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Before starting the report, I must confess that I fished from my center console today. I am not a strong enough paddler to get to where I fished from any reasonable launch spot. But if you can get there, it is easily fishable from a kayak.
This morning I spent several hours fishing on sections of the shoreline near the mouth of Eastern Bay. I worked in shallow depth casting up to edges of marsh grass, rip rap, and wooden bulkheads. Most places along the shoreline did not produce, but I found two small pockets of good activity. The first one produced several rockfish up to 17".
In the same general area, I caught three really fat white perch. They were each about 10.5" long (not extraordinarily long) but were really tall and fat fish. All three of them had a golden color, unlike the silver or black coloration I see in the Severn.
The second pocket produced small redfish. I was happy to catch the first one -- a 12" fish. Then I cast back into the same general area and got numbers 2, 3, and 4 (up to 14") all in the same spot in the next 5 minutes. I wanted to keep working the area, but snagged my lure on some submerged wood near shore. After retrieving the lure 5 ft from the shoreline, I had to gun the trolling motor to back out to deeper water. I suspect that spooked any other fish in that exact spot. I came back to it twice again 10 minutes and 30 minutes later, but the reds were gone. I did pick up my 5th red of the day about 100 yds away. I tried casting a popper, a metal lure, and a bucktail and plastic in electric chicken color. None of these drew even a nibble. I spent most of the time throwing a 3" Gulp swimming mullet on a jighead. That is what they wanted today.
Regarding the coloration, the largest of the reds I caught today had a tail that looked blue as I lifted it from the water. The photo does not really do it justice. It seemed to be a color similar to the blue on our local crabs. I have not caught very many redfish before but do not recall seeing such a vivid blue color on the tail.
This morning I spent several hours fishing on sections of the shoreline near the mouth of Eastern Bay. I worked in shallow depth casting up to edges of marsh grass, rip rap, and wooden bulkheads. Most places along the shoreline did not produce, but I found two small pockets of good activity. The first one produced several rockfish up to 17".
In the same general area, I caught three really fat white perch. They were each about 10.5" long (not extraordinarily long) but were really tall and fat fish. All three of them had a golden color, unlike the silver or black coloration I see in the Severn.
The second pocket produced small redfish. I was happy to catch the first one -- a 12" fish. Then I cast back into the same general area and got numbers 2, 3, and 4 (up to 14") all in the same spot in the next 5 minutes. I wanted to keep working the area, but snagged my lure on some submerged wood near shore. After retrieving the lure 5 ft from the shoreline, I had to gun the trolling motor to back out to deeper water. I suspect that spooked any other fish in that exact spot. I came back to it twice again 10 minutes and 30 minutes later, but the reds were gone. I did pick up my 5th red of the day about 100 yds away. I tried casting a popper, a metal lure, and a bucktail and plastic in electric chicken color. None of these drew even a nibble. I spent most of the time throwing a 3" Gulp swimming mullet on a jighead. That is what they wanted today.
Regarding the coloration, the largest of the reds I caught today had a tail that looked blue as I lifted it from the water. The photo does not really do it justice. It seemed to be a color similar to the blue on our local crabs. I have not caught very many redfish before but do not recall seeing such a vivid blue color on the tail.
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