Willard perch search 11-5-19

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[#0000FF]The perch population in Willard grows in inverse proportion to the number of hungry mouths (wipers and walleyes) that feed on young perch when shad are in short supply. The past few years the predator population has been lower and perch numbers have been greater. And perch dine well on shad as well as a few other smaller food items...including their own young. So, in Willard any perch that survives the "hunger games" can get some size and girth.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]In the reply to the Pirate I mentioned how large the big females get when they are full of eggs. Here's a picture of one caught last March...probably no more than a week before spawning. Gross!
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