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Not a kayak trip this time, but five of us went on Captain Mike's boat off of the North East River for attempt to catch some yellow perch.We stopped at the Pasadena Fishing Flee Market in Pasadena, MD. It was the best fishing flee market of the year.
The fish apparently left the Susquehanna, that is why we went for the North East River instead. We left the dock on the North East River at 12:30pm. The trip lasted until 5:10 pm. We drifted searching for yellow perch, using minnows for bait on a double hook rod. The average water depth in the River was 9 to 14 feet. Needless to say, the fishing was less than stellar. We caught about a dozen yellow perch and kept 7 legal fish. This is a far cry from the 150 plus that we caught a month ago .Despite the low catch rate, we know that this river had perch since there we tons of gill nets around. We spotted the commercial fisher bailing buckets and buckets of yellow perch from their nets. Well, monday was the last legal day for the nets. I am hoping that once the nets are gone, that the fishing may improve. The wind earlier in the day had given the water a muddy tint which may have added to the challenge of locating and catching fish. Captain mike made every effort to try to locate a school of fish which everyone appreciated. He even kept us out longer than the four hours that we paid for. At least everyone caught a fish and was not skunked. Captain Mike was real laid back and entertaining which made for a good trip. It was still fun to be out on the water and we will go out with Captain Mike again. I guess that is why this sport is sometimes called fishing not catching.
The fish apparently left the Susquehanna, that is why we went for the North East River instead. We left the dock on the North East River at 12:30pm. The trip lasted until 5:10 pm. We drifted searching for yellow perch, using minnows for bait on a double hook rod. The average water depth in the River was 9 to 14 feet. Needless to say, the fishing was less than stellar. We caught about a dozen yellow perch and kept 7 legal fish. This is a far cry from the 150 plus that we caught a month ago .Despite the low catch rate, we know that this river had perch since there we tons of gill nets around. We spotted the commercial fisher bailing buckets and buckets of yellow perch from their nets. Well, monday was the last legal day for the nets. I am hoping that once the nets are gone, that the fishing may improve. The wind earlier in the day had given the water a muddy tint which may have added to the challenge of locating and catching fish. Captain mike made every effort to try to locate a school of fish which everyone appreciated. He even kept us out longer than the four hours that we paid for. At least everyone caught a fish and was not skunked. Captain Mike was real laid back and entertaining which made for a good trip. It was still fun to be out on the water and we will go out with Captain Mike again. I guess that is why this sport is sometimes called fishing not catching.
this week onext the yps should be up in the rivers getting ready to spawn, wye mills, tuckahoe, or wayson corner.
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