Report:Lake Waccamaw

**friedfish** · 11-21-2015, 06:12 PM

Went to the Black River this morning and it was way too high to fish so I settled for Lake Waccamaw pretty much knowing it was gonna be a white perch trip. I know some of you guys don't eat em but I think they taste just fine fried up. I fillet them, skin them, and cut the dark strip out. Biggest was 14". Must've caught at least fifty. Hung a little flathead, that was fun on the long poles. Also got a bonus yellow perch. I tightlined 2 poles with minnows and 2 poles with the little 1" chartreuse Gulp! minnows.
Caught almost all of the perch over 12" on the Gulps, as well as the flathead. Ended up with just over 4 pounds of fillets. Can't wait for the rivers to get right again. Hopefully soon.

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**hockey86** · 11-21-2015, 06:55 PM

I see no problem eating white perch. I do the same thing and cut out the dark line.

**Rick J** · 11-21-2015, 06:57 PM

Good day on the water. Thanks for the photos.

Rick

**friedfish** · 11-21-2015, 09:56 PM

[QUOTE=friedfish;3083431]Went to the Black River this morning and it was way too high to fish so I settled for Lake Waccamaw pretty much knowing it was gonna be a white perch trip. I know some of you guys don't eat em but I think they taste just fine fried up. I fillet them, skin them, and cut the dark strip out. Biggest was 14". Must've caught at least fifty. Hung a little flathead, that was fun on the long poles. Also got a bonus yellow perch. I tightlined 2 poles with minnows and 2 poles with the little 1" chartreuse Gulp! minnows.
Caught almost all of the perch over 12" on the Gulps, as well as the flathead. Ended up with just over 4 pounds of fillets. Can't wait for the rivers to get right again. Hopefully soon.

Forgot to out this pic in the post... Even the mussels like those little Gulp minnows!!
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