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It was misty again this morning!



But John and I had already cancelled a couple of times due to stuff so we were going!

As I drove to Saverna Park, it misted most of the way. When we got started, it was misting (air temps were in the low 60s though) and it did so for a couple of hours until it lifted a bit.

John has a neat set up as his boat is docked at the community pool just a few minutes from his house.

The plan was to go chase some close by top water stripers early. John uses a spook and fluke set up and was able to get a few!



That was the mandatory 1st pic. A couple of the fish were bigger but no keepers.

I threw a Sammie and didn't even get a sniff.

While Plan A was successful, it was not hot and heavy so we moved to a couple other spots. John caught a couple more.

All the while, we were also looking for pickerel (Plan B) and we tried (in vain) a few spots. John was perplexed. They should start hitting the shallow, grassy areas but we did not find them.

We then hit a few more spots and we finally found some of our Plan C fish, the white perch.

I finally got my skunk off...




...and even caught 3 in a row at one point.

The bite was off...you had to will them to eat it but ma managed to catch quite a few in one area, including a double!



We still couldn't understand the lack of a pickle bite so we went to a protected area as the wind (NE) was being annoying.

Here, we caught a few more perch right at the edge of the grass (which you had to feel because we could not see it with no sun). I think John got 4 straight at one point.

I then told John that on this next cast, I would catch a pickle because it just looked like that type of habitat. I threw just next to some wood in very shallow water and I got a pick up. We both thought it was the pickle that I called but the head shake was reminiscent of a large perch or a striper. As it got closer, I saw it! A huge perch!! I called for the net and John came over to scoop it up. He saw the fish and confirmed it was a large perch! But I did the very same thing I always tell people not to do and that is to bring the head out of the water.

Just like that, he popped off. Major disappointment!! . Was it a 12"er? I would bet money on it. Was it bigger? I might still make that bet. What a fish!

We continued to fish this protected cove and were happy with our perch catches. I think we kept 10 of the larger (>9.5") ones.

On one of his last cats in this cove, John got hit hard. I told him it was a monster perch!

This feisty striper got the juices flowing for sure!



We then ate some good Italian subs from the Filling Co. and replayed the day.

- John knows his home water well and yet we learned a couple of things.

- The way the weather looked kept most others away.

- While stripers and pickles were our main focus, we adjusted and caught a fair amount of good sized perch.

Great day out despite the long drive home. Traffic sucked and I had to go into my old going home from work mode to avoid a bunch of obstacles.

Many thanks to John for a fun day on the water!