white perch are here!

[Splitscreen]

Came home from work today and immediately dropped a small white grub with garlic scented tail off the end of my pier. Wp were feeding all over the place. Managed to get quite a few strikes but no hooksets. I even looked over the edge and jigged the grub just under the surface and watched a couple of them come up for a frenzied strike. I'm assuming they were too small? Or I just suck at fishing? In any case I'm expecting good wp action in the bush over the next few weeks.

[nay_sayer]

I did some recon shore fishing on the Western Branch in Upper Marlboro last Sunday to see if the WP were in yet. I got the same thing, lots of frenzied strikes and followers but no hook-ups. Seems like those that were in were small and not there in any numbers yet.

[Splitscreen]

UPDATE:

The old man 1 upped me this time. I was out fishing a white grub for about an hour with plenty of strikes but no fish. Then he decides to come out and catch this nice wp in minutes. He started with a small firetiger minnow crank and ended up catching this guy on a red and white spoon. So ready for the big ones to move into shallow water.

[moc]

Thanks for the update. I can't wait for them to come in numbers. That was a nice perch that your dad got.

[kayak456]

where are you fishing

[Splitscreen]

where are you fishing

southern shore of the head of the bush river. right off the end of my pier about 1/4 mile west of flying point park

[kayak456]

i have clue where that is, is it close to edgewater? also is it fresh or salt?

[ronaultmtd]

Small white perch are in the tidal creeks around Cobb Island and in the sound behind Cobb Island- the shallows are warmed by the sun and the fish are active-

[bdwilliams]

Tried the incoming tide on the Magothy on Friday from shore and only got a couple Pumpkinseed sunfish for my efforts. I was using grass shrimp, beetle spins, inline spinners, etc.

[kayak456]

Read my report in the boatyard

[surfdog]

whacked a few this weekend in the severn, some small males and a few larger females they went back but the males are going to be rockfish bait

[Grady-Black]

whacked a few this weekend in the severn, some small males and a few larger females they went back but the males are going to be rockfish bait

Shhhhhhh!!! Lol

[J.A. Veil]

whacked a few this weekend in the severn, some small males and a few larger females they went back but the males are going to be rockfish bait

That's good to hear. Were they in deeper water or in the shoreline shallows?