Wade-Fishing Perch

[J.P. Williams]

Goose & I started out the day taking a walk in the grass beds around 6:30. Goose didn't go far. I think he caught twenty perch 9-10" on a jig head w/ a 2" grub withiout hardly moving, standing 10' from shore. He kept five of the largest in a floating net bag.

Me, I wandered around & got wet up to my chest (big tide this AM), throwing a 2.5" gold spoon. Caught three species of grass (widgeon, redhead, and sago--all great for the river). Kept six perch up to 10" in the other net float. The bite died by 8:00.

Good shoulders on all of 'em made nice fillets. Louise ran 'em through flour, egg w/ mustard, & panko, then baked 'em @ 325 till they flaked (about 12 minutes). Mighty fine way to start and end a day!

[goose70]

Thanks again, JP! That was indeed a great way to start the day. I also posted a report on the main board yesterday : http://www.tidalfish.com/forums/showthread.php/289656-Severn-White-Perch-and-other-Observations

Would you mind breaking down the recipe a bit (e.g. - how much and what kind of mustard)?:chef: It sounds great and I'd like to try it out.

[tacklemake]

You can take perch or rochfish if perch take a plate lay out your fillets and likely old bay both side and with a mico-wave plate cover cover the fish.Put them in the micowave set on 10 for 5min.If using rockfish cut into 2 inch pc,cut off the red meat before you cook.

[FishingRod]

Thanks for the report! Are we doing the White Perch Open Tournament next month? I'm game for the tourney and can do the leaderboard again.

[goose70]

Last we we talked about moving the tourney to November since the Perch are so big and fat then, but I really do not have a strong preference. I'm game for a Perch tourney anytime.:first:

Thanks for offering to do the leaderboard, Rod. I'm happy to collect the $ again and manage the participant list.

[Shawn Kimbro]

Gonna have to try that recipe. Good fishing Goose & JP.