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Breton Bay, 7/6
I launched at Abell's Wharf at 7pm and had my first double on my bottom rig at 7:05. 
The goal was to see if the jumbo spot were in, but I ended up with an incredible number of doubles that were a mix of white perch and croaker. Unfortunately, many of the perch rivaled MetroMan's monster, and the biggest croaker of the evening was 12", which came in with a 9" perch:
I'm not sure where my right arm is in that shot.
The action was non-stop until about 8pm, and fishing two rods was almost impossible. I lost count after the 11th double. Unfortunately, none of the perch were worth keeping. I did catch one fat spot that was 8" long, but I let it go with the hopes of finding some bigger ones. All the fish at this point were caught on Fishbites in 7ft of water or less.
When the action slowed, I decided to hit my perch cove to see if I could find a better grade. The action was hot here, too, but all the perch were between 4-8". These fish came in on a 3" chartreuse grub on a 1/8oz head with a silver spinner arm. The perch were in water ranging from 7ft to right up on shore.
I headed back to my bottom fishing spot to see if the action picked up as the current changed, but there were no takers. I threw a Chugbug around as it started getting dark because lots of fish were jumping, but I think they were small blues and stripers. I called it quits at 9pm.
The water temp was 84*, and the salinity was 6.7, which is still a little low. I fished a bit on both sides of high tide, but I obviously should've gotten there a bit earlier. The clouds after that afternoon's storms were pretty cool:
All the action made for a fun evening even if they were all small. I'll have to bring bug repellant next time, though, because the gnats were killer after 8pm.
The goal was to see if the jumbo spot were in, but I ended up with an incredible number of doubles that were a mix of white perch and croaker. Unfortunately, many of the perch rivaled MetroMan's monster, and the biggest croaker of the evening was 12", which came in with a 9" perch:I'm not sure where my right arm is in that shot.
The action was non-stop until about 8pm, and fishing two rods was almost impossible. I lost count after the 11th double. Unfortunately, none of the perch were worth keeping. I did catch one fat spot that was 8" long, but I let it go with the hopes of finding some bigger ones. All the fish at this point were caught on Fishbites in 7ft of water or less.
When the action slowed, I decided to hit my perch cove to see if I could find a better grade. The action was hot here, too, but all the perch were between 4-8". These fish came in on a 3" chartreuse grub on a 1/8oz head with a silver spinner arm. The perch were in water ranging from 7ft to right up on shore.
I headed back to my bottom fishing spot to see if the action picked up as the current changed, but there were no takers. I threw a Chugbug around as it started getting dark because lots of fish were jumping, but I think they were small blues and stripers. I called it quits at 9pm.
The water temp was 84*, and the salinity was 6.7, which is still a little low. I fished a bit on both sides of high tide, but I obviously should've gotten there a bit earlier. The clouds after that afternoon's storms were pretty cool:
All the action made for a fun evening even if they were all small. I'll have to bring bug repellant next time, though, because the gnats were killer after 8pm.
I have no idea what I was doing in that shot, but the effect is pretty wild.
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