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I listened to the negative reports about the lack of Perch in the Severn, and figured that I had to take my chances today, in spite of them. It was my first time out this year.
Not bad!
I caught fish!
Maybe 20-22 White Perch and one Baby Rock (a Pebble?) over a 2 hour period, in Weems Creek today. No Pickerels or Yellow Perch, today.
None of the Perch were huge, between 4-6 inches, maybe one about 8", but what the hell, I had a decent day.
There was a huge amount of baitfish in the water ranging from 1/2" fry, thru schools of 2" minnows. With that much bait in the water, sooner or later, the fish that eat the bait will show up.
The water was stained with about 2 feet of visibility, and it was low tide.
There was some unusual weed growth for Weems, patches of Milfoil, as well as the usual thready weeds. I haven't seen Milfoil on Weems before.
The weeds stopped in about 4 feet of depth.
Most of my catches were directly adjacent to the deeper water outside of the weeds.
Sorry if I spot burned, but I wanted to illustrate what the weeds looked like.
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I caught most of the fish in two locations, fishing 10 yard off shore, parallel to rip rap and bulkheads.
I used my usual 1/8 oz. Chartreuse and White Spinner Jig with a gold blade. One fish was hooked on a smaller 1/16 oz. lure.
For a while I feeling a lot of ticks like the fish were short striking, so I tried a smaller lure, but after I saw what kind of weeds were growing, I figure that I felt the spinner jig hitting the stalks of the weeds.
IMG_1172.jpg
Not bad!
I caught fish!
Maybe 20-22 White Perch and one Baby Rock (a Pebble?) over a 2 hour period, in Weems Creek today. No Pickerels or Yellow Perch, today.
None of the Perch were huge, between 4-6 inches, maybe one about 8", but what the hell, I had a decent day.
There was a huge amount of baitfish in the water ranging from 1/2" fry, thru schools of 2" minnows. With that much bait in the water, sooner or later, the fish that eat the bait will show up.
The water was stained with about 2 feet of visibility, and it was low tide.
There was some unusual weed growth for Weems, patches of Milfoil, as well as the usual thready weeds. I haven't seen Milfoil on Weems before.
The weeds stopped in about 4 feet of depth.
Most of my catches were directly adjacent to the deeper water outside of the weeds.
Sorry if I spot burned, but I wanted to illustrate what the weeds looked like.
IMG_1169.jpg
I caught most of the fish in two locations, fishing 10 yard off shore, parallel to rip rap and bulkheads.
I used my usual 1/8 oz. Chartreuse and White Spinner Jig with a gold blade. One fish was hooked on a smaller 1/16 oz. lure.
For a while I feeling a lot of ticks like the fish were short striking, so I tried a smaller lure, but after I saw what kind of weeds were growing, I figure that I felt the spinner jig hitting the stalks of the weeds.
IMG_1172.jpg
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