Monticello should get better when it get a little colder with the perch bite! Tackleboats is right about fishing near the loons and gulls. When you see the gulls dropping to the water and feeding then the perch are under the bait pushing them to the top. You did good Neil first on your first try. It will only get better the more you go. Somedays are better than others but you have that everywhere you go. You may need to get you a thumping stick to help get the perch active under your boat. LOL I may do like CBNC and get on out there and fish. My bucks are night runners now that everyone has corn out for them. I can wait until they start bunching up again. Thanks for the reports and hope you can go again soon Neil. Good luck!