What a beautiful long weekend. It was still a bit chilly out, but sun was shining and decided to try shorefishing for panfish. Dusted off the ultralight rod, put on a small bobber and brought along an assortment of micro jigs and tubes and headed out in search of spring panfish. Unfortunately this year Easter was a bit early and temps have been cold but I found open water at some of my spring hotspots. First stop, looked good, but after 30 minutes and no bites, it seemed the pannies were not there yet. Off I went to location number two. Again this was a bust, no fish at all... Ok, drive off to location three... First cast, bobber goes down, fish on, a nice perch.. Ok so they are here..
It was nuts.. Non-stop action all morning, landed close to 100 perch, they were in thick.. Every cast the bobber went down.. Got tired of catching them, lots of small ones, but a few nice jumbos were in the mix which made for a fun time.. Love seeing that bobber wobble and then go down., tried all colours and they all produced, but a white tube did most of the damage. No crappie or bluegills yet, all perch for now.. The crappie and gills usually show up later..
Took a few home for a fish fry.. All in all a great time and fun start to the softwater season.. Love early season panfishing..
Until next time, happy fishing and tightlines..
Softwater Fishing Perching Time!
