Yellow perch time yet?

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  • mark71211

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    Sep 10, 2012
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    Just wondering if anybody has heard if the yellow perch have started to make their annual run yet?
     

    stevo61

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    Mar 13, 2012
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    I have seen some people out fishing for them on weekends here on the shore. I have heard of some being caught but I haven't witnessed it first hand. They have been fishing at the Wye Mills everytime I go by there the last couple weeks.
     

    Franklin

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    water still to cold. they will be a little late this year. don't let that stop you though. A day of sitting in a boat and not catching fish is better then sitting in a house and catching shit!
     

    sxs

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    water still to cold. they will be a little late this year. don't let that stop you though. A day of sitting in a boat and not catching fish is better then sitting in a house and catching shit!

    This :thumbsup: A number of years ago it was determined they actually begin their spawning runs when the water reaches a certain temperature...around like 43 F IIRC
     

    Franklin

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    I have no proof but it always seemed they headed for the flats first. always heard the best catch on the flats before anywhere else. I figured the water warmed faster up there with the shallows.
     

    wilcam47

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    water still to cold. they will be a little late this year. don't let that stop you though. A day of sitting in a boat and not catching fish is better then sitting in a house and catching shit!

    Exactly! Ive been itching to go fishing but its been too miserable cold to go...Although I prob wouldnt catch anything except the flu:lol2:
     

    Franklin

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    kinda makes me wonder how the snakeheads are handleing it. I think this is the first good hard freeze the creeks got since they took off. They hibernate in the mud but wonder if it affected the bottom temps,
     

    elind

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    Dec 22, 2013
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    I went back in late Feb to Fort Smallwood and was skunked. I did however speak with one of the employees at the bait shop, he said Beachwood park was a descent spot yellows during their spawn.
     

    Franklin

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    What type of bait(s)/lure(s) are you all planning on using? PLEASE DO SHARE!!!!
    minners,beetle spins with a peice of bloodworm, some berkley gulp works but not alot.

    besided floating them live,best i have found is a 1/4 ounce shad dart or panfish tube with a minner hooked through the lips
     

    willy

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    fresh or dried grass shrimp? Back in the 80's I used to buy a green box that had saw dust and dried shrimp? Anybody know where to find something like this?
     

    willy

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    Got some wax worms and heading to liberty tomorrow. Should I just put them on a jig head or use hooks? I haven't caught a perch over 10" in a long time, caught a lot of little ones early in the season last year.
     

    remrug

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    Mar 13, 2009
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    oh yeah....just remembered......does anybody remember the Wee Willy lure? We caught a lot of perch on those tipped with grass shrimp.
     

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