Mid Bay fishing report 19 Sep, with pics

[jhoss]

Nice work guys. I've yet to put any Spanish in the boat. Hoping to find some when I hit your secret location this Wednesday. Looks like there will be plenty of one eyed "striped perch" out there next year. Hate it when that happens (but it seems to do so all too frequently for me) thanks for the report

[Cowpokey]

Nice work guys. I've yet to put any Spanish in the boat. Hoping to find some when I hit your secret location this Wednesday. Looks like there will be plenty of one eyed "striped perch" out there next year. Hate it when that happens (but it seems to do so all too frequently for me) thanks for the report

I was surprised how easy the hook came out of its eye, I think that striped perch will be ok. I caught a one eyed striper at the Lowes Wharf M&G this year, so apparently the can survive with mono vision.

[jhoss]

I Popeyed a couple at CBKA...always feel bad but seems like it just happens with the little guys sometimes. Crabs gotta eat too right.

Still a much smaller loss/bycatch ratio than the commercial guys produce

[Cowpokey]

Long term I don't know how many fish become crab lunch, but very few float after I release them, less than half a dozen in the last year. I had a 16"er that was hooked deep in the gills, bled all over my kayak; it was floating for about 30 seconds, I figured it for a goner, then it righted itself and bolted back down.

[JAR]

Congrats on the new personal best! Good to see Spanish caught on a yak. I was out there before sun up that morning and the fog was insane. Couldn't see where my lure landed at the end of the cast at one point and needed GPS to get around. Turned out to be good day for many people.