Caught some nice perch on Ballston Lake including this nice 12.5 inch perch:
![](http://jstookey.com/images/2010/jan2010_ballston_perch_sm.jpg)
It turns out that the reason it looks so fat is that it was a pregnant female. It would have been smart to have let this one go so that it could go on to make more nice big perches. Now I know for next time.