I put in at Ft. Armistead about 7 am. Sparky was already out and on the prowl for am stripers. I trolled past the bridge and had one bump on a crank bait. Talked to Sparky and headed to the bridge pilings. Started jigging around the second piling and it was SLOW. I caught a few dink stripers and a couple (literal couple as in 2) white perch that where pretty nice. Headed to the third piling and caught a decent striper on my first cast. A few more decent perch and I called it quits around lunchtime. I finally got to meet Shady as he was out doing his thing. My hi light of the day was watching Shady chasing a school of CNR's trying to hook up to fight one. He asked me what they hit on and I told him to tie on the most expensive lure he had. Good seeing these guys out on the water today.FullSizeRender.jpgFullSizeRender copy.jpg
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I think you're talking about yakfish, it wasn't me, I'm in OBX. But glad that the high light of your day was hypothetically meeting me, lol. That's a big perch!Last edited by Shady; 07-11-2015, 09:25 PM.
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I definitely did put on an expensive lure and went after a ray that almost jumped into backdoc's yak. It was nice fishing with you Mike. I called to see if you guys wanted to grab lunch after I headed north, but you'd already gone. We'll get together again I'm sure.
I wanted to get on some stripers and moreso to see if the key bridge was holding them like the bay bridge at this time of year. I didn't get any stripers over 6", so I wasn't successful. There were so many marks by Fort Carrol, I stayed there for a couple hours with nothing but a foul hooked white perch. There were clouds of bait, but no stripers.
I saw backdoc and we started jigging some pilings and perch were at some of those, some moreso than others. Jeremy came over and they "Elwooded" my spot :-P But it was more fun that way and we all caught some nice perch. Jeremy headed south, I headed north and Mike stayed as far as I could tell. After I left I found the most productive spot of the day, which was some rip rap near deep water and funneling area. It was then a pretty steady catch of nice sized perch with very few small ones mixed in. All fish were released for another day.
Here's a pic:
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Here's another shot after I left you guys.
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Great meeting you in person Alan. I wish we could have met up for lunch. I am very excited to see the "Elwood" term getting some exposure. For anyone who is interested; Elwood was my grandfather. He taught me how to fish. He would also stand right next to you if you caught a fish. We eventually came up with the term "Elwooding" which means you stand right next to someone who just hooked a fish in hopes of getting in on the action. All fun intended.Tarpon 120, no electronics, no pedals.
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Boy this brings back memories of days gone by, I fished the area for years, I'm talking 60 some years ago. We use to fish an area we called shallow shoals at night the big rock fish would be there every night we used cut up hard crab for bait then the fish became smart and wanted peeler crab. We fished the Orr docks and had some of the best white perch fishing one could ever want. I often wonder are the white perch still there?
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Originally posted by Backdoc View PostGreat meeting you in person Alan. I wish we could have met up for lunch. I am very excited to see the "Elwood" term getting some exposure. For anyone who is interested; Elwood was my grandfather. He taught me how to fish. He would also stand right next to you if you caught a fish. We eventually came up with the term "Elwooding" which means you stand right next to someone who just hooked a fish in hopes of getting in on the action. All fun intended.
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Originally posted by Yak Fish View PostHere's another shot after I left you guys.
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Originally posted by sparky1423 View PostNice looking lure!!!
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Originally posted by Yak Fish View PostI snagged it once and thought it was a goner! I pulled up some driftwood and it had baby crabs on it. I liked the lure how it sizzled in the water. I need more! :-)2015 OLIVE HOBIE OUTBACK
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Originally posted by sparky1423 View PostBaby mud crabs, perch feast on them. The stomach contents of every perch today were loaded with them.
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