Tangier Classic Tournament

[Rudy]

It was another successful year for the tournament with a great turnout, big payout (over $22K in total), and fabulous weather all 3 days.

I fished day 1 in VA and day 3 in MD. Hardly any wind either day and the water was like glass at times. It just felt good to fish for 2 full days again it's been so long since I've been able to do it. The catching was good and steady too. For me it was all specks, stripers, and lizardfish. I caught just enough to be close to placing, but couldn't quite push it over the top to qualify. I could have used that one more bigger striper and speck that eluded me to upgrade my stringer length. My stringer was 2 striper and 3 specks for about 107.5".

Observations from my 2 days of fishing. In MD I was catching more keeper sized striper, but smaller specks. While in VA, I caught better specks, and only 1 keeper sized striper. For me the specks were clearly keyed in on lighter colors (clear salt and pepper or an albino bluish salt and pepper). All but one of my keeper sized stripers came on topwater, and trolling produced nothing but little rat stripers. For specks I did better casting for them in VA than trolling, while in MD I caught more trolling than casting.

Thanks to the Tangier Classic Committee for putting on a great event that supported an even greater cause in benefiting a young kid in the community that needed help!

I agree it was fun and also fished in VA on Friday and the top water bite was amazing in the morning. Fished Saturday back in my home waters with what looked like a floatilla of kayaks and got soaked in the heavy rain but manage to get a decent stringer. Great time hope to see everyone there next year.


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