Neither had I until I caught this about 4 weeks ago. I’ve caught and seen blue walleye, but never a blue perch?
How about the rest of you?
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Neither had I until I caught this about 4 weeks ago. I’ve caught and seen blue walleye, but never a blue perch?
How about the rest of you?
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I have seen several, out of Erie.
Simcoe and Nipp too.
See them every few years but never a big blue jumbo. Usually like 7 or 8 inchers.
That one is really dark cool find thanks for sharing.
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Yep, get the odd one every once in a while on Nip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman
I have never heard of let alone seen a blue Perch or walleye. Looks pretty cool. Is it some sort of Albino thing? I have seen blue lobsters, we caught about 10 the year I fished.
https://freemap.ca/articles/articles.php/Blue+WalleyeQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
https://www.oodmag.com/community/sho...446-Blue-perch
Out of the St. Laurence down near Lancaster years ago...
Thanks for posting.
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Originally Posted by Species8472
Cool Perch, I’ve heard about blue walleye but never caught one .
Caught one I believe, on the lower French River 5-6 years ago. Looking for the picture (have too many on file) and will post it if I can find it
rodmcd
Have caught both walleye and perch over the years in Nip. If I recall it is not a sub species but merely a virus in their slim or something like that. No affect on whether you can eat them or not.
We have an Ask an Expert coming up in the May 2022 issue of Ontario OUT of DOORS magazine that focuses on fish colouration; it's fascinating stuff.
i have seen one at lake simcoe
Nice catch. I've caught a blue walleye through the ice a few years ago but never seen a blue perch.
Its colour had nothing to do with the slime, it was it was in the actual fish. Anything I’ve been able to find says it’s a colour phase and is quite rare, It was 7”-8” long and I released.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muskyhunter
I was shocked when I pulled it out of the hole, so I decided to take pictures with my phone because I didn’t think anyone would believe.
I seen my friend pull out an all Black 14" one on lake biskotasing. The bars were darker than the rest, but all black even the belly. Every different color on a normal perch, was replaced with shades of black. It was much darker than any of the walleye we were catching, and the lake is dark tea stained, which I think likely had something do do with its coloring.
MC
awesome to see your still out there getting them RoeQuote:
Originally Posted by Roe+
What makes a perch blue?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roe+
“These Blue Perch likely have skin mucus containing a newly discovered blue protein.” Nothing concerning the coloration alludes to them being unsafe to consume nor did they contain any harmful contaminants. The blue colouring is not reported to be any type of mutation because of D.N.A.