The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Today started cool, at 15C so I ventured out for a second attempt on my new water. Started with corn on a feeder rod and within 15 minutes had a hit which went like a rocket. 10 minutes playing it and it ran again, parting my 20 lb line like cotton, I had a free running feeder so I know that would have fallen away and not been tethered to the fish. My daughter works part time for Starbucks and at the end of the day they can bring home any food that is on date..... last night she brought home some snack boxes which contained Brie, it was rather ripe so as I had not tried cheese, I threw some in my bag just in case. Set up again and decided to try the cheese, put out the feeder with a ball of the Brie molded to the hook, 20 minutes in, got a second run and this time brought it to the net. Weighed in at 10.5 pounds, a personal best over here (still to beat my 27 back home). While waiting for a bite on the feeder, set up a float rod and fished the margin with worm..... caught a few small sun-fish and then to my surprise the float dipped and there was a very small stripey..... not huge by any stretch of the imagination but my first one over here, so I guess that counts as my second personal best in one day ! By 11 the temp had shot up to around 25C, the water became still and bites stopped so time to go home.

First rate, Sir ... and a sergeant too !!!!!

Where ere ye be let the Brie gang free - excellent

What a waste of ripe Brie But put to a very good cause Well done.

Well played that man.
Bumble

Well done that man.

Nice Carp.

Are Perch native to the US?

Gaz..... yes perch are native to the USA, they are not the familiar UK species Perca fluviatilis, but are the Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens.

As with many fish here, like the Common and the Pike (Esox lucius), here called the Northern Pike to distinguish it from the American pike (Esox americanus), some perch got introduced from Europe and they have cross bred to give a hybrid which is now the most common form, but not too many in this part of the states.