MD 6.2.23 Slaughter in the creek
Maryland Fishing
Jun 2, 2023 17:19:20 #
launched at 0630 and headed out to the mouth of the river where we found bupkis. The caissons were barren so back into the river we went. Stopped at the place we caught the ones last week and all hell broke loose. We were catching White perch hand over fist. Then I get hit HARD in about 18" of water. Thinking I got the Mac daddy perch it was a Striped carp, oh well, Mr. Dave my Korean war vet friend is eating good tonight. He usually calls me at 1400hrs on Friday to see what his dinner is gonna be, lol. Good man, dropped him 1/2lb of crabmeat to make Rockfish Imperial with, we'll do crab cakes tomorrow with the other 1/2 + 1lb. All tolled, 39 nice White perch and 1 22" Rockfish. All caught in less than 4' of water, the big perch were in super shallow, 14-18" of water on an outgoing tide. We sent 6 bags of fillets to the freezer, 6 more days like this and we'll be set for the winter.
Jun 2, 2023 17:27:23 #
Jun 2, 2023 17:54:38 #
UncleRob wrote:
launched at 0630 and headed out to the mouth of th... (show quote)
Nice catching Uncle Rob. Is that considered freshwater? Slot length in Saltwater is 28"-31".
Jun 2, 2023 18:21:20 #
EasternOZ wrote:
Nice catching how do you like the Bubba knife?
Love it, couldn't live without it. I did those 39 White perch in 30 minutes. In an hour's time, they were filleted, washed and sealed in their bags. I just bought a 3rd battery for it.
Jun 2, 2023 18:24:46 #
Fredfish wrote:
Nice catching Uncle Rob. Is that considered freshwater? Slot length in Saltwater is 28"-31".
No, it's tidal Chesapeake bay, brackish water. 19-31" is the slot in the bay. Out on our coast, it's the 28-31" slot. I got that Rock on a little #13 Tony Acetta spoon with a minnow on it. We damn near ran out of minnows.
Jun 2, 2023 19:11:05 #
UncleRob wrote:
No, it's tidal Chesapeake bay, brackish water. 19-31" is the slot in the bay. Out on our coast, it's the 28-31" slot. I got that Rock on a little #13 Tony Acetta spoon with a minnow on it. We damn near ran out of minnows.
That's cool, we only have one slot length here, river or Sound.
Jun 2, 2023 19:12:51 #
UncleRob wrote:
Love it, couldn't live without it. I did those 39 White perch in 30 minutes. In an hour's time, they were filleted, washed and sealed in their bags. I just bought a 3rd battery for it.
Thank you
Jun 2, 2023 20:16:10 #
A friend gave me his Rapala fillet knife and it was also good, but I heard rave reviews of The Bubba blade. With all of the White perch and other fish we fillet I needed a fast way to get them prepped for the freezer.
Jun 2, 2023 23:41:59 #
Jun 2, 2023 23:44:56 #
Nice mess of white perch, UncleRob! And a bonus rock! That's a really good fishing day!
Jun 3, 2023 10:42:31 #
UncleRob wrote:
launched at 0630 and headed out to the mouth of th... (show quote)
Congratulations on a awesome catching there 🎣🎣
Thank for sharing your results and pictures 👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅
Jun 3, 2023 11:00:47 #
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Jun 3, 2023 21:28:02 #
We got another 24 today. Another few weeks like this and we'll have the freezer filled. I think we'll be hunting Specks next weekend, the tides will be right. Got a seasons best at 12" for me and an 11.5" for my wife.
Jun 4, 2023 07:53:27 #
rrfeury
Loc: Cambridge,Maryland
Looks like your tearing them up!
We planned on crabbing this morning but with the wind decided to wait for calmer seas.
We planned on crabbing this morning but with the wind decided to wait for calmer seas.
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