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I've been trying new launches in Talbot County
this summer with mixed results. I hit the incoming at Tilghman Creek (at end of Cockey Rd in Claiborne) yesterday pm from @2:00-6:00. It's a pretty good paddle out towards Miles River and Eastern Bay but nice and protected in the Creek if it's too windy for big water. Caught one 16" striped on a silvery greenish rattletrap in about 5' of water about 50' from a jetty fronting the Miles River. Got some nice fat keeper perch for dinner on the way in off the bottom under piers with peeler.
I wanted to find out what the fuss was all about, so I launched today about 6:30 am at Lowes. I finally got on the board with my first keeper of the year, a 22 incher which is also my PB! He took a quarter ounce white jig with a 4" curly tail chartreuse Gulp close to a jetty. Nice to finally get the summer keeper skunk off!
I met and chatted up Paul, the proprietor at Lowes. He seems like a real nice guy and said you guys really caught some fish. That's a good launch, convenient and the $5 was certainly worth it for me today. You can go big water, or stay protected in close in creeks if the wind or tide is too dicey for a 10 + mile paddle round trip ( including everything).
Sorry about the double post. Tough posting on an I-phone.
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this summer with mixed results. I hit the incoming at Tilghman Creek (at end of Cockey Rd in Claiborne) yesterday pm from @2:00-6:00. It's a pretty good paddle out towards Miles River and Eastern Bay but nice and protected in the Creek if it's too windy for big water. Caught one 16" striped on a silvery greenish rattletrap in about 5' of water about 50' from a jetty fronting the Miles River. Got some nice fat keeper perch for dinner on the way in off the bottom under piers with peeler.
I wanted to find out what the fuss was all about, so I launched today about 6:30 am at Lowes. I finally got on the board with my first keeper of the year, a 22 incher which is also my PB! He took a quarter ounce white jig with a 4" curly tail chartreuse Gulp close to a jetty. Nice to finally get the summer keeper skunk off!
I met and chatted up Paul, the proprietor at Lowes. He seems like a real nice guy and said you guys really caught some fish. That's a good launch, convenient and the $5 was certainly worth it for me today. You can go big water, or stay protected in close in creeks if the wind or tide is too dicey for a 10 + mile paddle round trip ( including everything).
Sorry about the double post. Tough posting on an I-phone.
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