[PECo]

Today, rmflint (aka Ryan) and I fished the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant canal from 11:00 am to 4:45 pm. Although there was a small chance of rain in the weather forecast, as well as some actual light rain, the conditions were quite nice for most of the time we were on the water:





Ryan started by throwing a jerkbait, while I threw a White two-inch Yum Grub on an Arkie 1/8 ounce ball jighead. He got the first bite, but lost what looked like a small keeper largemouth bass when he went to lift it into the boat. After that, however, I caught everything, starting with a yellow perch:



A small northern pike:



A small chain pickerel:



A short largemouth bass:



And, finally, a black crappie:



I also caught a bunch more yellow perch, largemouth bass and black crappie, all with the little grub jig.

Meanwhile, in addition to the jerkbait, Ryan tried throwing a lipless crankbait and a spinnerbait. It wasn’t until he finally broke down and switched to a grub jig that he began catching some yellow perch and largemouth bass, too:





We ended up with more than a dozen yellow perch, the one northern pike, two chain pickerel, eight black crappie and 10 largemouth bass, including five little keepers that were each under 13-1/2 inches long. My best fish of the day ended up being a fat, 14-inch long yellow perch:



The bite is definitely picking up, along with the water temperature. I saw a surface water temperature of 47 degrees and Ryan got spooged by a horny male yellow perch that he snag hooked near the ventral fins, so the yellow perch spawn might finally be on. I might have one last chance to check on the white perch spawn, before I head out of town, again. Wish me luck.
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[Mr.Cranky]

Looks like you guys had a pretty good day, all in all, for an early season outing.
That has got to be the largest yellow perch I've ever seen!
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[PECo]