Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Mo and I launched at 7:00AM in search of the first Solomons Island white perch of '09. The wind was not our friend. It was too choppy to fish some of our favorite spots like "Mo's Cove." We continued upstream in St. Helen's Creek with marginal success. Mo got the skunk out of the boat with a twelve inch rockfish. I caught a small white perch. The tide was approaching dead low. We found a peir that had a few more medium to small white perch. Mo caught a fourteen inch rockfish. It was noon and the wind was blowing up the river, so we had a bit of chop going back to the ramp. The final tally was fifteen perch and two rockfish. We are probably rushing the season by a week or two. I consulted my former student, and now guru, Ernie. He immediately corresponded with his local sources who verified our thinking.