South River

[DanMarino]

I went fishing on the South River in Annapolis today in the kayak. I was trolling a beetle spin with a white curly tail grub on it. I had a couple of hits but lost the fish before seeing them. Later I got a big hit and it was a heavy fish. Probably the hardest fighting fish I've dealt with this year. I got excited and cranked the fish to the surface where it jumped and got off. It was a striper. Im bummed about not landing it. On the paddle back to the car I caught a 9 inch white perch. It was fun fishing a new spot even though i had no idea what I was doing. The weather was great and the water calm. Seemed like good water clarity too.

[wedge]

Great day for fishing, thanks for the post, you'll get em next time.

[sparky1423]

Sounds like a good day with a lot of potential. I am trying South River tomorrow launching out of the new Homeport Dr. kayak launch. This will be my first time fishing South River, geared to troll all day....but bringing a perch set up incase things get desperate.

[DanMarino]

Parking is limited!
I marked lots of fish on my sonar unit. Did not see any surface activity. Beautiful, calm, did not like the power boats though.

[J.A. Veil]

Glad to hear you got on some fish. Next time you can try again for the one that got away.

[DanMarino]

So when trolling and you get a strike on a rod, how do you guys play it? I guess i didn't set the hook and instead began cranking the fish in quickly due to my excitement.

[crawdad]

I like using beetle spins I caught a 17.5" smallmouth this spring ,"I was fishing for perch".I like using small baits for big fish but I have lost a lot of big fish due to the small hooks .

[DanMarino]

[jet]

^lol @ finger in mouth