Marblehead perch Oct 9

I haven't seen any reports about perching near the Marblehead light house but I decided to give it a try on Saturday. I showed up around 9 A.M and joined about 100 others in a flotilla about 1/4 mile offshore. It was very slow. 2 of us caught 24 keepers in about 5 hours. Good quality fish. most were around 10 inches and fat. Largest was 12 and several were 11. Can't speak for the others there but with that many boats i'm sure someone was "on em". We had golden shiners. That's all the bait stores had. Might have been different with emeralds. All in all i'd say it's worth a try . It might just get better.

We were in the same flotilla last night and this morning. We put 40 in last night from 5pm till dark and 60 in the box today in less than 3 hours. 2 guys, emeralds in half. 100 fish was 37# at the cleaner. Back at it tomorrow foe one more try.

Same spot again today. Threw back under 8". Caught 60 over 8" in 3.5 hours. Threw probably 40 back. It was windy this morning but fishable. Good bait from HiWay. 27# at the cleaner. Right between the lighthouse and the limestone dock. 1/4 to 1/2 mile offshore. The bite is far too light for spreaders....gotta go inline rigs.

Two nice reports. Thank you

100 fish/ Perch for two guys?? 30 a piece is 60 .. or did they raise the limit to 50 ?

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Originally Posted by J Hook

100 fish/ Perch for two guys?? 30 a piece is 60 .. or did they raise the limit to 50 ?

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40 the first day 60 the next day = 100 .