Rocky River 1/30

Thanks to the reports provided by Stump Hunter earlier this week, Stanley, Stanley's neighbor Paul, and myself travelled to Rocky River today to drown a few minners. Water temps were a chilly 46-47 deg. Wind blew like a banshee all day. I'm thinking when the forecast is for 10 mph, they really mean 20. Anyway, we managed a mix of crappie, white perch , and even a few yellow perch. Probably caught 60 fish total (it was too cold to count). Like Stump Hunter said, they wanted the minners right on the bottom. We used bottom rigs and concentrated on depths of 40-45 ft. Several of the fish we caught were spitting up 1-2 inch thread fin shad. I imagine they are starting to die off at the current water temps. Stanley caught 3 or 4 on a jigging spoon, but minners (dead or alive) seem to be preferred. Here's a couple of pics and a cooler shot.

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thanks for sharing and the picture congrats on a nice mess of fish !!! and them look like some nice size yellow perch too them bad boyz eats good too !!!!:ThumbsUp

Nice catch, good to see y'all got on them. I was talking to Marty yesterday morning at the One Stop and he said they got into some nice yellow perch a couple weeks ago. Good eating fish and always a welcome fish in my boat :ThumbsUp

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Originally Posted by STUMP HUNTER

Nice catch, good to see y'all got on them. I was talking to Marty yesterday morning at the One Stop and he said they got into some nice yellow perch a couple weeks ago. Good eating fish and always a welcome fish in my boat :ThumbsUp

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That's a nice looking box of fish. Congrats on the catch and thanks for sharing the report and pics.:)

That is a good mix of good eating fish. I ate Yellow Perch in a restaurant in Ohio and they were delicious. Much larger than we catch here. I found out they are first cousins to the Walleye, which is also excellent table fare.
Congrats in a good day.

What great day you had! Nice job, congrats.

Great looking catch! Thanks for sharing. Those yellow perch are fine table fare for sure!

fish, may have to catch a ride with you one day and fish. My motor is out of commision on my jon boat

Will do. Won't be long before the dogwoods are blooming and the turkeys are gobbling. Send me a text when u are going to be off in March and I'll see if we can meet either on the Hill or maybe Russell.

Sounds like a plan to me.

Nice fish.That's a good sign I'll be there next month at Calhoun Falls State Park.Hope to catch a few like you

Ahh April my favorite time of the year.Turkey hunt morning and fish the afternoon.Can't get any better than that:biggrin

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Originally Posted by Fisholishous

Will do. Won't be long before the dogwoods are blooming and the turkeys are gobbling. Send me a text when u are going to be off in March and I'll see if we can meet either on the Hill or maybe Russell.

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Exactly dawg. Turkeys in the morning and crappie in the evening. Best time of year by far.
Not to mention hopefully warmer than 20 degs!!!!