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Up early (4:00) to catch the incoming tide with a bag full of sand fleas and my toggin rod. I paddled from the CHSP to the inner wall and fished the outer wall. My first drop in the rocks I landed a 10 inch Tog! At that point I thought that I was the toggin king. For the next two hours I lost 6 rigs and almost dislocated my shoulder a few times setting hooks into 4 ton bolders. I was exhausted and followed the last of the incoming over to the Lewes Ferry wall and fished for croaker and flounder. I ended up catching another Tog on bloodworms as well as a keeper flounder. Ended the day with 5 croaker which I use to trade with someone back at the pier for help loading my kayak.
7/4 I new the boat traffic was going to be crazy coming out of the inlet, so i put in at the inlet beach at 6:00 am. I had a nice incoming tide and the drift took me straight down the underwater rock jetty. My first drift I caught 10 flounder. By the end of my third drift I had limited out on keeper flounder with a 22 1/2 inch kicker. I lost my last 3/4 oz jig head so I paddled to shore and gave 2 fish to some guys there and was surprised that it was only 7:45 am. By the time I got back, the boat traffic had increased and the drift was taking me straight into the inlet through several strong rips. I managed a few more nice flounder on the inner wall drift. Getting out of the inlet at the peak of incoming tide was not easy. I ended the day by making a slow drift during slack tide thanks to a nice wind and landing my last fish, 20 inches.
When I dropped by the tackle shop to use the bathroom and pick up the jigs I mentioned I was fishing out of my kayak at the inlet and the man behind the counter said that the boaters complain about "us" constantly. I told him I most likely out fished all those expensive center consoles and I use very little gas. He laughed and said that he has the same kayak I do and feels exactly the same way. The funny thing about it was that for the most part I noticed that kayak fisherman go out of their way to be considerate on the water and not clog inlets or crowd boats on fast drifts...not too sure the feeling is mutual with the boater crowd.
Flounder caught on 4 inch white GULP minnow with 3/4 oz shad dart jig head bounced off the bottom just off the rocks. Most other fish caught on blood worms.
Side note, I did wear long sleeves and long pants on the water and avoided the sunburn I got the previous weekend.
Jason
No pictures as I cant handle a flounder, take a picture effectively yet.
7/4 I new the boat traffic was going to be crazy coming out of the inlet, so i put in at the inlet beach at 6:00 am. I had a nice incoming tide and the drift took me straight down the underwater rock jetty. My first drift I caught 10 flounder. By the end of my third drift I had limited out on keeper flounder with a 22 1/2 inch kicker. I lost my last 3/4 oz jig head so I paddled to shore and gave 2 fish to some guys there and was surprised that it was only 7:45 am. By the time I got back, the boat traffic had increased and the drift was taking me straight into the inlet through several strong rips. I managed a few more nice flounder on the inner wall drift. Getting out of the inlet at the peak of incoming tide was not easy. I ended the day by making a slow drift during slack tide thanks to a nice wind and landing my last fish, 20 inches.
When I dropped by the tackle shop to use the bathroom and pick up the jigs I mentioned I was fishing out of my kayak at the inlet and the man behind the counter said that the boaters complain about "us" constantly. I told him I most likely out fished all those expensive center consoles and I use very little gas. He laughed and said that he has the same kayak I do and feels exactly the same way. The funny thing about it was that for the most part I noticed that kayak fisherman go out of their way to be considerate on the water and not clog inlets or crowd boats on fast drifts...not too sure the feeling is mutual with the boater crowd.
Flounder caught on 4 inch white GULP minnow with 3/4 oz shad dart jig head bounced off the bottom just off the rocks. Most other fish caught on blood worms.
Side note, I did wear long sleeves and long pants on the water and avoided the sunburn I got the previous weekend.
Jason
No pictures as I cant handle a flounder, take a picture effectively yet.
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