Thank God for White Perch

[garlien]

Well I got my work in with the Manns baits that I wanted to but didnt get a hit while running over the southern reaches of Belvedere to Baltimore light and back...Hit a few spots that usually hold fish this time of year but nada today...

Went back to a " go to" spot over the last couple of months, and if it wasnt for the couple of Perch I caught, I would have struck out....did not see anyone bring in a single rock fish today....Maybe tomorrow ends up better...

[Spot77]

Which brings me to the question we ask oursleves every year when it gets cold out: Where do all of the White Perch go?

During thesummer it seems like you could walk across the bay on them.

Do they go deep and dormant?

Migrate south?

[Skip]

The Perch do migrate to deeper waters.

I've caught nice ones in late December / January in 65 feet just south of the bridge.

You can spot them on a meter with a bottom zoom. Often school is two feet thick off bottom.

Only drawback - they often blow out their swim bladder when reeled up.

I'll catch 15 to 20 - then leave them for next trip.

Not sure where they go in February - then in March they start going up the rivers / creeks to get ready to spawn.

Netters really get them when they school up near Cambridge.

[Spot77]

Originally Posted by Skip

The Perch do migrate to deeper waters.

I've caught nice ones in late December / January in 65 feet just south of the bridge.

You can spot them on a meter with a bottom zoom. Often school is two feet thick off bottom.

Only drawback - they often blow out their swim bladder when reeled up.

I'll catch 15 to 20 - then leave them for next trip.

Not sure where they go in February - then in March they start going up the rivers / creeks to get ready to spawn.

Netters really get them when they school up near Cambridge.

Thanks Skip

For now, I can say that they are still in 4 to 8' of water and biting viciously on Super Dupers.

Last night I hit a hole and caught one after another for a solid 20 casts in a row.

[Southerly]

part 1 - any how-to suggestions for nightfishing WP? lures etc
part 2 - is this a proper Super-Duper?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luhr-Jensen-...item415d63f3ac

any reccomendations on weight/color/length?

thanks

[Spot77]

Originally Posted by Southerly

part 1 - any how-to suggestions for nightfishing WP? lures etc
part 2 - is this a proper Super-Duper?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luhr-Jensen-...item415d63f3ac

any reccomendations on weight/color/length?

thanks

That be them.

I use the biggest ones (#506 I think) in any variation of chrome. They make a few different ones, like chrome with a red tip, a holographic chrome body, etc.

I'll fish them right up on the shore when in the rivers, andwhen out in the 3' to 8' water of the bay I'll let them sink near the bottome and retrieve them medium slow, sometimes pausing or giving a little twitch.

Remember, I'm a bass fisherman at heart and that's how I typically fish most of my lures...like a freshwater bass guy.

Last night I caught an almost legal sized Rockfish on one of these. I tried to use the fish stretcher, but I was still about 1.5 inches short.