choptank islands 5/27

[donkey fish]

hit the water this morning around 7:30 with my buddy. we where targeting rock fish at the mouth of the choptank by 3 eroding islands ( hear https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...db8d197aab6050 ). and caught around 10 about 15 to 16 inches. all fish where caught on white paddle tails on buck tails and jig heads fished till about 4 and headed back in. no pics did not want to risk losing my phone to the water.

[surfdog]

man you guys went way down there, did you launch from tailors island?

[donkey fish]

man you guys went way down there, did you launch from tailors island?

yeah i forgot to mention we dident take the yaks took my 16 ft boat out

[J.A. Veil]

we where targeting rock fish at the mouth of the choptank by 3 eroding islands ( hear https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...db8d197aab6050 ).

The area you show on the map is the remains of James Island. This is at the mouth of the Little Choptank River, not the Choptank. I believe that James Island is the basis for the island that plays prominently in James Michener's book "Chesapeake".

25 years ago, I made a bunch of day trips to the Little Choptank area. I learned how to rig and run a crab trot line there and fished out of a 13' Gheenoe with a 4-hp motor.


James Island has the right habitat to be a wonderful fishery. The submerged stump fields and clean water just look like ideal habitat. I think local anglers do pretty well there -- I have never had a great day there, however. I attached a few photos from a trip I made in 2009.