5/5/23 Damn no white perch yet. But
Maryland Fishing
May 5, 2023 09:30:59 #
5/5/23--- I went to the shallow water white perch area to see if the white perch are there yet. No perch are there yet, but it is loaded with rock fish. I hooked six rock and landed all but one with a 2.5" Gulp Minnow on a 1/16th jig head. Good thing I use a 20# leader to grab when I hook a good size fish. I could never lift these fish out of the water with my perch rod. Maybe next week for the perch.
May 5, 2023 09:49:02 #
andys wrote:
5/5/23--- I went to the shallow water white perch area to see if the white perch are there yet. No perch are there yet, but it is loaded with rock fish. I hooked six rock and landed all but one with a 2.5" Gulp Minnow on a 1/16th jig head. Good thing I use a 20# leader to grab when I hook a good size fish. I could never lift these fish out of the water with my perch rod. Maybe next week for the perch.
Nice Bass Andy. Thanks for the pictures.
May 5, 2023 10:33:10 #
Now I'd say that would have been a blast! Great catching Andy!
May 5, 2023 11:14:59 #
What a pleasant surprise, Andy! That second one looks like it could be a wiper. Good eating for sure!
May 5, 2023 11:18:28 #
andys wrote:
5/5/23--- I went to the shallow water white perch area to see if the white perch are there yet. No perch are there yet, but it is loaded with rock fish. I hooked six rock and landed all but one with a 2.5" Gulp Minnow on a 1/16th jig head. Good thing I use a 20# leader to grab when I hook a good size fish. I could never lift these fish out of the water with my perch rod. Maybe next week for the perch.
Nice catching there Andy’s 👍🏽
We are starting to get some warmer weather finally, let’s hope the night starts warming up enough to trigger the bites 👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅
May 5, 2023 12:01:58 #
DCGravity wrote:
What a pleasant surprise, Andy! That second one looks like it could be a wiper. Good eating for sure!
They are not in season. Released all of them. Season opens June 1st.
May 5, 2023 12:12:51 #
Billycrap2 wrote:
Nice catching there Andy’s 👍🏽
We are starting to get some warmer weather finally, let’s hope the night starts warming up enough to trigger the bites 👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅
We are starting to get some warmer weather finally, let’s hope the night starts warming up enough to trigger the bites 👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅
Yes your right. The night cold Temp. kills the warm day Temp.
May 5, 2023 12:36:50 #
andys wrote:
They are not in season. Released all of them. Season opens June 1st.
Ah OK. Wasn't sure about MD regs. Thought there may have been an overlap w/ VA.
May 6, 2023 13:35:40 #
May 6, 2023 16:18:16 #
No damn perch where we were today either. I think the cold weather has chased them back into deeper water Andy. Not even a damn nibble. We even ran out to the shipping channel to see if we could scare up a trophy Rockfish, nada. The water was near glass calm.
May 6, 2023 17:40:46 #
Andy, you might want to be careful about having those fish out of the water longer than it takes to remove the hook. John Law doesn’t take kindly to us stressing the fish anymore than necessary when they are out of season. Does look like a fun day though. Nice work!
May 6, 2023 18:32:05 #
orion72 wrote:
Andy, you might want to be careful about having those fish out of the water longer than it takes to remove the hook. John Law doesn’t take kindly to us stressing the fish anymore than necessary when they are out of season. Does look like a fun day though. Nice work!
I had them back in the water real fast. I didn't even want to catch them. As soon as I knew there was no perch there yet I left the area because it was all rock fish there. They were all by-catch. I was looking for perch. But I hear you on keeping them out of the water too long. I think from now on I will not lay them down to take a picture. I will just try to hold them, take picture then release. Like this. I try to do what's right for the fish/rock fish. I don't do catch and release fishing like a lot of fishermen do all day long. I even set a limit for myself for crappie and white perch. My limit for white perch in 15. But I understand what you said. Thanks!
May 6, 2023 21:37:52 #
May 6, 2023 21:39:27 #
andys wrote:
5/5/23--- I went to the shallow water white perch area to see if the white perch are there yet. No perch are there yet, but it is loaded with rock fish. I hooked six rock and landed all but one with a 2.5" Gulp Minnow on a 1/16th jig head. Good thing I use a 20# leader to grab when I hook a good size fish. I could never lift these fish out of the water with my perch rod. Maybe next week for the perch.
Nice looking fish 🐟
May 6, 2023 22:32:38 #
Jim Kay
Loc: Franklin, Virginia
andys wrote:
5/5/23--- I went to the shallow water white perch area to see if the white perch are there yet. No perch are there yet, but it is loaded with rock fish. I hooked six rock and landed all but one with a 2.5" Gulp Minnow on a 1/16th jig head. Good thing I use a 20# leader to grab when I hook a good size fish. I could never lift these fish out of the water with my perch rod. Maybe next week for the perch.
Nice catch Andy!
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