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I went out Sunday from about 1030 - 1. Headed toward Fort Armistead and the warm water discharges. I saw another guy fishing from a kayak so we started talking - to my surprise he wasn't a SnaggedLiner, but we fished together for a while (around getting stopped by DNR. Side note - I've now been stopped by DNR 3 times in about a 4-week span. Be sure to have your license and whistle on you, guys & gals! Fella I was fishing with got a written warning for no whistle).
Anyway, I had a couple hits, but no hook ups. We paddled over toward Stoney Creek and saw three more kayaks fishing. One guy who had a trolling motor said that he had caught 4 between about 18-20", but the other two kayakers I talked to had been skunked too.
My new friend and I paddled all the way out to the White Rocks, trolling all the way to no avail. Went around them and that's when the wind started kicking up something fierce (because hey, an entire day without wind? Don't be ridiculous). Fortunately, it was pushing us back home. I called it a day after that. It was the first time I'd been skunked on the kayak in a few months.
Today I went out again, and though wind and weather apps said 5 knot winds or less, it was really rough out there. Again. Fished for a couple hours without getting a hit. Throw in a few times I've been casting from shore in a spot I'd previously been doing well where the bite has suddenly stopped, and I'm in a heck of a dry spell. No fish in almost two weeks.
So is anybody catching them in this area? The water has been stupid rough pretty much every day for at least 2-3 weeks, so it's very stirred up and cloudy. I'm thinking that might have something to do with it, but I may be grasping at straws.
I probably just needed to vent a bit - between the unexpected rough water and nothing biting, it was a pretty miserable trip today!
Anyway, I had a couple hits, but no hook ups. We paddled over toward Stoney Creek and saw three more kayaks fishing. One guy who had a trolling motor said that he had caught 4 between about 18-20", but the other two kayakers I talked to had been skunked too.
My new friend and I paddled all the way out to the White Rocks, trolling all the way to no avail. Went around them and that's when the wind started kicking up something fierce (because hey, an entire day without wind? Don't be ridiculous). Fortunately, it was pushing us back home. I called it a day after that. It was the first time I'd been skunked on the kayak in a few months.
Today I went out again, and though wind and weather apps said 5 knot winds or less, it was really rough out there. Again. Fished for a couple hours without getting a hit. Throw in a few times I've been casting from shore in a spot I'd previously been doing well where the bite has suddenly stopped, and I'm in a heck of a dry spell. No fish in almost two weeks.
So is anybody catching them in this area? The water has been stupid rough pretty much every day for at least 2-3 weeks, so it's very stirred up and cloudy. I'm thinking that might have something to do with it, but I may be grasping at straws.
I probably just needed to vent a bit - between the unexpected rough water and nothing biting, it was a pretty miserable trip today!
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