Fishing report Harbor Hosp.

[mikebcfd]

Launced from Harbor Hosp at 12:30 and trolled out towards the ferry bar channel, picked up 3 stripers along the way between buoy #10 after that made my way into the the ferry channel to buoy# 3 without another hit. Tide and current were running good and it was a nice day to be out. Made a U turn and headed back to the #7 buoy where "chimo" reported catching them sunday, well made a bunch of circles and marked some fish but no bites after about 30 min decided to troll back towards the hospital and picked up 2 more stripers again at buoy #10 continued my troll back without another bite.

All fish caught today were 14" to 17" , but was still a nice day out on the water.

Mike

[YaknBass]

Mike, thanks for the report. pretty good day on the water any time you hook up. there have been reports of fish being caught in the river but the fish have been scattered. sounds like you worked for your catch good job!! wonder if there are any fish to be had near shore close to deep water drop offs. top water...??? i'm thinking ""maybe fri"" less boat traffic.... Chimo is launching sunday i know he has put some time fishing that area. if not friday sunday for sure. i have fished the key bridge pilings have done well with perch and a couple of keeper rock. has been about 3 weeks since i was there. never fished the hospital area... always have fished the bridge. ""bent rods & tight lines always my friend"" phil

[chimo]

Thanks for the report Mike! Mind if I ask what you were trolling with?

Chimo

[mikebcfd]

Trolled four rods with the following yozuri crystal minnow (silver), yozuri deep diver (gold), rattle trap (silver), and shad X-rap (ghost). Three were caught on the shad x-rap and two on the rattle trap. I trolled all differant patterns north/south, east/west, and trolled in a S. All fish were picked up right around the #10 red marker. There was also alot of trash, sticks and loggs floating around and had to pull my lines in a few times to clear leaves and debris off. Water temps were around 57/58 degrees. Saw 3 other power boats trolling the same areas but did not see them pick up anything.

I def. want to get out again this weekend and hit the hospital or the key bridge, I live about 10 min from both and want to explore them more.

Mike

[chimo]

Mike, Thanks! Kinda sounds like a few of us will be at Harbor Hospital on Sunday and maybe even Friday afternoon. Good fishin

Chimo

[new2yaks11]

What time is everyone planning on launching Sunday? Thinking about hunting half day and fishing other half. Really want to get back out after the stripers before they head south. Was hoping to get out tomorrow afternoon but looks like I won't get out of work in time. Hoping to see a few people on Sunday, hopefully we find some fish. I] [/I]I]t[/I]I]a[/I]I]h[/I]I]W[/I]

[YaknBass]

Chimo mentioned getting to the launch sit around daybreak on sunday. not sure if i will be there @ daybreak might let the sun come a bit to take the chill off.

[YaknBass]

Chimo if i'm able to fish on fri i will prob launch @ 10ish not 100% sure if i'll be at the bridge area or the hospital. i may still be out at 3:30ish depending on the day. i'll be on a sand sot. if i'm near the hospital i'll keep a look out for ya. phil

[mikebcfd]

Im good for sunday, looks like low tide will be about 10am and looks like its going to be a nice day. Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming ESE 5 to 7 kt in the morning. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less, temp 58 degrees. What time is everyone thinking about launching??

[new2yaks11]

Anyone headed out tomorrow, winds are forecasted to be 15-20 out of northeast. Tends to make water around Key Bridge quite rough.

Sunday's forecast sounds really nice. Should be a nice day. Hopefully we'll find some hungry stripers.

Anyone ever fish "Pumphrey Ponds" off of Belle Grove Road? Heard there's pretty decent bass fishing as well as crappie. Might have to investigate if there's a place to launch in that area. Might be able to cart yak to water's edge and launch right there. Just a thought I had recently, remember lots of guys talking about how good fishing can be there. It's close and worth a try to see if there's any good fishing.

[chimo]

Going to take a run up and see what the conditions are tomorrow after work. I will probably be in the harbor hospital area around 330 pm. YaknBass, will keep my eyes peeled for you

[Yak Fish]

I took another trip to the HH and had another really good day. I caught a lot of fish today all in the 18-27" range trolling along drop offs. I made quite a trek today. There were a few "hot spots." When I would hit them, my rods would go off almost every pass. I had 4 rods running, but soon I had to stop because I was getting multiple fish and I couldn't manage it....ending in a big tangled mess I dropped to 2 rods and I increased my lure sizes and it didn't really seem to result in fewer fish, but larger fish for sure.

It was pretty windy and really cold this morning, but the fish are still biting. I wonder how long they'll continue to bite. I measured a surface temp of 51-53F where I was catching fish....46F where I wasn't. I attached a pic with a nice landmark of where I caught this fish. It was the biggest of the day at around 27". All fish were unharmed and set back to the sea. For anyone going out tomorrow, have a good time

[mikebcfd]

Just curious what were you trolling? I fished the same area the other day with all dinkstrolling rattle traps, crystal minnows, and shad raps.

There was talk on here of several of us fishing tomorrow morning, is anyone still going???? I plan on fishing between 9am to ??.

[YaknBass]

mike i'm going to my best to be there....... friday i didn't i really did not want to fight the wind but sunday looks pretty good 8ish 9ish on my end

[Yak Fish]

I was trolling the mini umbrella rigs that I've been talking about on some other threads. I had been using 4" shad, but I ran the second rig using 5" shad and it out fished the smaller ones. I was also trolling 6" deep diving plugs that did very well. I'd bought them last year and never got a chance to use them. They were the deepest diving thing that I had so I tried them and I quickly realized I shoulda tried using them before.