Solomons???

[Grilled]

anyone been there lately?

heard some nice reports of big croaker and striper being caught. thinking about going sat but not sure yet. its a bit of a haul.

[tufnik]

Yeah, curious to know too. South of the bridge? Mouth of the Patuxent? Near Bunky's? Cove Point?

[surfdog]

heading to the mouth of the choptank saturday morning with tucked in and grady black to check the waters there, hearing a lot of good reports from there. if interested let me know

[Grilled]

heading to the mouth of the choptank saturday morning with tucked in and grady black to check the waters there, hearing a lot of good reports from there. if interested let me know

what will you be targeting?

[surfdog]

im looking for flounder on the dropoffs but who knows what will bite. target one and get none. if i see some big arches i'll drop a swamp monkey or bt to them but mainly flounder teasers. might even be some larger blues crusing around

[ictalurus]

I went out last night for a few hours and didn't have much luck. One near jumbo spot and one nice jimmy. I was hoping for some topwater action that never materialized. However, I was reminded of why I don't like fishing the Patuxent as much as other places--freaking boaters zooming past constantly. No close calls or anything rude or dangerous, but it was really annoying. It was mostly my fault because I was feeling lazy, got a later start than I wanted, and ended up fishing relatively close to the harbor. There were a surprising number of boats out for a weekday evening, though.

The are around the 3-legged marker is traditionally good for croakers, as is the area in front of Green Holly Pond and the area around marker #5. Those areas are kind of long paddles, though, and the river has been really busy the mornings/early afternoons of the past two weekends. The area in front of Cuckold Creek has been good according to reports. It's a short paddle from Clark's Landing, but that's been a parking lot on weekends, too. You would probably have a quieter time at PLO or Piney Point, which aren't too much farther. Just my 2 cents, though.

If you know someone who lives in the Drum Point or Chesapeake Ranch Estates community, you can launch there and save yourself a lot of paddling and be in a more productive area faster. I don't know anyone who lives there, though. You could launch from PAX/NAS if you have access to navy bases.

A buddy of mine said the striper action is heating up, but you're committed to fishing one spot or embarking on long paddles between spots across unproductive water if he's fishing where I think he is. Most of the reports of big stripers are coming from the Gas Docks area, which would be a prohibitively long paddle from Solomons, and I don't know of anywhere closer to launch. This part of the Bay is very frustrating for a lack of good launch spots.

If you're still interested in fishing the area, shoot me a PM and I'll give you some more specific locations where I've found fish in the past. Sorry I don't have any better first-hand info.

[tufnik]

Where's Gas Docks?

Surf, what time are you going? Use lures for flounder? Is there a bait shop along the way?

[surfdog]

im going to try to be over the BB by 0430. jig heads with gulp work and flounder are suckers for bucktails too, can be tipped with squid strips, gulp or fresh white fish belly. its a good way from Fairfax but google black walnut point its on rt 33 past st michaels end of the road on tilghman island

[surfdog]

errrrrr!!! plans are evolving as i type. heat is looking real bad this weekend so putting off long range trip until it breaks looks like rumandcoke for max fishing time before heat sets in and maybe a nite trip on the severn sat evening wanted to do that last sat. but got blown out by the south wind

[tufnik]

I was gonna say,Walnut is a long haul for me. Kills fishing time.

Anyway, sounds like you're going to Romancoke. I thought you're going there Sunday am.

[surfdog]

both and maybe saturday night too

[ictalurus]

tufnik--The gas docks are in the Bay near Cove Point and the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant.

[tufnik]

Thanks. Will have to try Gas Docks one of these days.

Surf,
Let me know if you decide to go to Romancoke Saturday morning. Never been there. What time? I need to stop by Anglers for bait.

[surfdog]

Thanks. Will have to try Gas Docks one of these days.

Surf,
Let me know if you decide to go to Romancoke Saturday morning. Never been there. What time? I need to stop by Anglers for bait.

i'll be there around 0500, 5 hours shoud be good for me, its gong to be hot bring lots of water, when your thirsty u are all ready dehydrated, got some peelers come on rockfish