White Perch

[Karlo]

I live in the Mount Laurel/Cherry Hill area. Can anyone tell me where I may catch white perch in the area?

[HerringKing]

Delaware river and the Rancocas creek. They are loaded with them.

[acabtp]

how big do they get down there? good eating?

[lunkertaker]

Originally Posted by Karlo

I live in the Mount Laurel/Cherry Hill area. Can anyone tell me where I may catch white perch in the area?

Have caught them at Assunpink (mostly smaller); however AJFISH & Co. have reported much larger catches recently. This lake offers a variety of yellow, white perch and all kinds of pan fish (bluegill, pumpkinseed, crappie), LMB bass, cat fish and freshwater bluefish (pickerel)...mostly need a boat here for success

[AJFISH13]

Originally Posted by lunkertaker

Have caught them at Assunpink (mostly smaller); however AJFISH & Co. have reported much larger catches recently. This lake offers a variety of yellow, white perch and all kinds of pan fish (bluegill, pumpkinseed, crappie), LMB bass, cat fish and freshwater bluefish (pickerel)...mostly need a boat here for success

When I first started fishing Assunpink, I would catch some jumbo white perch up to 1lb. and bigger on a fairly consistent basis. This would usually be in the vicinity of the island. However, I would not catch a lot of them. They did do the spawning thing too in the summer time(if you have never seen it, it looks like a massive pod of bunker being sprayed by stripers). Only other place I have seen it was Parvin Lake down in south Jersey. Nowadays, we catch more numbers and less quality. However, we did see some nice ones last Thursday. Again, this was by the island. Try trolling rapalas and throwing panfish jigs. You might catch a few nice ones and/or find crappies which are abundant but sometimes hard to find on there.

[jmurr711]

Originally Posted by Karlo

I live in the Mount Laurel/Cherry Hill area. Can anyone tell me where I may catch white perch in the area?

i am in philly dude the River is loaded with them there are consumption advisories but then again they are on everything fresh and salt. worms top and bottom rig small hooks you'll load up

[Karlo]

Thanks for all of the responses. Mr. Herringking can you tell me where I can get them on the Rancocas creek from shore? I dont have a boat here.
Thanks

[JOHN D]

try pompton lake, i got bunch of niced sized ones this winter there on the ice.

[HerringKing]

Originally Posted by Karlo

Thanks for all of the responses. Mr. Herringking can you tell me where I can get them on the Rancocas creek from shore? I dont have a boat here.
Thanks

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