First view...

Bottom view...

Have you ever seen a fish so full of eggs? She hit an LC Pointer 65, ghost minnow while I was goin for smallmouth.

That thing is really fat! I'm surprised that fish got that obese in a river, usually river perch a very slim.

She was so fat that the stripes on her sides were distorted  

Nice with the Boga Grips  ;D

She was so fat that the stripes on her sides were distorted

Maybe those were stretchmarks  ;D

That's awesome!  I've never caught a perch, they're not really around the areas I fish.  That thing is obese.

Considering the spawn has been over for a few months, or at least weeks in Connecticut I guess, that's a fat one indeed.

Most likely full of tiny fish and even its own baby-perch.

@ Daniel : we do get the most obese fish in the rivers here..... More food ! And right before the spawn those perch are football here.

@ Daniel : we do get the most obese fish in the rivers here

In slow flowing rivers/canals sure.

I forgot to add that this fish was caught before the spawn, about 2 to 2.5 months ago  

And it's in a fast-moving river, but there are a lot of slackwater areas, and this fish was hanging out in one of my favorite eddies (along with several smallmouth, brown and rainbow trout, and rock bass).

Well Tony, then I guess this perch is full of eggs.

Still a fat one for this size though.

Daniel, we have ugly-fat perch even in La Seine.... and this is not really a slow moving river. But the water is pretty warm year long.

That perch looks like its been on a french fry/ fried food diet! LOL

Vic