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103) Yellow Perch

0A16DBF1-5E85-4257-BF5A-69D82D95621B.jpegSo, Yellow Perch were illegally introduced into Bill Shoals Lake. I’ve heard they are quite numerous, but I have only rarely caught them on Bull. 
A few years ago, I saw a Yellow Perch in the White River and tried unsuccessfully to catch him. At some point, I caught my first White River Yellow Perch down below the Buffalo River in a back Eddy above Shipp’s Ferry. 
 I have a pattern now and I have caught them from four locations and have a few more locations to try. 

I set out yesterday afternoon to catch on on my fly rod. Started fishing at 1:30. I caught the Cutty at my first YP spot. (1:46 PM). That took all the pressure off.

moved to my next YP spot. I got my YP! Pretty quickly too. 2:10 PM. I started swapping back and forth between fly and natural baits. You have to fish through rainbows. 
So we ended up catching nine yellow perch on the day. Most on red wigglers, but I think I missed other bites on my fly rod. The Yellow Perch really hug the bottom. I suspect the ones that don’t feed Brown Trout. 
we quit fishing at 4:00 PM. I feel like I know how to catch them better now.

Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish

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D101AE85-24FF-49A9-924B-F7D4001471E6.jpegPhoto Upgrade for my Hybrid Striper. I had caught one very small hybrid Striper. 
I made a trip hoping for the photo upgrade of the hybrid Striper or a walleye or a sauger. 
I got my upgrade, but no walleye or sauger yet. 
in fact I got two upgrades Man, do those things pull hard.

 

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Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish

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104) Sauger

941948E0-3661-4373-87B8-B004FA3E4336.jpegArkansas’s best place to fish for Sauger is the Arkansas River. I wasn’t really trying for one on fly today until I caught a couple on spinning so I changed boat location and put on a fly that I felt was a better Sauger choice. I was prepared to spent an hour trying, but it only took 15 minutes or so. I missed the first couple of bites, but I got a good take and a good strip set. 

 

Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish

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