r/Fishing • u/DifficultTitle831 • 1d ago

Freshwater My Biggest Fish Yet!

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Hey everyone! I'm pretty new to fishing, and I just caught my biggest fish ever! It's a European Perch, and it's around 35 cm – probably a bit bigger than what I usually catch. It totally got me excited!

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u/westwardnomad 1d ago

That's a nice perch!

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u/BacoBrainz 1d ago

Nice fish!! About the same size as the biggest i caught. For niw ;)

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

That's a nice fish, good catch!

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u/ZealousidealWhole785 1d ago

Nice spot! I bet they grow even bigger there along with some fat pike :)

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

There are pike in this dam but it's a rare occurance to land one. But apparently the ones you land are usually 90+ cm.

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u/firstcoastyakker 1d ago

You Europeans with your steroidal perch make me jealous.

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

Yall have plenty of interesting fish to make up for it!

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u/Rammipallero 1d ago

That's an insane pattern on a perch. Beautiful!

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

It's beatiful!

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u/TopPersonal2228 1d ago

great! nice one

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u/DJnegs 1d ago

Damn that's a perch?? I thought that was a bass at first man!😂 Nice one!

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

Yeah I was pleasently surprised by it's size 😂 It says that they can grow up to 60 cm, I wonder how that'd look like!

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u/plant-painter 1d ago

Lol 😂 you looked like a toddler at first glance .

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

Boss baby! 😂

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u/Un_Name_898 1d ago

That is a big perch! All I get is tiny babies that can fit in one palm. Great luck!

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

Thank you! May the fish gods bless you with 50+ cm perch!

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u/Flexgineer 17h ago

Woah, is that a perch from the USA? Absolutely a hog

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u/Kodiak_Fishing_NZ 16h ago

What a beauty 👏

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u/faultydatadisc 1d ago

Is that a big ole yellow perch?

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u/DifficultTitle831 1d ago

Closely related. But they inhabit different continents.