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This morning I made a quick visit to a Severn tributary where I had not fished in several weeks. During May and June the SAVs were so thick in there, I could not cast a lure without getting snagged. This morning the water level was high, and the SAVs had died back somewhat. I could fish the entire shoreline without getting snagged.
In 1.5 hours, I caught more than 30 white perch of assorted sizes plus two pickerel without working very hard. I was pretty happy with that success, and left the tributary. Before finishing up, I made some casts to a rip-rap wall in the main river. Perch were biting all along the wall. On my last cast of the morning, I threw the lure toward the rocks and wound it back. It was nearly back to the kayak when I saw a silver fish race up and grab the lure. It dove under the kayak, putting a big bend in the rod. A minute later I landed a huge 13.5" perch. This exceeds the MD DNR citation size for perch (13"), and was my largest perch since 2012.
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Nearly all the perch were caught on a Bignose spinnerbait lure (made by Snaggedline member Stu Sklar). I am almost out of my supply of his lures and just reordered this week.
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Perch fishing is doing well in the Severn creeks and tidal ponds at the moment. Over the past few weeks, I caught perch in at least 8 different tributaries. They love small spinnerbaits, like the Bignose spinners, the Woody's feather spinners, or even a basic beetle spin rig with a twister tail. It is fun and relaxing. If you like to eat perch, this is a good time to catch some for dinner. Many of them were fat fish.
I enjoy having good fishing waters so close to my home. This morning I left home about 7:30, drove, launched, fished, loaded up, drove home, and rinsed off my gear. I was in the shower by 10:15.
In 1.5 hours, I caught more than 30 white perch of assorted sizes plus two pickerel without working very hard. I was pretty happy with that success, and left the tributary. Before finishing up, I made some casts to a rip-rap wall in the main river. Perch were biting all along the wall. On my last cast of the morning, I threw the lure toward the rocks and wound it back. It was nearly back to the kayak when I saw a silver fish race up and grab the lure. It dove under the kayak, putting a big bend in the rod. A minute later I landed a huge 13.5" perch. This exceeds the MD DNR citation size for perch (13"), and was my largest perch since 2012.
2020-07-17 10-45-51 _2.jpg
Nearly all the perch were caught on a Bignose spinnerbait lure (made by Snaggedline member Stu Sklar). I am almost out of my supply of his lures and just reordered this week.
2020-07-17 10-45-52 .JPG
Perch fishing is doing well in the Severn creeks and tidal ponds at the moment. Over the past few weeks, I caught perch in at least 8 different tributaries. They love small spinnerbaits, like the Bignose spinners, the Woody's feather spinners, or even a basic beetle spin rig with a twister tail. It is fun and relaxing. If you like to eat perch, this is a good time to catch some for dinner. Many of them were fat fish.
I enjoy having good fishing waters so close to my home. This morning I left home about 7:30, drove, launched, fished, loaded up, drove home, and rinsed off my gear. I was in the shower by 10:15.
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