School of fish in Jockey Cove

coley · 06-06-2008, 06:12 AM

I was speaking the other evening with people I rent from for the last 20 or so years who have a place in Jockey Cove near Wolfeboro Bay. They said they were up last weekend and off the end of their dock, they observed very large schools of fish swimming back and forth multiple times in relatively shallow water. They thought they might have been bass (due to some striping), but didnt think bass swam together in such large numbers. They have been going there since 1963 and have never seen this. Any thoughts as to what this might have been??

Orion · 06-06-2008, 07:07 AM

Not much to go on here, but if prominent vertical stripes, they are probably yellow perch.

Jeff Furber · 06-06-2008, 08:02 AM

More than likely it was perch but could have been smallies, when I was up to Winnie last week, our friends fished in the Dow, Swill, Devens Is area and they reported schools of 50 or more small smallies in that area.
I fished near Pine, Beaver, ThreeMile and Browns Boat Basin and did not see any of that. The water was colder in our part of the lake and maybe that made the difference.
Our friends who did some salmon fishing on Sunday morning caught, salmon,lakers and smallies, side by side and they all were chasing a big school of alewifes. jeff

hilltopper · 06-06-2008, 08:54 AM

I'm thinking you meant smelt, not alewives. Alewives in Winni would not be good....

Jeff Furber · 06-06-2008, 02:09 PM

Yes, I stand corrected , I meant smelt.....

Coolbreeze · 08-02-2008, 08:27 PM

Back in the eighties, we caught tons of shad or white fish. They swam in schools and hammered spinners. It was in a cove near springfield point.

Grant · 08-12-2008, 10:01 AM

You'll see large schools of white perch in the lake. Last I saw was at the Diamond Island Navy test site, while diving. There were hundreds. I'm not 100% sure they were white perch, but they looked like them.

ApS · 05-19-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by coley

"...they observed very large schools of fish swimming back and forth multiple times in relatively shallow water..."

In the calm waters of today, it was easy to see about a hundred swimming back and forth in about eight feet of water. They were all about 1¼ to 1½ pounds, shaped like bass, but with all-green fins. A few of some larger fish swam with the pack (but above them) and had coarser, worn-looking scales. None were observed to be feeding.

Bass, with their browner backs, were stationary in shallower waters nearby and in the shade of the dock.

White Perch sounds right.

06-06-2008, 06:12 AM	#1
coley Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danvers,MA and 1 wk/yr Wolfeboro Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 7 Posts	School of fish in Jockey Cove I was speaking the other evening with people I rent from for the last 20 or so years who have a place in Jockey Cove near Wolfeboro Bay. They said they were up last weekend and off the end of their dock, they observed very large schools of fish swimming back and forth multiple times in relatively shallow water. They thought they might have been bass (due to some striping), but didnt think bass swam together in such large numbers. They have been going there since 1963 and have never seen this. Any thoughts as to what this might have been??

06-06-2008, 07:07 AM	#2
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	perch? Not much to go on here, but if prominent vertical stripes, they are probably yellow perch.

06-06-2008, 08:02 AM	#3
Jeff Furber Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hopkinton, Mass Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Schools fo fish More than likely it was perch but could have been smallies, when I was up to Winnie last week, our friends fished in the Dow, Swill, Devens Is area and they reported schools of 50 or more small smallies in that area. I fished near Pine, Beaver, ThreeMile and Browns Boat Basin and did not see any of that. The water was colder in our part of the lake and maybe that made the difference. Our friends who did some salmon fishing on Sunday morning caught, salmon,lakers and smallies, side by side and they all were chasing a big school of alewifes. jeff

06-06-2008, 02:09 PM	#5
Jeff Furber Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hopkinton, Mass Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Schools of fish Yes, I stand corrected , I meant smelt.....

08-12-2008, 10:01 AM	#7
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 375 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	You'll see large schools of white perch in the lake. Last I saw was at the Diamond Island Navy test site, while diving. There were hundreds. I'm not 100% sure they were white perch, but they looked like them. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

06-06-2008, 08:54 AM	#4
hilltopper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Meredith Posts: 725 Thanks: 25 Thanked 108 Times in 69 Posts	I'm thinking you meant smelt, not alewives. Alewives in Winni would not be good....

08-02-2008, 08:27 PM	#6
Coolbreeze Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 332 Thanks: 0 Thanked 51 Times in 26 Posts	Back in the eighties, we caught tons of shad or white fish. They swam in schools and hammered spinners. It was in a cove near springfield point.