fishing better or worse after sandy

[c-villefisherr408]

Hey everyone just curious if youve noticed better or worse fishing since sandy hit. I was reading some reports on pierandsurf of people catchin rock blues spot perch and even a drum off the beach.

[fishon81]

Depends on what type of fishing. Top water is worse, the water is a lot colder and the fishing in general has been a slight bit worse, but it should pick up.

[c-villefisherr408]

Topwater is what i was worried about. I plan on hittin the severn tuesday and poppin the rocks. Hopefully we can get something

[J.A. Veil]

The water in Weems Creek was much cooler and clearer than last week. We had to work hard, but did find some fish this morning.

[c-villefisherr408]

Were ya using topwater and swim baits?

[J.A. Veil]

Were ya using topwater and swim baits?

I used a 1/16 oz jighead with 2" Gulp minnow grub in pearl white on one rod and a Strike King microking spinnerbait in sun perch color on a second rod. I caught most on the Gulp, but then again I threw it more often. The guy fishing with me tried orange Gulp with no luck, and caught both of his pickerel on another microking spinnerbait like the one that I used.

I rarely throw hard plastic lures -- I just have not had much success with them (probably user error rather than any fault of the lures). One tip for pickerel is to keep the lures small (2" to 4"). Even when fishing live minnows, I do much better with smaller minnows rather than the fat 5" ones.

I think Martin and Mustafa were throwing soft plastics or Gulps too.

[c-villefisherr408]

No rockfish or any other species?

[c-villefisherr408]

No rockfish or any other species?

[J.A. Veil]

No rockfish or any other species?

Martin got several other species. Scott and I caught only pickerel.