Eric and I put in at Aylett on the Mattaponi this afternoon and ran down a ways. Eric landed the first on a minnow. Then we watched two guys in a bass boat, put on a perch clinic just one cast behind our boat. They invited us over and we politely refused. After we could take no more watching we moved and caught some perch on a 1/4 gold colored silver buddy.

First of the day, Eric.


Then a crappie for me.


Then my first yellow perch.


We caught maybe 10 perch all small. Most of them were males and were leaking. Water was 47°. A very nice afternoon. You would never know we have snow coming. It was my first time on the Mattiponi river. Very cool.

Dayton