Another Good Day

[J. Rentch]

Needed to get out with this great Md. weather, so Don Vance (FSFF) and I hit Crab Alley this morning. We launched to a strong flood and NE @ 10 winds, which made for a bumpy ride returning. On the way out We,ran into Gary67, as he was returning from an early morning trip.
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We started by hitting the shoreline with some topwater action. Not the best water conditions, I later switched to a 1/8jig with a 3" PT. Quickly I caught a 19+" Striper in 4-5 FOW on a light action rod-only way to go!
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Later I switched to a Spinner to try for some WP along a shoreline-very disappointing- area looked fishy, but no takers. So later we moved out to an old Duck Blind and found a bunch of schoolies in 6 FOW. We spent the next hour chasing them, lot of fight in a 14-16" Striper. I also caught a nice WP on my 1/8 jig.
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Later Don hooked onto his first CNR, he spent about 15 minutes trying to get it close enough for a look, but didn't manage-the line broke at the leader end.
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The bite stopped, and it was around 11, so we decided to head back. Later we caught some lunch at the local Mickey D"s. A good day!

[Big Mike]

Sounds like a good morning. Unfortunately I can’t see the pics, says invalid attachment. Good to have fish back in the shallows.

[ronaultmtd]

Yep, same here...the attachments didn’t come through...

[HJS]

Same here, No pics.

[J. Rentch]

Will try a repost

[Mark]

Congratulations Don. You're no longer a CNR virgin.

Now that you've experienced a CNR tussle, we can show you how to break them off quickly so you can get back to fishing faster.