as Striped Bass and White bass. They live in salt and brackish water and enter freshwater to spawn. They are good to eat if you can find the larger ones.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Jim Kay wrote:

White Perch. If your lake is landlocked, it may have gotten in witrh stocked striped Bass. The White Perch is a Temperate Bass of the same family as Striped Bass and White bass. They live in salt and brackish water and enter freshwater to spawn. They are good to eat if you can find the larger ones.

They must get in other ways too. We have them in many lakes and ponds that aren't stocked with anything. We also have them in the Connecticut river.