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Aw, come on man. Stop recycling Perch flicks from several years ago.
All kidding aside, you did good and must have had a fine time doing it. Hopefully they will come into the Severn in those kinds of numbers shortly.John
Ocean Kayak Trident 13 Angler (Sand)
MK Endura Max 55 backup power
Vibe Skipjack 90
Graduate of the University of the Republic of South Vietnam, class of 1972
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Been spotty, that’s for sure...had some great White Perch days and some lousy days...just not the steady, reliable days of the past years...hopefully the heat arrived to change the spotty patterns..."Lady Luck" 2016 Red Hibiscus Hobie Outback, Lowrance Hook2-7TS
2018 Seagrass Green Hobie Compass, Humminbird 798 ci HD SI
"Wet Dream" 2011 yellow Ocean Prowler 13
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Goody illustrated an alternative perch pattern. He fished offshore in water I typically cross to get to the shallows where the perch have been hit or miss this year.
Congrats to him on a good outing and for sharing another way to catch them.Mark
Pasadena, MD
Slate Hobie Revolution 13
Hidden Oak Native Ultimate 12
Lizard Lick Native Ultimate FX Pro
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I am finding plenty of smaller perch in the Severn creeks while casting a Bignose spinner. They typically range from 7" to 10". I look for shaded areas that have a sloping bottom from 1 to 4 ft deep. Often spots that look ideal to me do not yield any bites -- I just keep moving and looking until I find where they are. Because the shoreline spots close to my launch points seem to be heavily fished, I have been paddling longer distances to find creeks with less fishing pressure.
A shallow water spot I have visited 5 times recently in my boat is loaded with giant perch. My fishing partners and I have caught two dozen of them with nothing smaller than 10.5". Yesterday a young man on our crew caught a 12.5" (he was disappointed that he did not quite reach citation size). I have caught 13" and 13.5" perch on recent trips. I was throwing a 3/16-oz jighead with 12 Fathom Fat Sam mullet paddletail at that location looking for stripers. When the perch come to the surface they look huge -- more like largemouth bass than typical white perch.
I almost never keep fish, so they all went back in the water. This particular spot receives little fishing pressure, has moving water, and structure. It is not easy to get to and offers risks to propellers in order to maneuver into position. But it is one of the few spots I can get to where shallow water structure casting pays good dividends.John Veil
Annapolis
Native Watercraft Manta Ray 11, Falcon 11
Author - "Fishing in the Comfort Zone" , "Fishing Road Trip - 2019", "My Fishing Life: Two Years to Remember", and "The Way I Like to Fish -- A Kayak Angler's Guide to Shallow Water, Light Tackle Fishing"
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I've trolled beetle spins for perch successfully before. I had to keep my speed between 1.4 and 1.7mph and I trolled as closely as I could to jetties.Native Titan Propel 12
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I've caught some white perch while trolling for stripers -- usually overachievers biting lures they couldn't possibly swallow. But I've never deliberately trolled for perch. That's what I found intriguing by Goody's method.Mark
Pasadena, MD
Slate Hobie Revolution 13
Hidden Oak Native Ultimate 12
Lizard Lick Native Ultimate FX Pro
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Originally posted by Mark View PostI've caught some white perch while trolling for stripers -- usually overachievers biting lures they couldn't possibly swallow. But I've never deliberately trolled for perch. That's what I found intriguing by Goody's method.
"On a hot summer day in 2011, I tried a technique I call ultralight tackle trolling (ULTT). I was casting to shorelines for perch without much success. I eventually got to a stretch of shoreline that always looks fishy, but which typically does not produce well using casted lures. I decided to troll very slowly (~1 mph) through this area with three ultralight rods using several different types of small lures. My normal paddling rate would have been much too fast. I had to use a paddling cadence of stroke/stroke/gliiiiiiiide, to keep the lures moving slowly. This cadence allowed the lures to move up gently in the water column during the stroke portion and to drop in the water column during the glide portion.
