Tweet
August has been super busy at work which has limited my fishing a bunch the last few weeks. I've been a little negligent on posting since the board came back up but hopefully I'll have some better reports as Fall kicks in.
I've been out at Solley's for three short trips over the last 10 days and the fishing was average at-best. The first time was on a Friday evening and the perch were right where I left them in July. Nothing huge, but steady catching in the two or three spots that have been producing for me all summer. I also caught three rock in the 15-17" out toward the railroad bridge. Trip two was on Sunday morning (big mistake) and things were practically unfishable thanks to not just the boat traffic but crab pots. Someone had put down pots around a whole section of the bridge and then for a 100 yards along each shoreline. Managed a few perch and small rock amidst the chaos but it wasn't relaxing at all so I headed in after a couple of hours. I went back again on Friday evening and caught a stray bluefish on my first cast. And then for some reason 10-12" rock had seemingly replaced all the perch - I probably caught a dozen of the former and just two of the latter.
As I was loading up the 'yak, I decided that I was done with Solley's for a bit, at least on weekends. The fishing just isn't good enough right now to put up with all the boat/jetski traffic and the trash piling up around the launch. So I went to Weems yesterday morning, and the fishing was pretty much dead. I caught two small rock on the troll and just one perch - luckily it was a fat 10"er. Beyond those three, I had exactly one other nibble over the course of 3 hours. But unlike Solley's, the surroundings were serene. In one cove, a small fox was sitting on the dock and it intently watched me toss my lures for a good 10 minutes. Plus, the same osprey that chased me off a spot last year is still on the same piling, squawking at me if I get too close.
I've been out at Solley's for three short trips over the last 10 days and the fishing was average at-best. The first time was on a Friday evening and the perch were right where I left them in July. Nothing huge, but steady catching in the two or three spots that have been producing for me all summer. I also caught three rock in the 15-17" out toward the railroad bridge. Trip two was on Sunday morning (big mistake) and things were practically unfishable thanks to not just the boat traffic but crab pots. Someone had put down pots around a whole section of the bridge and then for a 100 yards along each shoreline. Managed a few perch and small rock amidst the chaos but it wasn't relaxing at all so I headed in after a couple of hours. I went back again on Friday evening and caught a stray bluefish on my first cast. And then for some reason 10-12" rock had seemingly replaced all the perch - I probably caught a dozen of the former and just two of the latter.
As I was loading up the 'yak, I decided that I was done with Solley's for a bit, at least on weekends. The fishing just isn't good enough right now to put up with all the boat/jetski traffic and the trash piling up around the launch. So I went to Weems yesterday morning, and the fishing was pretty much dead. I caught two small rock on the troll and just one perch - luckily it was a fat 10"er. Beyond those three, I had exactly one other nibble over the course of 3 hours. But unlike Solley's, the surroundings were serene. In one cove, a small fox was sitting on the dock and it intently watched me toss my lures for a good 10 minutes. Plus, the same osprey that chased me off a spot last year is still on the same piling, squawking at me if I get too close.
Comment