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Once again On the fly (Harry) picked a good day for fishing.
We visited Ft. Smallwood and six anglers boated approximately 80 stripers in 4 plus hours of trolling. Harry, J. Rentch, Raptor, Hugo, John Veil and I launched at low tide and low wind between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. We immediately found fish in the shallows. Most were in 5 to 6 feet of water and occasionally we would find them in 10 feet.
Here's Hugo and Harry:
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Raptor put on quite a show with one fish. I thought he was trying to make a small fish look big, but it really was a big one:
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Here he continues to fight the fish as John Veil passes him in the back:
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I was moving through and couldn't stay long enough to see him boat the big one. It was indeed an excellent fish and I'll let him tell you about it and where he wound up after catching it.
I did especially well on one particular bait. I was in midst of 30 minute dry spell. Harry heard me crying the blues on my radio and told me he had something for me. I pedaled over to see him and he handed me the lower trailer in the photo below. I then reeled off eleven catches on this one bait including one at 19 inches and two at 18 inches. Thank you, Harry! Prior to then I had caught seven 15 to 17 inchers on the top bait in the photo. I also got two on a chartreuse buzz tail until a fish broke my line and took it with him. My jigs were 1/2 ounce.
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We had spectators today. The MD DNR paid us a visit and checked our licenses. We all lined up and were checked. Raptor was the first in line:
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So that's a quick summary of the day. The fish were a little larger there this week than last week and there were clearly more of them.
The wind picked up near noon but the fish were still biting. I caught two on the way to the launch very close to shore.
If you want some pullage, you should give the area a try.
We visited Ft. Smallwood and six anglers boated approximately 80 stripers in 4 plus hours of trolling. Harry, J. Rentch, Raptor, Hugo, John Veil and I launched at low tide and low wind between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. We immediately found fish in the shallows. Most were in 5 to 6 feet of water and occasionally we would find them in 10 feet.
Here's Hugo and Harry:
P1000309.JPG C.jpg
Raptor put on quite a show with one fish. I thought he was trying to make a small fish look big, but it really was a big one:
D.jpg
Here he continues to fight the fish as John Veil passes him in the back:
E.jpg
I was moving through and couldn't stay long enough to see him boat the big one. It was indeed an excellent fish and I'll let him tell you about it and where he wound up after catching it.
I did especially well on one particular bait. I was in midst of 30 minute dry spell. Harry heard me crying the blues on my radio and told me he had something for me. I pedaled over to see him and he handed me the lower trailer in the photo below. I then reeled off eleven catches on this one bait including one at 19 inches and two at 18 inches. Thank you, Harry! Prior to then I had caught seven 15 to 17 inchers on the top bait in the photo. I also got two on a chartreuse buzz tail until a fish broke my line and took it with him. My jigs were 1/2 ounce.
F.jpg
We had spectators today. The MD DNR paid us a visit and checked our licenses. We all lined up and were checked. Raptor was the first in line:
A.jpg
So that's a quick summary of the day. The fish were a little larger there this week than last week and there were clearly more of them.
The wind picked up near noon but the fish were still biting. I caught two on the way to the launch very close to shore.
If you want some pullage, you should give the area a try.
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