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[Tenz85]

Thanks for the clarification Rod.

As has been said, perch are difficult to catch because they are invasive.

If you have been working the Fraser, run to army & navy to grab a waterproof/tease proof Fraser River Vancouver to hope map by fish n map. It cost 10.49 and is great for anglers new to this area searching for bars to fish.

[Rodney]

No yellow perch in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley (Region 2), no big established populations anyway, fortunately. The closest place to experience consistently good yellow perch fishing is at some of the lakes on Vancouver Island, St Mary Lake on Salt Spring Island, and some lakes in Okanagan.

[finally retired]

Thanks guys for the info...and the map tip!

[fishman254]

Hey all, retired Air Force guy here and finally have free time after 21 years. Where can I go to catch some perch? Looking for help in the Langley/Surrey/Abbotsford area.

Thanks all.....

You'll never run out of bait fishing for perch, as the eyes and belly-meat-with-skin are two of the best perch baits ever.

[fishman254]

No yellow perch in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley (Region 2), no big established populations anyway, fortunately. The closest place to experience consistently good yellow perch fishing is at some of the lakes on Vancouver Island, St Mary Lake on Salt Spring Island, and some lakes in Okanagan.

For some British Columbians, Washington State's Lake Stevens (only 138 km drive, no ferry), Lake Washington (watch the Seahawks while you're there), and/or Potholes/Moses Reservoir might actually be about as close and/or cheap (no VCI/Salt Spring ferries) for yellow perch. All are chock-full of yellow perch. Moses has monster 12-14" perch in March.

But dude, with world-class trout, salmon, steel, sturgeon, crappie (Hatzic, Whonnock...not big but good numbers in May sometimes), trout, bottom-fish, and trout (yes, I like trout), there's really better fare, arguably, than yellow perch for a BC angler anyway. Once I finally started catching tons of  those other species I never really yearned for perch again.

[Ian Forbes]

Shawnigan Lake on southern Vancouver Island is loaded with invasive eastern yellow perch. The person who introduced them to Vancouver Island should be hung, drawn and quartered and his remains fed to the crabs.

That said however, fresh water yellow perch can easily be caught using a marabou damselfly pattern tossed with light split shot weight from a spinning rod.  Years ago I took my children to a big, shallow Alberta lake where everyone was swimming. Anglers were going well off shore in boats in search of perch and other species. While we were swimming I noticed schools of yellow perch in the shallows. I went back to my car and got an ultra-light spinning rod that I rigged up with one split shot and the fore mentioned damselfly pattern. I gave the rig to my kids and they had a ball. They stalked the schools of perch in the shallows and caught dozens of them. More kids joined them and they all took turns with the tackle. It was a great day and every kid on the beach had caught more fish than the anglers out on the lake. I think my friends kept about a dozen 12 inch perch for supper.

[finally retired]

Hehehe! Sweet!

[Ian Forbes]

The freshwater critter in question caught on a fly from Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island.



The saltwater piling perch which is an entirely different species, and native to BC's west coast.

[Rodney]

That's not a perch. This is a perch!

[fisherforever]

You'll never run out of bait fishing for perch, as the eyes and belly-meat-with-skin are two of the best perch baits ever.

fishman254, it is illegal use parts of fish for bait, check page 9 of the freshwater fishing regulations. http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/ "Fin fish...means all fish other than
crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs,
shellfish and marine mammals.
The
use of fin fish (dead or alive) or parts
of fin fish other than roe is prohibited
throughout the province, with the
following exception:
You may use the
head of fin fish or the headless body of fin
fish as bait,
only
:
(a) when sport fishing for sturgeon in Fraser
River (Region 2 only), or
(b) when set lining in lakes of Region 6 or in
lakes of Zone A of Region 7."

[finally retired]

Holy crap, Rod! I haven't seen one that big in a loooong time! Wow!

[Sandman]

That's not a perch. This is a perch!

That's sick.

[Fish Assassin]

That's not a perch. This is a perch!

Photoshopped eh Rodney

[Rodney]

You guys are just jealous that I caught tubby.

That's an European perch, Perca fluviatilis. It's pretty much the same as a yellow perch, but just lives on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

[Dennis.t]

Wow, very cool!