white perch
noun
1
: a silvery anadromous bass (Morone americana) chiefly of the coast and coastal streams of the eastern U.S.
2
3
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A lot is going on and there is always abundant pickerel in the tidal flows and throw in the annual white perch and shad runs.
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Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2022
The other had an intact white perch stuffed inside it.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Aug. 2023
Yes, bluegills, crappies, white perch and more are all easy targets for the kayak angler.
—Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
For the past 14 years, he’s been guiding professionally on Lake Winnipesauke, in New Hampshire, and focusing on trophy white perch.
—Andrew Pegman, Field & Stream, 27 Oct. 2020
Small boat fishermen are finding excellent numbers of small and large walleye very close to shore, although culling plentiful walleye shorter than 15 inches and releasing a variety of undesirable species, such as white perch and sheepshead, is all part of putting a limit of walleye in the cooler.
—cleveland, 1 July 2021
The highest level of PFOS detected in Great Lakes fish — 64,400 parts per trillion — came from white perch caught in Lake Erie near Monroe, Michigan, a Chicago Tribune review of EPA data found.
—Michael Hawthorne, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2023
But crappies and white perch school in shallow ponds, too.
—Bill May, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2022
This approach can be used in salt water for white perch and other species.
—Bill May, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2022
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Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2022
The other had an intact white perch stuffed inside it.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Aug. 2023
Yes, bluegills, crappies, white perch and more are all easy targets for the kayak angler.
—Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
For the past 14 years, he’s been guiding professionally on Lake Winnipesauke, in New Hampshire, and focusing on trophy white perch.
—Andrew Pegman, Field & Stream, 27 Oct. 2020
Small boat fishermen are finding excellent numbers of small and large walleye very close to shore, although culling plentiful walleye shorter than 15 inches and releasing a variety of undesirable species, such as white perch and sheepshead, is all part of putting a limit of walleye in the cooler.
—cleveland, 1 July 2021
The highest level of PFOS detected in Great Lakes fish — 64,400 parts per trillion — came from white perch caught in Lake Erie near Monroe, Michigan, a Chicago Tribune review of EPA data found.
—Michael Hawthorne, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2023
But crappies and white perch school in shallow ponds, too.
—Bill May, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2022
This approach can be used in salt water for white perch and other species.
—Bill May, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2022
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1737, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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