I got School(ied) on the Severn

[dsiekman]

Was on the water at 6:30 to catch the end of an incoming tide. The water was really high and full of sticks and crap. I'm guessing the wind has been pushing water upriver. I marked a ton of fish and bait, but all I had to show from my two hours of paddling was a feisty 10" schoolie and a bloody finger. After i got him to the boat he promptly spiked me with his fin.

I'm not sure if the poor fishing was due to the poor water conditions or the abundance of bait. Better luck next time.

[Polar Rock]

Sorry to hear the slow report. At Least you were out there. Thanks again for checking with me to go out this morning. Guess I didn't miss much this morning.

In the next couple of months, we will get our revenge.

[dsiekman]

Two weeks ago was much better. Again, I think it was mostly water conditions. There were some really nice marks on the FF.

I'm all about getting into them this fall!

[zeebyrd]

I was out on the Severn too. Lots of fish showing up on the FF. Only two bites, but no hook ups. Went to my favorite perch hang out and caught quite a few.

Very slow day. Slowest day I have had out there.

[dsiekman]

I was out on the Severn too. Lots of fish showing up on the FF. Only two bites, but no hook ups. Went to my favorite perch hang out and caught quite a few.

Very slow day. Slowest day I have had out there.

Yeah, it was pretty weird. I was really expecting to be constantly releasing fish. I had a few days like that last year about this time. No keepers, but 30-40 schoolies in an afternoon. I've got company coming into town this week so I was trying to figure out the pattern ahead of time. Guess we'll just have to start from scratch.

At least the WP cooperated for you. That should only get better through August.

[Beerboy]

Same here. Launched at Jonas Green a little after 7. Fished a long day until about 2. No rockfish. During slack tide entertained myself with white perch in Weems Creek. Incoming wind, outgoing tide, and boat traffic made it a bit challenging at the 450 bridge in the afternoon.

[J.A. Veil]

I fished at several spots in the river (these represented Round Bay, mid-river, and lower river) yesterday from my center console. The only fish I got in the river was a 17" rockfish near Greenbury Pt -- caught on a trolled 3" paddletail minnow. I did catch a few schoolie rockfish in the main bay, but quickly realized the waves were larger than I liked for a 16 ft boat, so I left them biting.

[Mark]

If fishing was easy and great all the time it would lose its lure!

Mark