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Author:
PECo
Date:
Apr 07, 2011
Subject:
Hamburg Cove 04/07
Message:
I had planned to fish for stripers in Derby with asianfisher (aka Billy) today, but when I picked him up, we decided to head down to Hamburg Cove and fish for white perch, instead. We launched next to the Hamburg Cove Yacht Club around 11:30 am. It was sunny and warm, with just a slight breeze for most of the day. If you didn't get out on the water today, you missed the best day of the year so far. Unfortunately, I was totally unprepared to fish with small jigs in clear water. I had 65 pound braided line on my reels and left my sunglasses at home. Although I could only see the fish in the water from time to time, Billy lent me one of his two light tackle rods and reels, and gave me some jig heads and soft plastic grass shrimp. I had a blast. The pink jig head with the flourescent yellow grass shrimp worked pretty well. I had never fished for white perch or any schooling fish before, so it was a trip to see masses of them under my boat. There were so many fish that we never went more than 100 yards from where we launched. By the time that we got off the water at 4:45 pm, I had caught maybe 30 and Billy had caught well over 100. Yes, I said over 100. And, no, we didn't keep all of them but, heck yes, we took our limit. Here's my first: [img:08648ba374]http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/847/20110407hamburgcove.jpg[/img:08648ba374] Several other fishermen also got to enjoy the white perch action in the cove while we were there; a couple of guys in a jon boat, a couple of guys on the shore and a few guys in kayaks, like us. I had to back my kayak out of the way of one of the other guys in a kayak who was getting towed by a fish before he landed it. It pulled him about 15 feet. As I backed away, I said, "Did you hook a smallie?", and he said that he wasn't sure what the heck it was. When he landed it, he said, "Holy cow!", and he wasn't kidding. It turned out to be a huge cow of a white perch, maybe 16 or 17 inches long. I can't wait to head back there again, before the schools of white perch disappear. However, the next time, I'll have my sunglasses, a light tackle rod and reel, and a nice selection of small jigs with me.
Author:
BassRican
Date:
Apr 07, 2011
Message:
Nice job PECo and asianfisher! WP are alot of fun, especially with light action. I hope to get out there at least once more. thumbup
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Apr 08, 2011
Message:
Sounds like fun!
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