Good Day Perch Fishing by Ed Valitutto

Posted on April 28, 2021 by VHFC

While speaking with Dave Spendiff on Wednesday, he mentioned he would be trying for perch later in the morning and welcomed some company. I arrived at 10:00 and we fished until just past noon. We quickly had 15 for the table. Dave kept 3 and I kept the 12 shown in the photo. We each had one that went 13.5″, threw back a few and missed a bunch. All were caught on a spinner with a small soft bait. So much for “You can’t catch them unless you have shrimp and then only in the evening.” Nonsense! White perch are active during the day, fun on light tackle and delicious!

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