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Sorry guys, not that kind of full frontal -- it was a full frontal weather shift with a visible frontal line.
I launched at the Tucker St ramp at 8:00. The skies were overcast but the water was calm. From time to time, the sun came out for a few minutes. I slowly worked my way out to the mouth of Weems casting a Maryland Tackle feather spinner (Woody's lure) and a beetle spin with 2" Gulp. The next hour was the best perching I have had by far this year. I think I caught about 30 perch -- most were small but I had two really fat 10" fish. I also caught a croaker in 3 ft of water on the feather spinner.
I had just reached the mouth of the creek and was planning on moving into the river for some bottom fishing. I looked up in the direction of the Rt 50 bridge and saw an awesome line of dark clouds cutting across the sky.
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I kept fishing for a few more minutes, assuming that like most of our weather, the clouds would move generally west to east. But on the second look, I noticed the frontal line was coming fast in my direction (north to south). I began paddling like a madman. I maintained over 4 mph for the half mile trip back to the ramp and got as high as 5.1 mph over a short stretch. Half way back I began hearing thunder and paddled faster. I thought I was in the clear, but about 100 yds from the ramp, the downpour started. I beached the boat and jumped in my van to wait out the heaviest rain. 15 minutes later the rain stopped. I drained the water from the kayak and actually planned to re-launch to fish some more. But just as I sat down, the rain started again, not so hard this time, but still enough to be unpleasant. After another 5 mins in the van, I loaded up and headed home.
Here are my conclusions.
1) The perch were thick and hungry this morning in many different shorelines spots in the outer section of Weems Creek.
2) They clearly preferred the feather spinnner (probably 10 to 1 vs. the beetle spin and Gulp)
3) During this hot weather thunderstorm cycle, keep a close watch on the weather. This storm showed up with little warning. Fortunately I was not far from the ramp.
I launched at the Tucker St ramp at 8:00. The skies were overcast but the water was calm. From time to time, the sun came out for a few minutes. I slowly worked my way out to the mouth of Weems casting a Maryland Tackle feather spinner (Woody's lure) and a beetle spin with 2" Gulp. The next hour was the best perching I have had by far this year. I think I caught about 30 perch -- most were small but I had two really fat 10" fish. I also caught a croaker in 3 ft of water on the feather spinner.
I had just reached the mouth of the creek and was planning on moving into the river for some bottom fishing. I looked up in the direction of the Rt 50 bridge and saw an awesome line of dark clouds cutting across the sky.
001.jpg 002.jpg 003.jpg
I kept fishing for a few more minutes, assuming that like most of our weather, the clouds would move generally west to east. But on the second look, I noticed the frontal line was coming fast in my direction (north to south). I began paddling like a madman. I maintained over 4 mph for the half mile trip back to the ramp and got as high as 5.1 mph over a short stretch. Half way back I began hearing thunder and paddled faster. I thought I was in the clear, but about 100 yds from the ramp, the downpour started. I beached the boat and jumped in my van to wait out the heaviest rain. 15 minutes later the rain stopped. I drained the water from the kayak and actually planned to re-launch to fish some more. But just as I sat down, the rain started again, not so hard this time, but still enough to be unpleasant. After another 5 mins in the van, I loaded up and headed home.
Here are my conclusions.
1) The perch were thick and hungry this morning in many different shorelines spots in the outer section of Weems Creek.
2) They clearly preferred the feather spinnner (probably 10 to 1 vs. the beetle spin and Gulp)
3) During this hot weather thunderstorm cycle, keep a close watch on the weather. This storm showed up with little warning. Fortunately I was not far from the ramp.
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