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Fished High Rock Sat night, got started fishing around midnight and caught a slew of very large white perch near the mouth of second creek and edge of the yadkin. Didn't really get no quality crappie but I feel sure that they are being caught just not where I was. I fished Norman on Monday and really put in a lot of work moving from brush pile to brush pile, to pier post, to rocks, to stumps and a few in open water but it all played off with my limit of 20 real quality crappie. All the crappie came in twenty feet plus on minnows and b garland jigs(lights out) Can't hardly wait for the rain to stop and work to end this week so I can get back at it! I was about to forget about mentioning it sure was a lot of boats on the water fishing lighted boats at the Rock. You all have a good one and be safe.Attachment 375828Attachment 375829Attachment 375830

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most of them look like white bass, not perch. So some may not be legal to keep, not sure if this applied to High rock

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Originally Posted by hangout

most of them look like white bass, not perch. So some may not be legal to keep, not sure if this applied to High rock

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Sure looked like perch to me , yellow bellied not as white and not enough definitive stripes. I have caught both at high rock

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I agree, looks like white bass to me.

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Originally Posted by crappie happy pappy

I agree, looks like white bass to me.

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Looks like multiple black lines. Being white bass. Just be careful. Game wardens are out pretty consistently at high Rock.


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Bobby Garland, Lights Out may be more info then needs to be mentioned on this forum. Just sayin!

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Originally Posted by dlh71

Bobby Garland, Lights Out may be more info then needs to be mentioned on this forum. Just sayin!

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I apologize, the last thing that I'd wanna do is make anyone mad. I thought people would wanna know what they were caught on and how they were caught. My apologies because I don't get a penny from BG or Rapala, or Whacker Stacker or H Bird , Minn Kota but I sure do give them a lot of my hard earned pennies. I may have to read into the fine print on the rules more for what I can post. Can you take a picture of the jigs you use and post without a name attached? or is that too much info I thought it was all about helping the next fisherman!

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No problem here. It was a weak attempt of sarcastic humor. I just recently used a pack of Lights Out for the first time and was impressed. They may have been on the market for years, but I tend to use Monkey Milk or Electric Chicken.

Thanks for post,looks like you did well .gust give me a call next time you cook ha ha

Careful now. Gotta know the difference between white perch and white bass. 14 inches.

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Originally Posted by MFQ

Sure looked like perch to me , yellow bellied not as white and not enough definitive stripes. I have caught both at high rock

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The best way to tell is how they behave when you catch them. Especially at night. A white perch will always flare their gills and try to hurt you with their fins. White bass fight harder but are much calmer after they're caught.

I do agree that that the larger ones look like white bass and High Rock is really putting out some nice ones the last few years.

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Originally Posted by sundance

The best way to tell is how they behave when you catch them. Especially at night. A white perch will always flare their gills and try to hurt you with their fins. White bass fight harder but are much calmer after they're caught.

I do agree that that the larger ones look like white bass and High Rock is really putting out some nice ones the last few years.

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Maybe I'll just stick to the crappie, they're easier to tell(lol)

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Originally Posted by pete

Careful now. Gotta know the difference between white perch and white bass. 14 inches.

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Just to be honest with you I didn't even know they had put a size limit on them, just goes to show a man needs to keep up with the regulations. We use to kill em below the dam at lookout on the catawba river but I don't even know if any are in norman anymore because of the perch. I feel like all I kept were at least 14" though

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Originally Posted by MFQ

Maybe I'll just stick to the crappie, they're easier to tell(lol)

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No worries. Next time you catch a smaller perch, hook it on a down rod on the opposite side of your boat out from the light.... and put it about a foot or two off the bottom. You never know how big a flat head you'll catch. They make great bait.

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Originally Posted by sundance

No worries. Next time you catch a smaller perch, hook it on a down rod on the opposite side of your boat out from the light.... and put it about a foot or two off the bottom. You never know how big a flat head you'll catch. They make great bait.

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Yeah I've caught a few good flathead drifting at norman using fresh cut perch on a santee rig. I enjoy catching them, it's kind of slow and hot(temperature) but there fun when you get a good one. Thanks for the tip

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Good catch MFQ. I bet they were mighty tasty no matter what they were. Thanks for the info on High Rock.


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Originally Posted by NC Crappie

Good catch MFQ. I bet they were mighty tasty no matter what they were. Thanks for the info on High Rock.


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Absolutely Delicious! with a capital D

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Bought all of the “lights out” from academy sports today! Thanks for the tip!


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