51 of 63worth the trip today
Best right now at Sandy Point, Maryland. Water is inside the 50–78° range white perch like at 61 of the 61 spots with a live reading.
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Smaller cousin of the striped bass that schools in brackish tidal rivers, creeks, and coastal ponds, and in inland lakes where it has been introduced. Hits bottom rigs with bloodworms, grass shrimp, or small jigs. The spring spawning run into fresh water is the marquee fishery.
Around the Chesapeake. Arguably the Bay's most popular panfish, schooling heavily in the tidal rivers and creeks.
Morone americana, family Moronidae.
All 63 spots with white perch in season, scored for white perch, best first.
62° water · 6 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 6 mph wind · outgoing tide
61° water · 8 mph wind · outgoing tide
61° water · 6 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
64° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
64° water · 6 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
69° water · 6 mph wind · outgoing tide
61° water · 7 mph wind · outgoing tide
61° water · 7 mph wind · outgoing tide
60° water · 8 mph wind · outgoing tide
63° water · 5 mph wind · incoming tide
64° water · 3 mph wind · outgoing tide
64° water · 3 mph wind · outgoing tide
63° water · 3 mph wind · outgoing tide
69° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
69° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
61° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
57° water · 5 mph wind
61° water · 10 mph wind · outgoing tide
63° water · 5 mph wind · incoming tide
63° water · 5 mph wind · high slack tide
63° water · 5 mph wind · high slack tide
61° water · 3 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 3 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 3 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 3 mph wind · incoming tide
69° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
69° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
69° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
63° water · 5 mph wind · incoming tide
60° water · 10 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 5 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 5 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 10 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 5 mph wind · incoming tide
61° water · 5 mph wind · incoming tide
White perch feed from about 50° to 78°F and best near 65°. Each pin is one spot’s water right now, from NOAA and USGS gauges; 61 of 61 are inside the range.
Scored against their own temperature range and tide preference first, then wind, weather and warnings. Solunar periods only break ties. How the score works
The Maryland, Delaware and Virginia months are the Chesapeake-region season. Everywhere else it is carried over by water temperature: a month counts at a spot when its usual water is in the range that marks the mid-Atlantic season (47–78°F), from the spot’s own gauge where it has one and an estimate from air temperature where it doesn’t. Each state lists the months that hold at half or more of its spots. Where the water temperatures come from.
Rules change, and they differ by state and often by water. Each spot page shows the limits for its own water. White perch are fished at spots in 3 states: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia.
3 state agencies named white perch in their latest reports, newest first, linked to the source.
Anglers are enjoying good fishing for striped bass at the Bay Bridge when live-lining spot, small white perch, or eels near the pier bases. The east side of the bridge near the 30-foot drop-off tends to offer some of the best fishing.
Middle Bay
3 species named: spot, striped bass, white perch
Read at Maryland DNR6 species named: largemouth bass, red drum, sheepshead, striped bass, white perch, yellow perch
Read at Delaware DNREC4 species named: blue catfish, crappie, striped bass, white perch
Read at South Carolina DNRSpecies people target at the same spots as white perch, and how they’re doing today.
Striped bassMorone saxatilis126 of 159 spots worth the trip
Best now at Assateague Island, MD100
Bites in 50–72° water
Blue catfishIctalurus furcatus37 of 54 spots worth the trip
Best now at Rocky Point Park, MD100
Bites in 55–85° water
BluefishPomatomus saltatrix69 of 127 spots worth the trip
Best now at Sandy Hook, NJ98
Bites in 60–80° water
Spotted seatroutCynoscion nebulosus51 of 118 spots worth the trip
Best now at Venice, LA100
Bites in 60–85° water
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