3/23 piscataway

10 inch yellow perch.

1st one of the day:)

Went to Piscataway creek with Justin. Water temperature was 57 degrees. Got out on the water around 1100. Low tide was around 1430. Paddled upstream and cast to a dock on the right with a 2 inch strike king swimbait. Caught a 9 inch yellow perch pretty quickly. Justin got bit around the same area but didn't hook up. Fished for probably another 1-2 hrs without anything. Justin found minnows hugging the shoreline and managed to knock a few on shore with his paddle. I followed suit. Caught 1 crappie on minnows. Justin caught a nice crappie on a grub, and a small catfish on a minnow. As we started to head back, we hit the docks along the way. It was then that we figured out they were really relating to the structure. We started fishing any docks, pilings, laydowns we could see. Justin caught a bass, some crappie, and perch at the dock right before the second bend upstream. I went back to the dock that I first caught the perch and caught 4 more on a 2 inch chartreuse/orange grub. Figured out there is a 4-6 foot drop at the pilons right before the bridge. Justin hammered the crappie there with a chartreuse grub. Caught a few at the bridge then called it a day after no luck at the docks past the bridge. I caught 8 and probably missed more than that. Justin ended up with 10+. Mixture of bass, crappie, white perch, yellow perch, and catfish. Good times.