Where can I find jumbo perch in Lake Kipawa?

[Jay Thomas]

It's illegal to use any game fish, whole or in part, for bait.

Jay

[Captain Hali]

Kipawa4, the daily and possession limit for perch on Kipawa is 35. There is no size restriction.

Kent, it is prohibited to use perch for bait anywhere in Quebec.

[kipawa4]

  Captain Hali, Thanks I could not find that anywhere.

[NortonJoe]

@RHYBAK @T-Bone oh so that's a fall fish...we always called them chubs.  Yea they are pretty much worthless!  We used to catch them a lot in Watson but no very often anymore.

[SgtCrabby]

Perch as bait?   
I want perch for supper.

[Riverrat]

You cant use any minnows as live bait.  For 2017 I have been told you can't use any minnows dead or alive.  That should change things up for some.

[SgtCrabby]

OK, educate me:   
What type of fish is some people using as bait that they're calling herring?
I would imagine they are also not allowed in Quebec.

The only herring I know of is a salt water food fish (unless it's a red herring  )

[RHYBAK]

Here you go Sargent.
Your daily education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring

Fresh water herring come in many shapes and sizes.
In ontario we fish for the Blueback or cisco.
Very tasty from the smoker.
Also a very good Pike and Lake Trout bait.
The travel in very large schools .
While trolling in deep waters on Kipawa, you may notice large clouds on your fishfinders suspended in the water column.
Those are clouds or schools of Herring.

[SgtCrabby]

Thanks Rhyback.
I hadn't known of a freshwater one before.  We don't have em down here in our warm water.

[Walleye Maven]

Fall fish......is that the one the locals call a cisco?

kind of a cross between a carp and a sucker.

can't find it anywhere on line.

[SgtCrabby]

I can't answer your question walleye maven. 

Just chuckling to myself thinking maybe this thread name needs changed to some kind of fish identification education.
I've found don't be afraid to ask anything fishing related here, someone will give you the answer (Rhy, Jay, CC ?).

[Captain Hali]

Walleye Maven, a cisco is a fresh water herring. Lake trout feed heavily on them, and usually travel in large schools that can number into the thousands.If you have ever seen lakers feeding on the surface shortly after ice-out, it was ciscos they were after.When you mark a baitball on your sonar it is likely ciscos or smelt that you are marking. In summer they will be down near the thermocline along with the Lakers and Whitefish.

[RHYBAK]

Here we go

From Jumbo Perch, to Fall Fish to Cisco( herring) and now to smelts.
NO SMELT BAIT BALLS IN KIPAWA.
Just in case somebody asks