Breakin' the drought!

It really didn't seem like a good evening to fish. It's cool after a big low pressure system moved through last night, and the wind just shifted from out of the Southeast to the more usual Easterly. As an aside, I predicted that this morning we'd get the second highest tide since we've lived here - more on that later. I stopped on the way home from work to pick up brake pads for my truck. My Tennessee plates are nearly expired and so the truck has to be inspected in Maryland before they'll register it. After a quick rear brake job, I put some Miracle Grow on my tomatoes, then grabbed my fishing rod. Since it was so windy on the river, I walked around to the dock at the Lake Placid boat ramp to cast a 1/16th bumble bee Panther Martin.

Much to my surprise, my first cast delivered a decent White Perch. I had a great time for the next hour catching one about every 5th cast. The highlight of the evening though was landing my first Chesapeake Yellow Perch. I've heard they made a spring run here, but I haven't caught any yet. I've only caught one or two back in Tennessee. They're pretty fish and hard fighters. I shot a picture then released him back into the lake. I read in the DNR fishing guide that the Magothy is closed to Yellow Perch fishing because they are trying to reestablish a decent population. (Even though fishing commercially for them is allowed lower in the Bay.) But, I'm not sure how one keeps them from biting your hook while fishing for other species. -S