Two of us caught 60 nice perch in 2 1/2 hours Wednesday. Went 17 pounds at the cleaner. We were about 100 yards off the cliffs on the north end of Catawba Island in 20 feet of water. Yea, we were in real close! We caught at least twice that many that were too small. We used spreaders with no bling and whole emerald shiners from Rickards. Had to lay the spreader on the bottom for 30 seconds or so then raise slowly. We caught many doubles and it was up down for quite awhile. Caught only a couple trash fish. The fish were very aggressive, it wasn't a subtle bite. The wind picked up about 11 and the bite turned off about noon.
Went back to the same location Thursday morning and very slow bite. Most were 6 inches or so. Kept only 12. What a difference a day makes!