Rhode River, 5/22/11

[frettr00]

I finally managed to catch something after several trips out on the Chesapeake. Up until now all fishing in the main bay has been largely unsuccessful, so I decided to try a tributary. I went into Rhode River at the mouth and fished between 10-13 feet of water drifting with bloodworms on a fluke killer rig, slow jigging every 3-4 seconds. Water temp was 77 degrees, a perfect calm day. I managed to get in 6 croaker, had 2-3 jump off the hook , All of them were around the 10" range with a few a little bigger. I'm eating them as I type this.

[ictalurus]

Nice report. I heard that the mouth of the Rhode River had some good topwater striper action earlier this season. Sounds like the bottom fishing isn't too bad, either.

[frettr00]

It wasn't too bad considering this was during the day. I'd like to try again at night and see if it produces better results. The only complaint I have with that area is the sailboat traffic gets a little crazy. I figured most of that would be at the Severn, but there's plenty coming out of Rhode as well.

[DOGFISH]

Good observation. There are some large sailing clubs out of the Rhode and West Rivers. Wait till a race starts. Its like no where to go.