White perch

[Guppy]

Fished brackish this morning,,,,,, goose egg ;-(

Fished land locked this afternoon ,,, another goose egg , and if that's not bad enough, wind came up, 2 hp motor bailed on me, too windy to row back to the truck,,,, had to call the wife for a ride back to the pickup, then drag the freaken tin boat through the woods and down a f n cart path,,, not a fun afternoon ..... :-(

Still too early for a scotch , but soooooon.... LOL

[Clammer]

My good friend [baitman] is crushing them .not real big ..he also saw a holdover herring & a shad caught

Why do you keep f uck ing around with a POS 2HP motor

[numbskull]

Gotta a spot...

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Clammer

My good friend [baitman] is crushing them .not real big ..he also saw a holdover herring & a shad caught

Why do you keep f uck ing around with a POS 2HP motor

.... Because the 5 hp isn't running ... LOL

Originally Posted by numbskull

Gotta a spot...

Good for you.....

[Clammer]

nice perch .now show me a photo of a large one ><>



damn ,,I use to have a great time with those on the fly rod ,,

[JLH]

Any tips for someone new to targeting them? Hope to get out and give it a try in the next couple of weeks.
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[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Guppy

Still too early for a scotch , but soooooon.... LOL

It was 9:29 PM in Scotland when you posted this.

Just Saying
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[Guppy]

Originally Posted by JLH

Any tips for someone new to targeting them? Hope to get out and give it a try in the next couple of weeks.
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Don't follow me

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

It was 9:29 PM in Scotland when you posted this.

Just Saying
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Thanks, next time I'll know enough to check

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by JLH

Any tips for someone new to targeting them? Hope to get out and give it a try in the next couple of weeks.
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They used to be everywhere but nowadays finding them is the real trick....at least around where I live. I've had the best success in mildly brackish ponds with a connection to saltwater (i.e., ponds that have an inflow only on the moon tides). They tend to school up and move around.

I use a large, gold, Thomas Colorado spoon and fish it slow and deep.

Back in the day the commercial guys would chum and fish for them with grass shrimp.

[Diggin Jiggin]

There used to be some real big ones in the salt ponds on nantucket. We dont have any LMB or SMB down there so less competition for them in the ponds.

[Guppy]

I tried netting for the shrimp like days of old..... Zilch

I think the lack of eel grass has contributed to the lack of the grass shrimp

[Clammer]

yeah Gup / that ain,t what it use to be either ..............&&&&&&&when we get them they are all small .....very few of hook size .

to get any go in the holes & get them out of the mud ><><

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Clammer

yeah Gup / that ain,t what it use to be either ..............&&&&&&&when we get them they are all small .....very few of hook size .

to get any go in the holes & get them out of the mud ><><

Hmmmmmm, will do

[DZ]

Back in the day there were some good runs in the headwaters of the Coles and Palmer Rivers. Maybe still? I know I would occasionally catch them while fishing for winter flounder in March.

[Clammer]

DZ >> nope ><

[Rmarsh]

Headwaters of the Weweantic.
Caught loads of them on grass shrimp. But that was over forty years ago.
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[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

Headwaters of the Weweantic.
Caught loads of them on grass shrimp. But that was over forty years ago.
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Tell me someton I can use will ya... LOL

[Clammer]

real Big land locked in Long Pond in Maine ><> have no idea who it was that went up * caught them / brought back around here & sold them >><

[Guppy]

tough going with the whites

Wednesday few hours on cape in brackish water pond then moved to land lock.... goose eggs again

Yesterday Weweantic up to the headwater ( Thanks Bob Marsh), nice ride up river but no luck going up

https://youtu.be/KSFvzN6Oyq8

weweantic 195.jpg

coming back down river treated to a show of the right way to fish, looked like hawk....

https://youtu.be/h7bmbrkP5uU

[DZ]

Once upon a time we fished the Assonet River where 24 crosses it. Anyone fish there anymore?

[Clammer]

DZ that was a long time ago ><><

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by Guppy

Fished brackish this morning,,,,,, goose egg ;-(

Fished land locked this afternoon ,,, another goose egg , and if that's not bad enough, wind came up, 2 hp motor bailed on me, too windy to row back to the truck,,,, had to call the wife for a ride back to the pickup, then drag the freaken tin boat through the woods and down a f n cart path,,, not a fun afternoon ..... :-(

Still too early for a scotch , but soooooon.... LOL

Never too early!

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by DZ

Once upon a time we fished the Assonet River where 24 crosses it. Anyone fish there anymore?

Across from the Assonet Inn in that park they used to catch white perch.
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