Hail! Hail! The Gangs All Here! by Ed Valitutto

Posted on April 23, 2018 by VHFC

It all started with a call from Caesar Friday night reporting that the perch were hitting in Mill Creek and did I want to fish. Saturday was out so we decided to meet on Sunday. My buddy and member Alan just came down for a few days so we all met at ~6:00 PM. To my surprise former member Walt from Surf City was there and shortly member Phil arrived. The perch were hungry and as promised I phoned Dave to let him get in on the action.
Talk about fun! Six seniors were acting like kids having a good time catching fish. We caught everything on live shrimp except for purist Dave who caught several large perch on lures. The photo shows the catch Alan and I caught and I’m sure everyone else had a bunch.

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