Report: Northwest River 22 Feb 2020

I fished for five hours on Saturday, February 22, and the water temperature had dropped to 43*. When I went two weeks ago, it was 53*.

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The white perch were thick and aggressive, and I had to get away from them to catch some crappie.

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I started using both hair-jigs and plastic-tube jigs lately, and I pair them with small minnows. I found crappie in about 8 feet of water, and white perch when I drifted in to 6 feet of water. I also threw back four small green carp.

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Of course, I took home a bunch for the table: 10 crappie, 14 white perch and 1 sorta-ugly fish:

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Good luck!
Id

Nice catch

Great catch Dean!!! I miss the n/w river and my old fishing buddies.

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Originally Posted by jim.b

Great catch Dean!!! I miss the n/w river and my old fishing buddies.

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Thanks, Jim. We miss you, too! The Northwest seems empty without you. Stay healthy--hope to be seeing you for another trip one day!

Nice Catch Dean, I haven't been in quite a while, I don't recall many white perch, good job finding them.