Another Fall Summary

[mike o]

Roctober Stunk! Usually I do very well in October but not this year. So I kayak fished in 3 states, fished a couple times on my friends boat and fished from shore a couple times in October and caught very few fish. My two kayak outings in MD. were in the Bush river. I had heard a good report about an evening bite but couldn't fish the evening. I went once in the morning and once at lunch time and caught a total of 2 schoolies and one channel cat. I also went down to Cape Henlopen and fished the inner wall for tog and sheepshead. I caught a couple large oyster toads and that was it. I also went to Florida for 5 days. I did go off shore and we couldn't fish long because we were in a small boat and the winds were blowing strongly but we did get a couple nice grouper and snapper. I did fish some beaches while in Florida and I was getting Lizard fish about every 3rd or fourth cast with a few Lady fish thrown in. I also went up to Sarasota and rented some Kayaks for my nephews and I. We fished for 4 hours in an area I have never been to before. I caught one small snook,, a couple mangrove snappers, a PB lady fish that was really big and more lizard fish. However November has been very good just not in a kayak. The first weekend in November I was going to take my Kayak to Susquehanna, I heard the fish were biting well. I am glad I didn't go for two reasons. 1 a heavy rain ruined the fishing at the Susky and 2 my friend invited me out on his nice center console that he keeps in the south river. We ended up in the Choptank and I probably caught at least 50 fish. I only measured a couple and they were all around 20" except a couple larger ones including Nice 31 incher. My friends brother lives down near the Choptank and he heard I did very well so he invited me out with him this past weekend On his friends boat. We had a very good day but the fish were smaller except I got two 26" fish and a 32" fish. I am planning a tog trip in my kayak in the next couple weeks and that might be it for kayak fishing this year but you never know. October was bad but I did get some nice fish this year31 r.jpg32.5r.jpg

[Mark]

Local tidal fishing was a challenge this year for me. When it comes to legal stripers from my kayak, I learned why it's called fishing, not catching. You persevered and traveled to pursue your passion. Lady Fish get little respect from the locals in FL but I think they are lots of fun. Then you were rewarded with an excellent striper outing in the Choptank. Congratulations. Nice report.

[rugbyfish]

Those are some nice fish! Glad you were able to find some success this fall.

[bluefishnc]

Congrats on some nice fish. Good to see those mid twenties and a couple 30s being caught. Debating a trip mid Potomac this weekend and this kind of pushes me towards giving it a go. Pet peeve... It's ok to short arm those mid twenty plus fish. We will all still believe you when you give the measurements and it makes for a much more natural looking photo. Seems like nobody takes a natural picture anymore even with a big fish (admittedly I am still guilty of this as well on occasion).

[DanMarino]

Dig it. I love the photos and look forward to more in your future trip reports.

[mchottie]

RockVember doesn't have the nice ring to it, but those are some quality fish pics!!!

[mike o]

Thanks, am thinking about a tog trip this weekend but I heard mid 30's and rain on Saturday so might put it off to another weekend