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Went to Jonas Green this morning at 0600 instead of Home Port. It was a beautiful morning with a light breeze, high tide and NO OTHER BOATS on the water. I slow trolled 1.5 MPH over to Weems and caught many small Croakers on a top and bottom rig baited with Fishbites. I tried Weems with spinners and bottom fishing but did not get any takers. I only went in up to the bridge.
I then jumped over to the East side and started drifting a Top Bottom rig with the outgoing tide. My drift was about .5 MPH and then I started hitting Perch in doubles left and right. Many were in the 10-11 inch range. Getting two 11 inch perch in the yak with an ultralight rod is really interesting.
I was catching small croaker here as well. Every oyster bar I fished had perch and croaker. The secret however was that I had to be in 12 to 13 feet of water or they wouldn't bite. The air temp when I started was about 76 and the water temp read 80. ( I don't know how accurate that is as my transducer is duct sealed to the inside of the yak.
I took my little Vibe Skipjack on this trip as it was already in the truck from my aborted Home Port trip yesterday. One thing I noticed about this yak is that the hull is not nearly as efficient as my OC Trident. I was paddling and using my small 35 amp battery with the 24 pound thrust motor and I used up most of the battery and I was paddling a lot. In the Trident, even if I use the small battery I usually come home with 50 to 60 % battery life. Well I bough the vibe for skinny water in protected places so I can't complain much.
One thing I can complain about was a guy in a 22ft bow rider leaving the helm doing about 25 MPH to do something with his kids in the bow. ( who weren't wearing PFDs BTW) He was heading straight towards me while I was drifting near the deep water marker by Manressa. I yelled at the ass and he turned but never pulled the power off so I had to do some fancy turning to get into the wake. My paddle was stowed and I had a rod in my hand but luckily the prop effect from the left side mounted motor turns the yak pretty fast to the right when you switch it on high.
I knocked off at 1000 and headed for WAWA for breakfast. What a great day!
I then jumped over to the East side and started drifting a Top Bottom rig with the outgoing tide. My drift was about .5 MPH and then I started hitting Perch in doubles left and right. Many were in the 10-11 inch range. Getting two 11 inch perch in the yak with an ultralight rod is really interesting.
I was catching small croaker here as well. Every oyster bar I fished had perch and croaker. The secret however was that I had to be in 12 to 13 feet of water or they wouldn't bite. The air temp when I started was about 76 and the water temp read 80. ( I don't know how accurate that is as my transducer is duct sealed to the inside of the yak.I took my little Vibe Skipjack on this trip as it was already in the truck from my aborted Home Port trip yesterday. One thing I noticed about this yak is that the hull is not nearly as efficient as my OC Trident. I was paddling and using my small 35 amp battery with the 24 pound thrust motor and I used up most of the battery and I was paddling a lot. In the Trident, even if I use the small battery I usually come home with 50 to 60 % battery life. Well I bough the vibe for skinny water in protected places so I can't complain much.
One thing I can complain about was a guy in a 22ft bow rider leaving the helm doing about 25 MPH to do something with his kids in the bow. ( who weren't wearing PFDs BTW) He was heading straight towards me while I was drifting near the deep water marker by Manressa. I yelled at the ass and he turned but never pulled the power off so I had to do some fancy turning to get into the wake. My paddle was stowed and I had a rod in my hand but luckily the prop effect from the left side mounted motor turns the yak pretty fast to the right when you switch it on high.
I knocked off at 1000 and headed for WAWA for breakfast. What a great day!
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