What's a "Jumbo Perch"

[KDM]

Some friends and I had a discussion about what it takes for a perch to be labeled a "Jumbo". I have been asked about Jumbo perch many times and to this day I'm not real sure what that means. I myself think that any perch that is 12 inches or longer is a Jumbo. However, the requirements vary somewhat between fishermen. So I ask the peanut gallery. What's a Jumbo Perch??

 

[lunkerslayer]

I think a jumbo perch is also a whopper which gets a patch

 

[Twitch]

I guess I’ve never really put a size limit on it. It’s always just kind of been a you know it when you see it type thing. Sometimes those 10.5-11 inch fish start to get the hump behind their head and when you fillet them the belly goes wide into the fillet. That’s some of the things I start to say there’s a jumbo.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

In Ontario a perch 10'' and bigger is a Jumbo. I call a Jumbo here in ND anything 12'' and over.
Just a big yellow perch basically.

 

[LBrandt]

Any thing over 12 and getting the buffalo hump.

 

[KDM]

I thought pics might be useful for this thread. There are 8 "Jumbos" in this pic according to my standards.



A size comparison......................

 

[feather_duster]

12" and over

 

[NDSportsman]

I just call them good eats!

 

[NDbowman]

12" and over IMO

 

[roosterfish]

when they have that look like they are wearing an "AFFLICTION" t-shirt. lol usually 10" or bigger

 

[Bacon]

When the Sconis all race to the lake and fish it out. That's a jumbo.

 

[Sum1]

On TV a “Jumbo” is about 8”. Areal jumbo I would say 12”.

 

[buckhunter24_7]

The jumbo perch

You guys need to up your standards

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Also what about them skinny Minnesota perch? Would a 10" football be a jumbo and not a 12" skinny one

 

[WormWiggler]

The jumbo perch

You guys need to up your standards

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Also what about them skinny Minnesota perch? Would a 10" football be a jumbo and not a 12" skinny one

Outstanding Photoshop work

 

[riverview]

I want to know where we get these patches lunker is talking about?

 

[CatDaddy]

For me, a jumbo perch is anything bigger than my lure and is usually caught by someone else ;:;banghead

 

[LBrandt]

When the fillet fits a sub bun.

 

[sl1000794]

From Merriam-Webster:

[h=2]Definition of jumbo[/h]plural jumbos: a very large specimen of its kind

 

[lunkerslayer]

I want to know where we get these patches lunker is talking about?

ND Whopper patches yellow perch 1#12oz. Or 13 inches unfortunatly living in devils lake north dakota 14 3/4 wasnt good enough for a whopper patch for lunker
There is urban legend of a local catching a 17" jumbo in Irvine years ago.

 

[Davy Crockett]

A pound and a half perch used to be a whopper but it was too easy so they raised the bar a few notches.