PLO Friday

[ronaultmtd]

Thinking of fishing Point Lookout Friday- lousy tides but the wind forecast (SE 12) favors fishing fairly close to the beach at Cornfield Harbor up and down the beach from the jetty to the lighthouse- should be some fish around...probably school stripers and a few specks with a redfish or two thrown in...beats sitting inside watching the rain...

[frettr00]

Croaker are showing up now in that area too.

[TalonAngler]

Wish I could join you Ron! Someone recently caught a keeper redfish here the other day, and schoolies are plentiful at times. Let me know how things go out there!

[ronaultmtd]

I'll give you a call and maybe we could have a cup of coffee after I get back in- the winds dictate launching in Lake Conroy at the camping store- be really bumpy on the Bay side but should be nice and smooth on the Potomac River side until you get a half mile or so out- then it would be bumpy there

[TalonAngler]

Definitely give me a ring! I headed out after work today to no success, but I was just looking to enjoy a few hours on the water.

[ronaultmtd]

Had a blast- I really don't know how many Stripers I caught- quit counting after forty- but I caught a few more after I decided I was too tired to keep on- most were schoolies- had a few over 18 inches, one around 24 inches- fished three hours and quit- had the yak in the truck in the parking lot talking to Talon Angler at 3 p.m.

[Shady]

Had a blast- I really don't know how many I caught- quit counting after forty- but I caught a few more after I decided I was too tired to keep on-

Wow, sounds like fun. Are you talking about Striper, croaker, drum, all of the above?

[ronaultmtd]

Ryan- it was all stripers- I was hoping for some redfish, but I'm not complaining- the action was fast and furious- I caught them on every cast for a while when the tide was coming in-

[DOGFISH]

Nice going Ron. Glad you had a good day. I am going to give it another go next week.

[ronaultmtd]

When I launched, I noticed big schools of mud minnows in the shallows next to the shoreline- in trout fishing we are advised to "match the hatch." I bet we are missing an opportunity here- fishing with live mud minnows under a DOA clacker cork like they do for redfish in the gulf coast might result in some nice full stringers....

[kevinfry]

did you catch trolling or casting? Did you fish the areas you planned to due to wind?

[ronaultmtd]

I caught the first fish 300 feet from the launch trolling away towards the inlet, right by the pole marking the channel- it was a 16 inch striper and it took a 1/8 oz. bright chartreuse jig head with a 4 inch gulp- most of my fish were caught casting, but when I got tired, I just stopped and rested for a while and then would troll until I found the school again then I would cast to them- I got tired of catching the medium sized ones and went offshore to the lighthouse at the point in 45 feet of water and trolled everything in the tackle box- I talked to two boats out there with down riggers and boards- they hadn't caught anything, so after an hour of good exercise I went back to where I started and started catching them all over again- I hooked two really nice fish around the mouth of the inlet a little ways off the rock jetties- one I landed and it was nearly 24 inches the other threw/pulled the hook when I was trying to lip it at the boat- it looked to be about the same size- I didn't hook any redfish at all, so I know they were supposed to be there but I did not get any- no trout nor croaker- but I did not bait fish

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[kevinfry]

so sad the weather report is for thunder today...doubt i'll chance it. Schoolies are thick in So. MD it seems.

[kevinfry]

nice picks BTW

[J.A. Veil]

Good job Ron. A 40+ fish day is pretty much fun.