Hit the Northwest today

I was going to head to Suffolk for some green carp, but changed gears this morning and went to the river for some perch. It was a good move. I didn't catch anything photo worthy, but I absolutely loaded the boat with male YP from 10-11". I only caught two females all day, both just shy of 12". I tossed both of them back. They were about to bust they were so full of roe. Every other perch I caught was excreting milt all over the boat. What a mess.

I would say the fish favored jigs today, but not by a large margin. I had one spot that I found them stacked up, but only in about a 10x10 ft. area. If I tossed the jig in there, I was hit every time. I tried to see if they would hit minnows, but they wouldn't event give them a second look. Every time I went back to the jig I would get hit.

My fish today were in 10-11 FOW and right on bottom. My by-catch included bass, striped bass, bluegill, white perch and flier.

I kept a few for dinner (I'm stuffed right now) and released the rest for the next time. I ended the day with easily more than 100 fish total. It should prove to be a great bash. Good luck, guys.

I just came to the board to make a new post to seek any reports so I could decide if i'm making the trip. Guess you just answered that. Good report. That sure sounds fun.

I got the trophies ordered. Looking forward to it.

Can't wait till next week!

We are excited you all arecoming to Bobs Fishing Hole next Sat. the 21st. We will have plenty of minnows. Just so you all know we canceled the crappie tourney for this Sunday. Looks to be TOO much winter weather. But if your wanting to fish , James will be there as always. Great post Kevin.

Sounds great Kevin! Thanks for the report.

Great report Kevin!!!! It looks like this bash is on the money as far as the spawn go's this year. Hope to see a big crowd and meet some of the new member.

Nice report. Thanks!

Kevin thanks for the report. Sounds promising for the bash, I just pulled the 9.9 off and slapped the 20 on the boat.