Patapsco 10/21

Hugo and myself launched from Ft. Smallwood Park around 7 am. The winds were less than 2 knots and water calm. Upon launching I caught a 15" striper and thought this was surely a good sign. Well the rest of the morning did not go so well. All-in-all I caught 5 stripers and Hugo caught 1. None were of keeper size but it was still a great morning to be on the water.

[Backdoc]

I think that photo made the trip worth it. That is fantastic.

[Big Mike]

It is a beautiful sunrise you captured. Someday I'd like to catch a 15' striper, most of mine are 15"

[Mark]

Harry,

I'm glad you and Hugo got out.

I'm especially glad the wind was cooperative for you.

You're learning that area well and I look forward to joining you there eventually.

Six stripers between you is a good day.

[On the fly]

It is a beautiful sunrise you captured. Someday I'd like to catch a 15' striper, most of mine are 15"

But they are tough to land.

[HJS]

Harry - Don’t feel bad. I was out on the Patapsco same day as you but a few hours later. I launched at Harbor Hospital and went out almost to McHenry and back. I fished for 4 hours mid-day and got totally skunked except for a few micro dinks (8”-9”) I caught just minutes before taking out. BTW, these dinks were breaking with birds overhead, 200 yards out from the ramp!!! But there were no nicer stripers mixed in, just micro dinks… but hey, they staved off a skunking.

On this trip my FF showed that most of the vast and widespread schools of white perch and baitfish I encountered during my last trip there on October 2 had cleared out… or at least I couldn't find them. My FF was mostly bare of any interesting marks.

Water temp was ~67F and water clarity had improved markedly. Water vis at most areas was 4’-5’ and way back in some of the old burned out shipping piers I encountered clarity up to 8’!!! I haven’t seen water that clear there for a long time.