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I was dying to get out on the water after being asked by Ronault (wed), Moc (fri), and Kitkatyakker (Sat) but unable to meet up with them. Camelbird called indicating a desire to fish Sunday and I was finally free....wind was supposed to howl, but we figured we'd be able to find a lee shore at St Jeromes Creek. We'd fished there before in 20 knot winds so i felt we could do it.....as luck would have it ictalarus bill could not come so there was very little wind for much of the time. Nice
My first fish was a fat keeper trout, but the screaming tide and breeze spun my boat around 360 degrees and my lines became tangled.I could not get fish in the yak and had no net. Lost him untangling lines.....Arrrggghh! My first keeper trout this year! We caught lots of rock trolling in in the outgoing channel in 4-6 ft of water and Camel bird caught 2 more trout, one at 17.5 inches.....and he tossed it back!!!
When the tide turned we started fishing the bar that runs out to the bay from a significant landmark that I cannot speak of lest someone else catch a fish
here we used nothing but topwater plugs and caught fish after fish including multiple keepers (I kept 2 nice healthy fish- 19" and 20"). My arms got so tired catching rockfish that I stopped and shot some pics of Camelbird...
Interestingly, we caught no more trout once the tide turned, but the rock kept coming .....good company and a good day. My selfies did not turn out so hopefully Camelbird has some.
My first fish was a fat keeper trout, but the screaming tide and breeze spun my boat around 360 degrees and my lines became tangled.I could not get fish in the yak and had no net. Lost him untangling lines.....Arrrggghh! My first keeper trout this year! We caught lots of rock trolling in in the outgoing channel in 4-6 ft of water and Camel bird caught 2 more trout, one at 17.5 inches.....and he tossed it back!!!
When the tide turned we started fishing the bar that runs out to the bay from a significant landmark that I cannot speak of lest someone else catch a fish
here we used nothing but topwater plugs and caught fish after fish including multiple keepers (I kept 2 nice healthy fish- 19" and 20"). My arms got so tired catching rockfish that I stopped and shot some pics of Camelbird...
Interestingly, we caught no more trout once the tide turned, but the rock kept coming .....good company and a good day. My selfies did not turn out so hopefully Camelbird has some.
I couldn't stay out front too long, but I picked up several 16" stripers and one at 22" near that undisclosed location. No specks, sadly. The 22-incher fought incredibly hard and spun my yak around, which made things interesting. I still haven't caught a fish on top water yet this year, but I hope I can fix that soon.
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