NW river has been tough lately, due to rapidly fluctuating water levels but when it stabilizes it should get better.
USGS Current Conditions for USGS 02043390 NORTHWEST RIVER AT RT 168 NEAR NORTHWEST, VA
Ring perch should be showing up in January.
Try to keep you distance from the duck hunters till the end of January. If you are fishing up to 100 yards downwind of their decoys, you are spoiling their hunt.