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John Veil and I launched into Weems this morning. We were fortunate to meet Bignose (Stu) with his Old Town canoe at the ramp.
The tide was low and rising and winds were moderate. The water was a little cloudier than my last visit 5 days ago.
The key today was shade. I boated 19 white perch in a 2.5 hour outing and each but one was hooked in the shade. Once again my pink spinner was a hit.
I got perch of 9, 10, 11 and 12 inches with only few at 8 inches. Most were between 9 and 10. Weems presently has a large population of nice sized perch. A 13 incher remains elusive for me, however.
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As the sun rose higher and shade receded the white perch got harder to catch.
A pickerel was my last catch of the day.
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I also caught two tiny stripers. I saw lots of bait fish on the surface but I didn't see feeding activity under them as I did last week.
None of us caught or saw a yellow perch.
Sadly, my pink spinner now sleeps with the fishes. It fell off of my line under the drawbridge...due to a shoddily tied Trilene knot. No cuts or frayed line. The knot just pulled loose. The good news is that I can make another spinner. Also, Stu gave me one of his spinner creations.
John, Stu and I finished out day at the Chinese buffet. John brought a bag of his largest white perch to the ladies who serve us there. They were quite happy with them.
So ended another Severn outing. I know from other reports that stripers are present in the big river. (Congrats to daddyg and his son.) But I really enjoy casting for white perch.
The tide was low and rising and winds were moderate. The water was a little cloudier than my last visit 5 days ago.
The key today was shade. I boated 19 white perch in a 2.5 hour outing and each but one was hooked in the shade. Once again my pink spinner was a hit.
I got perch of 9, 10, 11 and 12 inches with only few at 8 inches. Most were between 9 and 10. Weems presently has a large population of nice sized perch. A 13 incher remains elusive for me, however.
A.jpg B.JPG C.JPG D.JPG
As the sun rose higher and shade receded the white perch got harder to catch.
A pickerel was my last catch of the day.
E.jpg
I also caught two tiny stripers. I saw lots of bait fish on the surface but I didn't see feeding activity under them as I did last week.
None of us caught or saw a yellow perch.
Sadly, my pink spinner now sleeps with the fishes. It fell off of my line under the drawbridge...due to a shoddily tied Trilene knot. No cuts or frayed line. The knot just pulled loose. The good news is that I can make another spinner. Also, Stu gave me one of his spinner creations.
John, Stu and I finished out day at the Chinese buffet. John brought a bag of his largest white perch to the ladies who serve us there. They were quite happy with them.
So ended another Severn outing. I know from other reports that stripers are present in the big river. (Congrats to daddyg and his son.) But I really enjoy casting for white perch.
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