With the terrible wind forecast for this weekend, I decided to take Friday off and get in some fishing before the front arrived. I launched out of Fort Smallwood using the new kayak launch. Not as impressive as the one at Solley's, but its nice to have a designated spot for us for when the boat ramp is busy. I spent the first few hours fishing around the mouth of Rock Creek with little to no success at all despite marking a lot of bait on my graph in places. I got about a half dozen perch, and one dink of a rockfish. I was almost about to call it for the day, when I decided to head up a small side creek off of Rock Creek, and boy am I glad I did.
The trib was full of bait, and the striped bass were up there with them. I finished the day with about 15 fish in total, and 5 of them were between 20-24 inches! All fish were caught on 3 or 4 inch Zman paddletail baits that were fished on 1/4 to 3/8 oz jigheads. Most fish came on the troll, but I got a few of the big ones casting when I found the fish busting on peanut bunker in front of a marina. That bite got cut short when a big sailboat came in to dock, but that's the risk you take while fishing a marina.
I don't know if the fish will still be up in the feeder tribs following this front, or if the temperature drop will cause the bait to start moving out towards the main rivers. Either way, its worth checking them out!
rock creek striper.jpg
The trib was full of bait, and the striped bass were up there with them. I finished the day with about 15 fish in total, and 5 of them were between 20-24 inches! All fish were caught on 3 or 4 inch Zman paddletail baits that were fished on 1/4 to 3/8 oz jigheads. Most fish came on the troll, but I got a few of the big ones casting when I found the fish busting on peanut bunker in front of a marina. That bite got cut short when a big sailboat came in to dock, but that's the risk you take while fishing a marina.
I don't know if the fish will still be up in the feeder tribs following this front, or if the temperature drop will cause the bait to start moving out towards the main rivers. Either way, its worth checking them out!
rock creek striper.jpg
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