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Dink slam @ Piney Point, 9/6
I wrote this up this morning, but I don't know where it went. 
Fishing report, take 2.
Things were lining up for Thursday evening to be perfect for re-creating the success Kevin had last week: good tide and current for evening topwater, the boss was gone, and the weather had been stable for a few days. That is, until we got 2" of rain in the middle of the day.
Oh well, I decided to go anyway.
I hit the water a bit after 4pm, which was mid flood, and fished until about 8:30 when the current went slack. I was really hoping for some keeper stripers and specks. I used a wide variety of lures and tactics, but I ended up with a bunch of dinks: 8 12" stripers, 2 12" bluefish, 1 12" redfish, and 1 10" flounder. Dink slam! The redfish was cool because it was a super-dark rusty brown when I caught it. I saw a flash of brown and white when it first hit and thought it was a flounder. When I got it back to the surface, it was more of a rusty red, and I thought I hooked a nice croaker. I got a little lighter when I pulled it out of the water. All the other reds I've caught this summer have been rather silvery. The photo doesn't really capture the rusty color:
It occurred to me last night that I've only caught 3 fish over 17" while saltwater fishing this year, which is rather discouraging.
Fishing was slow for the people fishing from shore, too. On the positive side, I bought an older Bass Pro Extreme spinning rod from a guy on Tidalfish to replace the one I lost in the Mattawoman. It performed perfectly for throwing everything from 1/8oz Beetle spins to the 1.5oz popper I used that evening, which made my day. I'm going to see if I can track down another one to have a spare.
The sunset was obscured by clouds, so here's a pic of a photogenic stand of trees by my (apparently empty) perch spot:
I also saw <MIKE> scouting some locations by car, so I hope he has more luck finding nice fish than I did. It was an otherwise dull evening, but the sky cleared up by the end of my trip, and it was cool fishing under the stars. I need to make a trip out to Steuart's Pier to see if there are any fishing under the lights at night.
Fishing report, take 2.Things were lining up for Thursday evening to be perfect for re-creating the success Kevin had last week: good tide and current for evening topwater, the boss was gone, and the weather had been stable for a few days. That is, until we got 2" of rain in the middle of the day.
Oh well, I decided to go anyway.I hit the water a bit after 4pm, which was mid flood, and fished until about 8:30 when the current went slack. I was really hoping for some keeper stripers and specks. I used a wide variety of lures and tactics, but I ended up with a bunch of dinks: 8 12" stripers, 2 12" bluefish, 1 12" redfish, and 1 10" flounder. Dink slam! The redfish was cool because it was a super-dark rusty brown when I caught it. I saw a flash of brown and white when it first hit and thought it was a flounder. When I got it back to the surface, it was more of a rusty red, and I thought I hooked a nice croaker. I got a little lighter when I pulled it out of the water. All the other reds I've caught this summer have been rather silvery. The photo doesn't really capture the rusty color:
It occurred to me last night that I've only caught 3 fish over 17" while saltwater fishing this year, which is rather discouraging.
Fishing was slow for the people fishing from shore, too. On the positive side, I bought an older Bass Pro Extreme spinning rod from a guy on Tidalfish to replace the one I lost in the Mattawoman. It performed perfectly for throwing everything from 1/8oz Beetle spins to the 1.5oz popper I used that evening, which made my day. I'm going to see if I can track down another one to have a spare.The sunset was obscured by clouds, so here's a pic of a photogenic stand of trees by my (apparently empty) perch spot:
I also saw <MIKE> scouting some locations by car, so I hope he has more luck finding nice fish than I did. It was an otherwise dull evening, but the sky cleared up by the end of my trip, and it was cool fishing under the stars. I need to make a trip out to Steuart's Pier to see if there are any fishing under the lights at night.