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They’re a fish that few Marylanders have eaten or would recognize: yellow perch.
Small and pretty, yellow perch run up into the Chesapeake Bay’s rivers during a brief period each winter. For many years, the Chesapeake Bay’s yellow perch were shipped off at rock-bottom prices to the Midwest, where yellow perch are a seasonal delight.
“They didn’t stay in town,” said Conrad, who alternates between netting for yellow perch and rockfish in the winter.
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