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Article: Spawning perch set to make appearance.(SPORTS)(OUTDOORS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2002
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Byline: Gene Mueller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
This could be the week when schools of spawning yellow perch enter the shallow tidal streams that flow into major waterways like the Potomac, Patuxent, Chester, Choptank, Rappahannock and James rivers.
Locally, the tidal Potomac's tributaries receive the bulk of attention from perch hunters, particularly the ever-popular Wicomico River's headwaters in Charles County.
In a place along the Wicomico known as Allen's Fresh (Route 234, off Route 301, south of La Plata) the perch might arrive by the thousands to squirt their roe over creek bottom and near-shore obstacles. The fishing from limited shore access ...