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I've tried the OC Inlet area a few times over the last couple weeks. One trip was for the entire day; otherwise it's been evening trips for a couple hours after work. The Rt. 50 bridge has short stripers as usual. Biggest I've gotten is maybe close to 20" tops. I've haven't run into any blues there though 
I searched the flats behind Assateague once to see if any puppy red drum were around - nope. Soaked bait a couple times for sheepshead with no love there either (yet). They have to be there though... The tog bite is pretty much slacked off. Floundering has been good I hear. I've seen people I'm fishing with get keepers, but I've only picked up a couple shorts so far.
Cownose rays are thick around the Rt. 50 bridge if you try so be warned. I was seeing big schools cruising through the pilings the other day the enite time I was out. Some were going up to the pilings right at the top of the water and feeding on mussels; it was neat to see them doing that. They're just a pain when you accidentally foul hook one under the bridge in tight quarters and current.
It's a good thing cownose don't get as big as butterfly rays though... Hooked this one while trying for sheep. It ran me right into Eric (somedevil) who snapped a few pics when I was finally able to winch the dang thing up. We knew it was a huge ray but we kept saying to each other we had to get it up just to see it and confirm it wasn't the new world record 200 lb black drum
Unlike a cownose, butterfly's don't swim through the water column very much and dig for the bottom hard. It took all I had to get it up and even then I feel like I just barely did. A good strength test for your knots though 
I searched the flats behind Assateague once to see if any puppy red drum were around - nope. Soaked bait a couple times for sheepshead with no love there either (yet). They have to be there though... The tog bite is pretty much slacked off. Floundering has been good I hear. I've seen people I'm fishing with get keepers, but I've only picked up a couple shorts so far.Cownose rays are thick around the Rt. 50 bridge if you try so be warned. I was seeing big schools cruising through the pilings the other day the enite time I was out. Some were going up to the pilings right at the top of the water and feeding on mussels; it was neat to see them doing that. They're just a pain when you accidentally foul hook one under the bridge in tight quarters and current.
It's a good thing cownose don't get as big as butterfly rays though... Hooked this one while trying for sheep. It ran me right into Eric (somedevil) who snapped a few pics when I was finally able to winch the dang thing up. We knew it was a huge ray but we kept saying to each other we had to get it up just to see it and confirm it wasn't the new world record 200 lb black drum
Unlike a cownose, butterfly's don't swim through the water column very much and dig for the bottom hard. It took all I had to get it up and even then I feel like I just barely did. A good strength test for your knots though 
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