NEW CROTON · NC-22
Thu Oct 22 · updated 5:31 PM
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GO FRIDAY DAWN
Yellow perch prime this month [MODERATE]
| WHERE | SS15TMBR12 — timber, 12 ft (0.1 mi row) |
| WHEN | Fri 6:15–9:15 AM |
| THROW | Mepps #3 along the edge; smoke Fluke Jr twitched and killed; pearl Rage Toad buzzed over the weed tops |
| TARGET | pickerel, yellow perch |
| ALSO | smallmouth on the point (4.5★) · white perch on the basin (4.0★) |
| LAST TRIP | Start at the 21–23 ft marks, not the weedline, for the first thirty minutes of the window +4 more → |
| BACKUP | Tue dawn 6:20–9:20 AM — same water |
WHY:
The strong front of Friday is 6 days behind us — conditions rebuilding. The weed edge is the season-long ambush line — pickerel hold on it through midday, yellow perch come up to it at dusk — so trace the edge at the measured depth with a moving bait. [MODERATE] Also in the pick: Dawn is this pattern's window [MODERATE]; wind held 17 h — bait stacked on the downwind shore [MODERATE].
Thermocline 18.6 ft · Oxygen floor 23 ft (DEP mean; the 9/6 reading is stale)
Sunrise 7:14 · Sunset 6:03
Row cap 10 mph