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"Matching the hatch" is sound advice for flyfishermen. The same concept applies elsewhere too.
I wish I was able to make a great fishing report today, but the wind and waves on the bay were too much for my 16' center console. I slogged through steady 2' waves with some 3' and 4' waves interspersed to make things interesting. I took 3 waves over the bow in 15 mins. Needless to say, I did not spend much time in the bay today.
Let's get back to the title of the post. As I returned to the ramp at Sandy Pt, I saw a small menhaden (peanut bunker) floating in the water. I took a photo of the menhaden in the middle with my favorite lure, the 12 Fathom 3" Fat Sam mullet on the top and bottom. The size and shape are nearly identical. Small crankbaits, Crippled Herring, Hopkins, or Stingsilver metal lures, twister tails, etc., have the same profile.
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Right now the Severn River and its creeks are loaded with bait. As best as I can tell, most of the bait in the river is menhaden even smaller than the ones I found at Sandy Pt. A 3" lure may not get hit as much as a smaller lure. Small spinnerbaits like a Woody's feather spinner, a Bignose spinner, or a beetle spin seems to be the right size for the river bait.
As a general rule, if you are using a particular size of bait and are not getting bites, try downsizing to a smaller bait. That approach has worked for me on multiple occasions.
I wish I was able to make a great fishing report today, but the wind and waves on the bay were too much for my 16' center console. I slogged through steady 2' waves with some 3' and 4' waves interspersed to make things interesting. I took 3 waves over the bow in 15 mins. Needless to say, I did not spend much time in the bay today.
Let's get back to the title of the post. As I returned to the ramp at Sandy Pt, I saw a small menhaden (peanut bunker) floating in the water. I took a photo of the menhaden in the middle with my favorite lure, the 12 Fathom 3" Fat Sam mullet on the top and bottom. The size and shape are nearly identical. Small crankbaits, Crippled Herring, Hopkins, or Stingsilver metal lures, twister tails, etc., have the same profile.
001.jpg
Right now the Severn River and its creeks are loaded with bait. As best as I can tell, most of the bait in the river is menhaden even smaller than the ones I found at Sandy Pt. A 3" lure may not get hit as much as a smaller lure. Small spinnerbaits like a Woody's feather spinner, a Bignose spinner, or a beetle spin seems to be the right size for the river bait.
As a general rule, if you are using a particular size of bait and are not getting bites, try downsizing to a smaller bait. That approach has worked for me on multiple occasions.
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