Two Slayers a Revo and a Very Good day

[Mark]

John Rentch, tarponguy (Jim) and I launched from Kent Island this morning near Crab Alley.

Here are John and Jim in their Slayers:

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And here's me cruising the shoreline:

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I really enjoy fishing Eastern Shore sod banks. You never know what will be lurking tight to the bank.

We got off to a relatively slow start. Fish were not exactly breaking, but there were periodic splashes around us. So we cast in the general direction of the splashes and started hooking up with schoolies. Here are a few:

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I caught a dozen of these guys before moving on, each on this paddletail:

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The tide started to move and so did we. We began trolling. We were well separated when John called on the radio that he had hooked up with a big one. It turned out to be his personal best -- a very impressive fish. (I will let him give you the details) I believe Jim has a photo. I was too far away when he caught it to get a picture.

But soon we all were hooking up repeatedly even though we were well separated by hundreds of yards. I can only imagine how many fish were under us covering a very large area us because the action was steady. In fact I stopped trolling and drifted and cast my paddletail. It didn't matter which direction I threw, the hits kept coming.

My three largest were 20, 21 and 22 inches:

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Again, each hit the paddletail I showed above.

Interestingly, I caught two perch like this one on a 1/2 oz. Rat-L-Trap:

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Jim reported the same experience -- large perch chasing a Rat-L-Trap.

I finished with over 30 stripers and 2 perch. John and Jim did well too. We each caught legal-sized fish in addition to schoolies and a bunch of 15 to 18 inchers.

It was just a very good day; my best tidal day so far from a kayak in 2018.

[J. Rentch]

As Mark said, the three of us had a great time. We hit the fish on a flood tide with low winds. Casting, trolling, didn't matter, the fish hit anything. Here is Jim(Tarponguy) with a nice schoolie.
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Here Mark is trying to untangle some lines after getting one in the boat.
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The best part of the day was when I landed a personal best 30+" on a silver rattletrap. Took about 15 minutes to get it boatside. Glad I had my bologrips, made it easier to pull into the kayak.
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We spent about two hours pulling fish out, most were mid 15-16", but they hit hard. I also was throwing a white bucktail with a gold buzztail that landed several nice fish. Am positive the next time we hit this area, there won't be this many fish. Was really fun.

[EMSer01]

Congrats guys!! Glad things worked out as they did. You were in the right place at the right time

I just wish I could have joined you...


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[bignose]

Nice report and photos.
Sounds like an almost perfect day!

[ronaultmtd]

As Mark said, the three of us had a great time. We hit the fish on a flood tide with low winds. Casting, trolling, didn't matter, the fish hit anything. Here is Jim(Tarponguy) with a nice schoolie.
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Here Mark is trying to untangle some lines after getting one in the boat.
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The best part of the day was when I landed a personal best 30+" on a silver rattletrap. Took about 15 minutes to get it boatside. Glad I had my bologrips, made it easier to pull into the kayak.
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We spent about two hours pulling fish out, most were mid 15-16", but they hit hard. I also was throwing a white bucktail with a gold buzztail that landed several nice fish. Am positive the next time we hit this area, there won't be this many fish. Was really fun.

Great to hear some positive reports of nice fish...been a strange kind of year...congrats on the 30 inch fish...it is amazing the difference in fight between a 27 and a 30 inch fish...

[Yak Fish]

Nice report guys and definitely congrats on the PB!

[Yakmac]

Great job guy’s sorry I missed out on this one!

Keith


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[J.A. Veil]

Great catch John. That must have been fun. I'm glad you found plenty of fish today after the slow season so far.

[sprirobass]

Awesome trip! Thank you for the report!


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[mjkeith13]

What a great day!! Thanks for the pictures and both reports.

[manlystanley]

Very nice report! Congratulations.

Best Regards,
Stan

[VinnieDon]

Well done you guys. See you Saturday!

[belairfishing]

Nice report. That is good news. My brother and I usually do our guide trip on the Susquehanna flats, but the flats were blown out with all of that spring rain. We fished with our guy out of Crab Alley Marina - he told us Crab Alley Bay lights up this time of year.

Can you launch kayaks from that ramp, or Little Creek landing?

[J. Rentch]

We launched from Little Creek Marina