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We got a late start today, but still had a decent go of it. We caught about 75 with about 25 really nice keepers (10" or better). water clarity - about 2 ft vis and temps at noon were around 54 and peaked around 57.5 in the back eddys. All our bites were in 2-12 ft of water and triple threat 824 color.
Danny
Wtg danny,bet it was windy out there,nice catch
Good report, congrats on good day
Nice! Amy Yellow Perch left or are that all gone??
Bob,
Glad to see someone catching fish. We got skunked at the Suffolk lakes. We threw everything in the tackle box and still got ZERO. Those 30mph winds didn't help even in the calm areas. We will be back.
See ya on the water.
Billy
Much better than I have \seen in awhile. Looks like, if the weather does what it should do, we are over the hump.
B-
One ringer, a few bass and a bunch of bream and fliers. We had plenty of action that's for sure. The guy in the shop said the nets at the mouth of the river are plum full of yellows and whites, but very few are getting by them.
I didnt know they were putting nets out that explains why it was slower this year.
Frog Island on the corner of 158 and 168 in BARCO sells white perch. Along with a lot of other sea food. NOT puttin a plug but was in there for dinner with the wife, saw them in the case.
Good job thats about 75 more than I have caught in the past few weeks. Post us some pics! I got fish deprivation here!
They really need to do something about the commercial netters setting nets in the mouths of rivers like that. I am not against commercial fishing. My great Granddad did it and my Granddad used to set a net for us to eat fish on Sunday and any left were eaten during the work week. Grandma would cook them up while we were in the field. Talk about a heck of a lunch. those days are long gone. But my family set nets in water that was at its narrowest 3 1/2 miles across. The fish had a chance. This setting in natural funnels needs to be dealt with. Won't happen though. The commercial fishing lobby in NC is just about bullet proof. Shrimp trawlers in the Pamlico Sound have wiped it out from bicatch. The state will not outlaw trawling in the estuaries and the division of marine fisheries is just starting to "act" like something is wrong with the Pamlico after years of the recreational anglers screaming about it. If they would outlaw trawlers in the Pamlico, it would improve the fishing for all the connecting sounds including the Albemarle, currituck and tributary rivers. You ought to be able to slay the yellow perch in the rivers but won't as long as the nets are rounding them up at the mouth. I don't have anything against someone making a living but don't wipe out a resource just because You can.CF
They have been there for many years. They operate out of a place near the mouth of Tull's Creek. We watched them pulling in a 100 yard net they had strung near the mouth of NW River. They would pull in 2 or 3 feet, take 4 or 5 gar out, and continued that for the entire length of the net. You had to see it to believe it. We asked them why they didn't kill them and they sorta laughed and said they wanted to get home that day. According to their fish finder they thought they found a large school of white perch.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiefarmer