[croozer]

all good info there SS….I will add that I used to think that the perch’s spines were “over-rated”, and for 30 years I handled them(lots of them), without incedent. When I actually did get a real spining from one, by golly….I still remember the pain, and being a ways off-shore(miles), by myself, I also remember thinking I may have been in serious trouble…all in all, a very uncomfortable hour or so….also congrats on your fish, you seem to do ok