Friday, January 23, 2009

A Curious Catch

Chris Geroff caught this fish a couple weeks ago out of Bull Shoals Lake. It's called a Sun Perch or Northern Perch. They aren't native to this lake, so it's a rare catch. And this one was only a few ounces short of the Arkansas state record! Bill Bauer told me yesterday he also caught one recently, but not quite as large.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It would have been the record if his arms were a little longer.

Anonymous said...

A bunch of those are being caught now. I started catching them a couple years ago on the lake. Some northerners told me it was yellow perch. The bigger ones are good eating.