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15 minutes drive from home to Jonas Green
4 hours paddling
8 miles covered
20 white perch
20 rockfish
20" - largest rockfish
1 croaker
2 tired shoulders
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Here is the more detailed report:
This morning, I launched from Jonas Green park to flat calm water and began paddling downstream. I soon began trolling 4 rods. Two were 6' ultralights rigged with 1/8-oz spinnerbaits on 8-lb mono. The other two were 6'6" light rods with 20-lb Powerpro. One had a soft plastic minnow (12 Fathoms 3" Fat Sam mullet) and the other had a 4" Gulp swimming mullet. The latter two baits were chartreuse. Many other kayak anglers troll 2 or 3 rods, but I have grown comfortable trolling 4 lines -- heavier lures on the rear rod holders with more line out, and the lighter spinnerbaits on the front rod holders with shorter line length. I picked up a few small rockfish pretty quickly then began working some shorelines that are traditional perchin' areas. I paddled all the way to Greenbury Pt and then out a short ways into the bay.
I paddled for 4 hours and covered 8 miles. I caught about 20 perch and about 20 rockfish. Most of the rockfish were in the 12"-14" range, but I did manage a 16" fatty and a 20". All the perch came on the small spinnerbaits, and all the rockfish came on the larger baits. The plastic minnow caught far more rockfish than the Gulp, but the Gulp did catch the 20" fish.
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My only other fish was a small croaker that hit one of the spinnerbaits while I was drifting in 4 ft of water retying a lure. On the way back upriver to the park, I came across a large school of 12" to 14" rockfish that were occasionally breaking. They really lit up the sonar screen. There were large arch-shaped marks on the bottom there, but I did not have any heavy jigs with me to get down to 20 ft depth.
The Severn is loaded with bait now. Small bait schools are visible pretty much all the time.
15 minutes drive from home to Jonas Green
4 hours paddling
8 miles covered
20 white perch
20 rockfish
20" - largest rockfish
1 croaker
2 tired shoulders
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Here is the more detailed report:
This morning, I launched from Jonas Green park to flat calm water and began paddling downstream. I soon began trolling 4 rods. Two were 6' ultralights rigged with 1/8-oz spinnerbaits on 8-lb mono. The other two were 6'6" light rods with 20-lb Powerpro. One had a soft plastic minnow (12 Fathoms 3" Fat Sam mullet) and the other had a 4" Gulp swimming mullet. The latter two baits were chartreuse. Many other kayak anglers troll 2 or 3 rods, but I have grown comfortable trolling 4 lines -- heavier lures on the rear rod holders with more line out, and the lighter spinnerbaits on the front rod holders with shorter line length. I picked up a few small rockfish pretty quickly then began working some shorelines that are traditional perchin' areas. I paddled all the way to Greenbury Pt and then out a short ways into the bay.
I paddled for 4 hours and covered 8 miles. I caught about 20 perch and about 20 rockfish. Most of the rockfish were in the 12"-14" range, but I did manage a 16" fatty and a 20". All the perch came on the small spinnerbaits, and all the rockfish came on the larger baits. The plastic minnow caught far more rockfish than the Gulp, but the Gulp did catch the 20" fish.
001.jpg
My only other fish was a small croaker that hit one of the spinnerbaits while I was drifting in 4 ft of water retying a lure. On the way back upriver to the park, I came across a large school of 12" to 14" rockfish that were occasionally breaking. They really lit up the sonar screen. There were large arch-shaped marks on the bottom there, but I did not have any heavy jigs with me to get down to 20 ft depth.
The Severn is loaded with bait now. Small bait schools are visible pretty much all the time.
My arthritis allows me to do 3-3.5 MPH but I didn't say for how long. 
That's o.k. though because I did get my first one and plan to go back for more.
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