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Decided I wanted to hit the road and see some different water this weekend so I made a few phone calls. No campsites available at Lewes or Assateague but my girlfriend had wanted to see Smith Island and we were able to find a site at Janes Island. Fished part of the outgoing on Saturday afternoon and Outgoing / slack I think on Sunday morning. Fished 2 different areas with similar results. Saturday, launched and went straight out from the campground through the island to the rock hole. First fish was my first ever spec! About 12 inches from around some grass in +/- 3fow on a gulp shrimp jighead combo. Missed a couple others and then ended up working out a little deeper. Put on a fishbites 5 inch jerk shad and started picking up 10-13 inch croaker if 6 fow, 2 of which stayed in the yak for the grill and dinner that night 
Also picked a couple croaker up on a top and bottom rig baited wish fish bite pieces since I didn't have anything else. On the way back in I fished the channels through the island a little more and found a hole stacked with 8-14 inch stripers and had some fun with them. Total for the afternoon, 1 spec 8 or so croaker and about the same on Rock.
Sunday launched at around 0545 and headed north. Worked my way out from the island to a 10 ft hole around some channel markers and started marking fish suspended and on the bottom. Couldn't hardly buy a bite though and when I did, I missed most of them or the fish came unhooked
Tried jigging and casting a bucktail, 4 inch gulp swimming mullet and jerkshad and throwing a x-rap with only a few croaker to show for it. worked my way back into the shallower water around the island and working the marshes. Picked up a barely legal striper, some more micro stripers and missed a bunch of bites. As I was getting close to the launch I caught another spec, this one about 10 inches. Got back to the launch about 1030 having caught about 6 croakers, 6 rock and a spec.
Would have loved to have spent some more time exploring around but had to spend some time doing the tourist thing with the girlfriend. Went out to Smith Island and was underwhelmed by the place but it looks like a sweet place to do some fishing! Lots of channels, isalnds, points, bars etc. Got me thinking that an overnight trip camping on one of the islands... Might have to look into that one. I didn't run into any flounder like I wanted but all in all it was a pretty good trip for my first time in the area. If anyone goes there and plans on fishing the marshy/island area be prepared to paddle. Had the mirage drive pulled and the rudder up a good portion of sunday because of the numerous sand bars. Good Fishin
Chimo
My first spec
and one of my first croaker
Also picked a couple croaker up on a top and bottom rig baited wish fish bite pieces since I didn't have anything else. On the way back in I fished the channels through the island a little more and found a hole stacked with 8-14 inch stripers and had some fun with them. Total for the afternoon, 1 spec 8 or so croaker and about the same on Rock. Sunday launched at around 0545 and headed north. Worked my way out from the island to a 10 ft hole around some channel markers and started marking fish suspended and on the bottom. Couldn't hardly buy a bite though and when I did, I missed most of them or the fish came unhooked
Tried jigging and casting a bucktail, 4 inch gulp swimming mullet and jerkshad and throwing a x-rap with only a few croaker to show for it. worked my way back into the shallower water around the island and working the marshes. Picked up a barely legal striper, some more micro stripers and missed a bunch of bites. As I was getting close to the launch I caught another spec, this one about 10 inches. Got back to the launch about 1030 having caught about 6 croakers, 6 rock and a spec. Would have loved to have spent some more time exploring around but had to spend some time doing the tourist thing with the girlfriend. Went out to Smith Island and was underwhelmed by the place but it looks like a sweet place to do some fishing! Lots of channels, isalnds, points, bars etc. Got me thinking that an overnight trip camping on one of the islands... Might have to look into that one. I didn't run into any flounder like I wanted but all in all it was a pretty good trip for my first time in the area. If anyone goes there and plans on fishing the marshy/island area be prepared to paddle. Had the mirage drive pulled and the rudder up a good portion of sunday because of the numerous sand bars. Good Fishin
Chimo
My first spec
and one of my first croaker
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