When planning to fish this weekend, there were no reports of really good fishing at any of the areas that I prefer to fish at this time of year. I took my chances and visited my home waters after string of really bad luck on the Patapsco heading back to last Fall.
I launched a bit after sunrise and I saw a couple fish splashing and I paddled in that direction.
Trolling paddletails in shallow water I caught 10 stripers to 20". Casting, I caught six white Perch (two were huge) and a very nice pickerel on big nose spinners and a beetlespin.
My buddy, who fishes only Freshwater caught nothing all day. This is the second time in a row that he has fished next to me at on the Patapsco and I have a decent day and he strikes out...I cannot figure out what he was doing differently...I even gave him the exact same paddletails and jig heads I was using...
On the way back, fish were breaking and tge birds were feeding, and as we approached them, a jet ski rode right through and they disappeared.
Whenever I am jet skiing or on a power boat, I always go way out of my way not to disturb people fishing in kayaks, small boats, etc. I will even go so far as to try to explain to my friends that own boats to be more courteous about not disrupting anglers...in 15 seconds a jet ski or power boat can ruin an area for hours afterwards...Ugh....it would have been nice to cast to that feeding frenzy a few times...maybe next time?
I launched a bit after sunrise and I saw a couple fish splashing and I paddled in that direction.
Trolling paddletails in shallow water I caught 10 stripers to 20". Casting, I caught six white Perch (two were huge) and a very nice pickerel on big nose spinners and a beetlespin.
My buddy, who fishes only Freshwater caught nothing all day. This is the second time in a row that he has fished next to me at on the Patapsco and I have a decent day and he strikes out...I cannot figure out what he was doing differently...I even gave him the exact same paddletails and jig heads I was using...
On the way back, fish were breaking and tge birds were feeding, and as we approached them, a jet ski rode right through and they disappeared.
Whenever I am jet skiing or on a power boat, I always go way out of my way not to disturb people fishing in kayaks, small boats, etc. I will even go so far as to try to explain to my friends that own boats to be more courteous about not disrupting anglers...in 15 seconds a jet ski or power boat can ruin an area for hours afterwards...Ugh....it would have been nice to cast to that feeding frenzy a few times...maybe next time?
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