White Perch

I already have a post dedicated to white perch but it was written quite awhile ago. Things haven't changed much since then so a couple of people have asked that I write another one. White perch are found in Copper Dollar Lake. We assume they were introduced into the lake by pumping water in from the creek below. Although this is an edible fish, it is also an undesirable fish to have in our lakes. They can quickly overpopulate and in some instances lakes have had to be completely killed off and started new with the stocking of desirable game fish. We ask that anybody that catches white perch to not return them into the lake. Also please report the numbers and sizes of the fish you catch to a F&W Committee member. We will then share that information with the Nebraska Game & Parks department and abide by their recommendations. At this time they are recommending that we return all bass and of course we are trying to build up the bluegill and crappie populations again so not too many of those should be harvested either. Here is a website to learn a little more about this type of fish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_perch