I was gonna make a post yesterday asking about your hand. It must be a bionic fishing hand since you blew me out of the water with that perch catch. I ran up that creek near my house last week and didnt catch one. The only thing I got was a giant carp! Gonna go perchin again on Wednesday if everything works out. Fished the bay this afternoon at the end of outgoing tide and caught 15 striper in an hour and a half. Nothing big, all fell between 15 and 22 inches. Still fun though. Glad your hand is as good as new.