We got to Bluff Bar a little after 9 am and there were already about a dozen boats fishing along the inside of the Bar. We started further east because it was least busy. We worked our way west catching 9 pike and eventually decided to stop and try for perch in 15 fow. We caught lots the first place we stopped and simply stayed there until we decided we had enough keepers. We were also catching lots of rock bass, some SM bass and at least one pike on minnows. After we quit perch fishing we worked our way further west fishing for pike and caught and released several. People fishing at the far west end of the bar were not catching much of anything.
With the exception of one or two pike that bit on minnows the rest were caught on either jigs or swim baits. Canvasback prefers using swim baits these days but Albert and I pretty well stick with jigs at Bluff Bar in the spring. The perch were all caught on shiner minnows.
Yeah Jammer, I agree that Rock Bass are tasty little buggers. Normally, I'll keep enough for a meal but we had already committed to keeping a few pike and some perch. Being retired I probably get out fishing 50 times a season and there is zero incentive to keep fish I don't plan to eat within a few days unless they are injured or not fit to be released.
