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I launched from Solley's around 3 pm with a plan on venturing farther afield than my first trip of the year a couple of days ago. Trolling out toward bigger water, I landed a few schoolies in the same stretch where I caught some fish on Sunday. And then, not a single tug from the CG station all the way past the 695 bridge to the ship graveyard. I was trolling two rods - one with a 3" white gulp on a 1/4 oz jighead and the other with one of the few crankbaits in my tacklebox. When I turned to head back, I swapped the crankbait for a 4" chartreuse gulp on a 3/8" jighhead.
Nothing on the paddle back until I reached the same general area of my prior luck and it was fish on once again. In 30 or so minutes, I managed another dozen 11" - 14" and two more in the 18"-19" range. Trolled over to the other shoreline for a while and struck out again, then made a few final passes along the productive stretch and caught a few more schoolies and another 18"-er.
Oh, I also caught another monster catfish among the rock - it had me fooled and hopeful for at least a minute or two.
In total, I caught around 25-30 fish over a 3-hour span. All but two were landed while trolling and all but one hit the white gulp rather than the chartreuse. Color, length, jig-head weight? Who knows?
Nothing on the paddle back until I reached the same general area of my prior luck and it was fish on once again. In 30 or so minutes, I managed another dozen 11" - 14" and two more in the 18"-19" range. Trolled over to the other shoreline for a while and struck out again, then made a few final passes along the productive stretch and caught a few more schoolies and another 18"-er.
Oh, I also caught another monster catfish among the rock - it had me fooled and hopeful for at least a minute or two.
In total, I caught around 25-30 fish over a 3-hour span. All but two were landed while trolling and all but one hit the white gulp rather than the chartreuse. Color, length, jig-head weight? Who knows?
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