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My laptop has been acting up recently so I took it to repair shop last weekend. One week later, with a new hard drive and some adjustments to Windows 10, I'm back in business.
I have two trips to recap.
Early last week Harry (On the fly) and I planned to launch from Ft. Smallwood to chase stripers. However an understated wind forecast (what's new?) resulted in 2 foot waves at launch time. We therefore diverted to the protected waters of the upper Magothy at nearby Beachwood Park and changed our choice of species to white perch. Beachwood Park offers excellent water to fish but getting to it is not a trivial task. Your choices are two: A long straight path to the water that offers a significant incline on the way back. Or a gentle sloping, winding path through the park's trees that requires negotiating an even steeper hill at the water's edge, but that slope is short. We decided on the latter...a little
pain vs. a sustain pull.
Here's Harry pulling his rig through the woods:
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I really like fishing for white perch. One of the things I like the most about them is the company they keep. Here is my first fish of the day:
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This was quite a surprise and a fun catch on light tackle. I caught it in 5 to 6 feet of water under a dock -- perch territory.
Another odd thing happened on that trip. In four seasons of kayak fishing, I'd never had a fish tangle on my Mirage Drive until that day. See here:
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Again, this striper was under a dock in perch territory. But when I hooked it, it made a beeline for my boat. Soon it had wrapped my line around my fins. This is the first time I have caught and released a fish through my Mirage Drive well.
I caught 3 more stripers that day and surprisingly no white perch. However, Harry found a good number of white perch and a pickerel too.
Later in the week John Veil, John Rentch and I went white perch fishing in a Severn tributary. I was anxious to go because I had just purchased a new 4 weight fly rod and I wanted to test it. It worked well. Here's my first fish on it:
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That was a nice pull on a 4 weight. But it got better:
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Altogether I got 9 perch that day and a tiny striper. I was using floating line and a small blue over white Clouser Minnow. John Veil got an 18 to 20 inch striper and a good number of perch. John Rentch got over 20 perch, mostly on a white spinner. We employed the typical white perch tactic of working shorelines. I found most of my success in shaded areas. The Severn SAV is still present but greatly diminished over recent weeks.
So, the white perch are finally in my favorite spots and some are sharing water space with stripers. I really enjoy this time of year.
I have two trips to recap.
Early last week Harry (On the fly) and I planned to launch from Ft. Smallwood to chase stripers. However an understated wind forecast (what's new?) resulted in 2 foot waves at launch time. We therefore diverted to the protected waters of the upper Magothy at nearby Beachwood Park and changed our choice of species to white perch. Beachwood Park offers excellent water to fish but getting to it is not a trivial task. Your choices are two: A long straight path to the water that offers a significant incline on the way back. Or a gentle sloping, winding path through the park's trees that requires negotiating an even steeper hill at the water's edge, but that slope is short. We decided on the latter...a little
pain vs. a sustain pull.
Here's Harry pulling his rig through the woods:
C.jpg
I really like fishing for white perch. One of the things I like the most about them is the company they keep. Here is my first fish of the day:
A.jpg
This was quite a surprise and a fun catch on light tackle. I caught it in 5 to 6 feet of water under a dock -- perch territory.
Another odd thing happened on that trip. In four seasons of kayak fishing, I'd never had a fish tangle on my Mirage Drive until that day. See here:
B.jpg
Again, this striper was under a dock in perch territory. But when I hooked it, it made a beeline for my boat. Soon it had wrapped my line around my fins. This is the first time I have caught and released a fish through my Mirage Drive well.
I caught 3 more stripers that day and surprisingly no white perch. However, Harry found a good number of white perch and a pickerel too.
Later in the week John Veil, John Rentch and I went white perch fishing in a Severn tributary. I was anxious to go because I had just purchased a new 4 weight fly rod and I wanted to test it. It worked well. Here's my first fish on it:
D.jpg
That was a nice pull on a 4 weight. But it got better:
E.jpg
Altogether I got 9 perch that day and a tiny striper. I was using floating line and a small blue over white Clouser Minnow. John Veil got an 18 to 20 inch striper and a good number of perch. John Rentch got over 20 perch, mostly on a white spinner. We employed the typical white perch tactic of working shorelines. I found most of my success in shaded areas. The Severn SAV is still present but greatly diminished over recent weeks.
So, the white perch are finally in my favorite spots and some are sharing water space with stripers. I really enjoy this time of year.
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