Fisherman of the month - January 2012

[J.A. Veil]

Happy New Year. The Severn pickerel bite was quite good in late December and should remain good unless the river freezes over. Some SRRKC members may be fishing locally, at a power plant warm water discharge, for yellow perch in the lower Susquehanna, or on a road trip somewhere. Please post pictures of your catch to be considered for the January 2012 SRRKC Fisherman of the Month.

[J.A. Veil]

To start the competition, I enter my 13.5" perch caught on New Years Day in a mid-Severn tributary. The big perch hit a live minnow on 1/8-oz jighead. After the photo, it was returned to the water. This is the third very large perch I have caught in that vicinity (July 2008, October 2011, and January 2012). I have a suspicion I might have caught the same perch more than once.

[attml]

Wow! That thing is huge! Very nice!

[27 sailfish]

Here's Mark1234 with a nice 43 inch Rock - released - off Smith Point Jan. 7th.

[27 sailfish]

Here's a few more SRRKCers. Jan 7th off Smith Point , Va.

[RodsGirl]

Congrats to Skip for winning January's Fisherman of the Month!