Chesapeake Beach - Sunday 8/25/13

[Meadeo]

Fished the rock jetties outside the inlet from 3 pm to dark.

Caught 50+ white perch up to 12.5 inches many 10-12 range all very healthy and fat not one sick looking fish.

Also caught 5-6 small blues 8-10 inch range

15 rock fish to 16"

Several croaker to 10"

One spot at 9"

Broke off one large fish on my ultralight i will make the assumption it was either a legal rock fish or a red drum in the mid 20's range. When the fish took the bait it left a very large swirl. Sadly 4 lb test only goes so far and after taking 30 feet of drag my line gave out.

All in all for an quick Sunday afternoon trip it was a lot of good fishing.

I will be heading back there again one of these days.

I will post pictures of the perch later today.

Meadeo

[Meadeo]

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[Runnin]

Nice job.

[Southerly]

some very nice perch - congrats!

i recently tried a sort of new recipe with perch filets. i lightly sprinkled with chef prudommes magic redfish seasoning, then dredged in house of autry seasoned flour and fried = truly delicious! the redfish seasoning contributed a very slight crispness and good flavor.

[Snakehead Hunter]

What bait, hook size do you use to catch those perch? And where do you launch your kayak from?

[scorpioreno]

Nice catch and thanks for the report.

[zeebyrd]

Nice catch. Always like to see photos.

[mweber02]

The fishing report sounds awesome. The fileting afterward... dreadful.

[Meadeo]

What bait, hook size do you use to catch those perch? And where do you launch your kayak from?

http://www.fishusa.com/Product/Johns...er-Blade-Baits 3/8oz

http://www.fishusa.com/product/ACME-...FYqZ4AodikIAZw 1/8th oz

Both baits performed extremely well. The thinblade produced bigger perch and rockfish.

I also throw 1/4" jigheads with white gulps but the bluefish just destroyed them every cast so i switched to all metal.

1 hour of filleting later and i had around 10 lbs of fresh perch fillets. my entire office is loving life today.

Meadeo

[mango]

I 2nd the House of Autry, fry all my perch in it.

some very nice perch - congrats!

i recently tried a sort of new recipe with perch filets. i lightly sprinkled with chef prudommes magic redfish seasoning, then dredged in house of autry seasoned flour and fried = truly delicious! the redfish seasoning contributed a very slight crispness and good flavor.