All three rods caught perch that day. All of the lures I used were small and had either a paddle tail or a spinner blade, or both. I made a bunch of passes along the same 75-yard stretch of shoreline and caught perch almost every time. Apparently, the fish in that region preferred a slow trolled lure to one that was cast out and retrieved. I stayed as close to the shore as I could but far enough out to avoid sunken tree branches."John Veil
Annapolis
Native Watercraft Manta Ray 11, Falcon 11
Author - "Fishing in the Comfort Zone" , "Fishing Road Trip - 2019", "My Fishing Life: Two Years to Remember", and "The Way I Like to Fish -- A Kayak Angler's Guide to Shallow Water, Light Tackle Fishing"
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Originally posted by J.A. Veil View PostIn my book "Fishing in the Comfort Zone" I describe a perch-catching technique I called "ultralight tackle trolling". Here is the excerpt:
"On a hot summer day in 2011, I tried a technique I call ultralight tackle trolling (ULTT). I was casting to shorelines for perch without much success. I eventually got to a stretch of shoreline that always looks fishy, but which typically does not produce well using casted lures. I decided to troll very slowly (~1 mph) through this area with three ultralight rods using several different types of small lures. My normal paddling rate would have been much too fast. I had to use a paddling cadence of stroke/stroke/gliiiiiiiide, to keep the lures moving slowly. This cadence allowed the lures to move up gently in the water column during the stroke portion and to drop in the water column during the glide portion.
All three rods caught perch that day. All of the lures I used were small and had either a paddle tail or a spinner blade, or both. I made a bunch of passes along the same 75-yard stretch of shoreline and caught perch almost every time. Apparently, the fish in that region preferred a slow trolled lure to one that was cast out and retrieved. I stayed as close to the shore as I could but far enough out to avoid sunken tree branches."
Stands to reason -- while casting a pause during the retrieve causes lures to drop in the water column and sometimes that fall entices a bite. I can see why your method worked.Mark
Pasadena, MD
Slate Hobie Revolution 13
Hidden Oak Native Ultimate 12
Lizard Lick Native Ultimate FX Pro
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Originally posted by belairfishing View PostGoody,
Were you trolling with those beetle spins, or just casting and covering a lot of water?
Outback 2015
Maui
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Originally posted by john from md View PostAw, come on man. Stop recycling Perch flicks from several years ago.
All kidding aside, you did good and must have had a fine time doing it. Hopefully they will come into the Severn in those kinds of numbers shortly.
Usually there are alot more than this. We actually had to work to find these guys and there weren't as plentiful as last year.
Outback 2015
Maui
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Originally posted by ronaultmtd View PostBeen spotty, that’s for sure...had some great White Perch days and some lousy days...just not the steady, reliable days of the past years...hopefully the heat arrived to change the spotty patterns...
Outback 2015
Maui
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Originally posted by Mark View PostGoody illustrated an alternative perch pattern. He fished offshore in water I typically cross to get to the shallows where the perch have been hit or miss this year.
Congrats to him on a good outing and for sharing another way to catch them.
Outback 2015
Maui
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Originally posted by J.A. Veil View PostI am finding plenty of smaller perch in the Severn creeks while casting a Bignose spinner. They typically range from 7" to 10". I look for shaded areas that have a sloping bottom from 1 to 4 ft deep. Often spots that look ideal to me do not yield any bites -- I just keep moving and looking until I find where they are. Because the shoreline spots close to my launch points seem to be heavily fished, I have been paddling longer distances to find creeks with less fishing pressure.
A shallow water spot I have visited 5 times recently in my boat is loaded with giant perch. My fishing partners and I have caught two dozen of them with nothing smaller than 10.5". Yesterday a young man on our crew caught a 12.5" (he was disappointed that he did not quite reach citation size). I have caught 13" and 13.5" perch on recent trips. I was throwing a 3/16-oz jighead with 12 Fathom Fat Sam mullet paddletail at that location looking for stripers. When the perch come to the surface they look huge -- more like largemouth bass than typical white perch.
I almost never keep fish, so they all went back in the water. This particular spot receives little fishing pressure, has moving water, and structure. It is not easy to get to and offers risks to propellers in order to maneuver into position. But it is one of the few spots I can get to where shallow water structure casting pays good dividends.
Outback 2015
Maui
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