White Perch tournament 7/16

[Dsmdave]

Yeah it was nice meeting some of you from here. I usually just do my own thing but should try to do more meet ups or tournaments haha. I need a fish finder too haha.

[kevinfry]

Not sure where or how everyone catches the big perch. I haven't target WP much but thought I'd have fun trying. I registered and was fishing around 7:45. Caught about 20 all under 8", a couple small rockfish and a half decent crocker on the small crank bait I was using. Then once again a surprise Rock, kayak in 1.5 feet of water casting to a downed tree. Was mostly admiring the fact that I didn't plant it in the branches when BAM a 23" Rock hit and screamed the drag out for a good 5 seconds. Managed to land it with 6 pound mono test took a quick measurement and released him. That made my day!

Yeah, shallow water keeper rockfish....seems to be the pattern this year

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[D3NAL1]

Im glad we all had a good experience. Next time we will have our own division in the main tournament. Meaning the entry money will go to kayak fishermen.i heard of some of the boats heading all the way to the 301 bridge!

[ronaultmtd]

Yeah, shallow water keeper rockfish....seems to be the pattern this year

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Kevin- I had two rock on UL spinners for perch one was 18 1/2" and the other was 19 3/4"...had one Rockfish on a KVD UL square bill crankbait that ran 50 yards of line off the reel, jumped and threw the tiny hooks...had this been a Rockfish tourney...

[Mark]

Yeah, shallow water keeper rockfish....seems to be the pattern this year

Actually, this is not unusual. White perch and striped bass are members of the same fish family -- Monrone.

The white perch's scientific name (Morone Americana) literally means American bass. White perch are not perch.

The striper's scientific name (Morone Saxitilis) means bass that lives among rocks.

They often swim together in the shallows and respond to the same lures. I've even caught white perch on top water flies like their larger striper relatives. It doesn't happen often but white perch will come up sometimes.

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And every year while fishing light tackle for white perch I occasionally catch decent stripers. Here are two from this year:

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So make sure you tie your perch lures on tight. Stripers often are hanging around their smaller brethren.