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I decided to get in a short trip this morning not too far from home. I launched at Homeport Farms about 8:30. I trolled to the mouth of the creek and back and forth in the river for an hour catching one 12” striper. During the second hour I stayed in Church Creek and cast to several shaded shorelines with a Bignose spinner with the hook barb pinched down. The perch were active in short stretches of shoreline -- finding the productive stretches was the key. During that hour I caught 30 perch. I stayed out for a third hour working farther upstream. The water clarity got worse, the water level was dropping, and the shaded areas were shrinking. I managed only 15 perch in that last hour. Overall, catching 45 perch from 4” to 11.5” was my best perch outing this year so far. All fish were released to swim again.
Stu (Bignose) had sent me a red and white prototype spinner that I used for several trips to catch many perch. At the end of last Friday's outing, the hook broke off at the bend. Over the weekend I replaced it with a brand new Bignose spinner in chartreuse. In any case, the perch were very interested in that new spinner today.
Stu (Bignose) had sent me a red and white prototype spinner that I used for several trips to catch many perch. At the end of last Friday's outing, the hook broke off at the bend. Over the weekend I replaced it with a brand new Bignose spinner in chartreuse. In any case, the perch were very interested in that new spinner today.
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