Angling
Generally a very good angling species, golden perch are fished for Australia-wide. The best baits include small yabbies and shrimp, with yabbies being a favourite and larger ones around 5 or 6cm can produce great fish. Fish of around 1-5kg are common but 4 or 5 kilogram fish are sometimes rare, the will grow to around 75cm and 23kg which is the largest ever recorded. If using yabbies for bait you will generally feel one bite, which will be the fish trying to take the yabbies' claws off, then the fish with come and swallow the yabby. Golden perch can provide an excellent fight because of their large paddle like tail.
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Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
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