Anyone seeing white perch in their summer spots, yet?

[CHOC]

It's about that time! Maybe a week early.

Trying to plan out a few upcoming trips and if the WP were in it would be good to know!

Thanks in advance,

Hawg/Crazyhorse

[J.A. Veil]

I fished for them in two Severn tributaries last week and in another tributary this afternoon. The water looked good, but I had no bites. My records show that they first arrive in the Severn about the second week of May.

[CHOC]

I fished for them in two Severn tributaries last week and in another tributary this afternoon. The water looked good, but I had no bites. My records show that they first arrive in the Severn about the second week of May.

Thanks, John. As you know, I’m a bit South of you. I usually see them a few days sooner. I’m getting antsy for some perchiness.

[admwndsr83]

Gunpowder River normally sees the run by this point, but so far it's been all very small, and the small yellow perch never moved out, which is odd in itself.

[Jman]

I caught one small perch on the Bush river today.

[YakMan1731]

I fished one of the bigger creeks of the Patapsco on Tuesday night and landed one decent white perch in about 5' of water, along with probably 4 or 5 good whacks from some others. They definitely seemed hesitant to fully commit, but it felt good to feel a perch on the end of an ultralight again. I don't know enough about white perch to say whether or not this was dumb luck or not, but hopefully it's a good sign!

[ronaultmtd]

We really have not targeted white perch yet, so hard for me to say if they are here or not...we normally catch them first as a by-catch fishing for Stripers on the soft plastic swimbaits and then target them specifically...once you land a couple of 12 inch white perch on Bass Assassins, you know a perch pounder will get em...

[mike o]

Lots of small perch in the Susquehanna. Have not seen any big ones though.

[admwndsr83]

Middle River produced on mid sized white yesterday, mixed in with quite a few small yellows and one 24 inch channel cat.