Susky Flats 5/27

[yakkinfish18]

Archeryrob and I made the trip down from Hagerstown this morning to fish the flats. We met Yakfish18, Abu, and Toyomo at the ramp when launching. While we were unpacking Rob's truck I realized that I had left my paddle and the seat to my ride135 back at my vehicle in Hagersippy. Rob had a spare PFD that I used as a seat and I borrowed his paddle because he had his inspector gadget trolling motor. We set out of the harbor into the inlet where we watch Toyomo land a 17" striper. We headed out to the flats to see if we could find some stripers for our selves.

I will have to say paddling the ride with out the elevated seat SUCKS BIG TIME ! My hip joints ached, we decided to do some drift fishing. That turned out uneventful and decided to head to shallow water. We met up with Yakfish18 and his 5 year old son and he had his keeper on a stringer.
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He told us that he was catching a fair amount of little ones but invited Rob and I to follow him. We deployed our lines and started trolling. We went about 100 yards and I watch Yakfish18 hookup with one and then my left rod went down. I caught my first 12". We paddled a little further and The left rod went down again and this time it was a 13". Yakfish18 decided to head out to get the little man back home. Rob and I continued trolling and I hooked into about an 8" striper. The boat traffic started to pick up and the waves were getting bigger. We decided to head back to the launch while trolling and then the right rod got hit and I pulled in a 17". Rob also got his first a 15" on a rattle trap also on they way in.

Well it was great to be back on the flats and we didn't get skunked. I learned a lesson,not to forget my seat or paddle next time

What a nice day it was to fish on the flats and they were flat. Thanks again Greg for taking the picture of my son and me with a striper, A great pic ! He had so much fun realin in fish and handled them well. I'm so proud of him ! 5 years old! It was nice seeing everyone on the the water on memorial day and meeting new friends . Rob

[DaveFX35]

Nice work, I always tell my fish to calm down too, but they don't ever listen...

Lmao! I thought I was the only 1 that says that, just a habit every time I land a fish in the yak.

@echo5oscar - The underwater footage came out okay, kinda cloudy but could be due to the low lighting.

@toyomo - Battery life is my only complaint. I bought the Wasabi power back for $25 which includes a wall charger, car charger and 2 more batteries. The GoPro only comes with 1 and no charger, you have to charge the batteries through the camera connected to the computer. I get about 1:30 on 720p 60fps (wifi off) before changing a dead battery. I leave it on as much as I can and turn it off when relocating or rods out of the water. I might scoop up that extender pack that allows 2 batteries at once that will hopefully double the recording. Also picked up a 64gb class 10 card and headstrap. I hear the Hero2 has better battery life. If you do get the Hero3, update the firmware.