Sight fished for......The White Perch

New one on me. I've seen Doug Stange do it in yankee waters, but never thought it would be something I would take part in. Thanks to one of our fine members, I investigated a cove at Indian Creek once I got frustrated with seeing 500 bass that would not bite. When I got to the back of the pocket, I saw fish errywhere. Most were chinqs and very small bass, then I saw a black fish on a bed. Male crappie.

I put on the most sublte jig I could find and sure enough, they would bite. Many times, they would mouth the bait and my cork would not move. I nver caught one that did that. I had to either see the cork move, or confirm that the mouth was fully closed.

Well, those were all small. I backed out and could see groups of fish, but could not confirm what they were. I threw in, and cork was gone immediately. I sat there and caught fish I could see for over an hour. The size was poor to very poor with a large one mixed in here and there. Kept 20, and most had eggs unfortunately. Threw back at least that many. All from a spot the size of a 70s station wagon. I never tried another cove, as I had to leave. May never see that again.

I'll be going back soon with red wigglers. I saw over 100 chings in there. Should be nesting in the next couple of weeks.