I hit the Severn River again this morning at 7:30. By 7:40 I had already caught an 18" and a 27" striper.
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Before 8:00, I caught a personal best for the river of 30". Sadly, that fish was covered with sores. Apparently the 27" fish had splashed water on my camera lens, so the larger fish image is not clear.
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I kept going for 4 hours, covering 11 miles. The first 30 mins of the day were definitely the high point, but I finished with 17 stripers, including a 20" and 22" fish and many between 16" and 18". The photo below shows the lures I dragged from 6'6" medium spinning rods. Today the off-white was definitely the preferred color (unlike the previous two trips in which chartreuse dominated). The lure at the bottom left caught both of the big fish. It is an odd hollow paddletail lure with very realistic scale pattern. I need to use a small electrical tie to keep it on the hook (other than the two large fish, it did not get touched again). The lure on the lower right caught about two-thirds of all the fish today. The Storm shad and the bucktail did not get touched today.
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Today was the first time I saw baitfish splashing at the surface in open water.
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Before 8:00, I caught a personal best for the river of 30". Sadly, that fish was covered with sores. Apparently the 27" fish had splashed water on my camera lens, so the larger fish image is not clear.
004.jpg
I kept going for 4 hours, covering 11 miles. The first 30 mins of the day were definitely the high point, but I finished with 17 stripers, including a 20" and 22" fish and many between 16" and 18". The photo below shows the lures I dragged from 6'6" medium spinning rods. Today the off-white was definitely the preferred color (unlike the previous two trips in which chartreuse dominated). The lure at the bottom left caught both of the big fish. It is an odd hollow paddletail lure with very realistic scale pattern. I need to use a small electrical tie to keep it on the hook (other than the two large fish, it did not get touched again). The lure on the lower right caught about two-thirds of all the fish today. The Storm shad and the bucktail did not get touched today.
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Today was the first time I saw baitfish splashing at the surface in open water.
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