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I moved this post from 'Main' to 'Virginia' forum to keep the Virginia Fishing Report in the right place for the future reference:
I decided to fish CBBT (Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel) at night (instead of HRBT or ER). I wanted to compare the light-line possibility with HRBT (Hampton Road Bridge Tunnel).
So, I took time - stopped by BassPro and Ocean East 2, and bought more lures and jig for specks stripers.
I launched kayak at 3:00pm
The water temp dropped by 2 degrees (from 47/48F to 45/46F) for one week. I thought 2 degree drop wasn't good for fishing. It was getting tougher every day when the temperature continuously drops
Anglers on a boat (trolling) told me that I use white on white (White shad on white buck tail). They were dragging on the bottom, and caught every time they passed me.
Today I didn't have white lures (white jig and white soft lure combo). The whitest combo I had was white jig and BA 7” Albino. As soon as I switched the lure I caught a striper @20”. Then it became dark. I didn’t see stripers on the FF.
Since I am still new to the bait-casting reels, I had several bird nests. I probably spent 2 hours due to D&$# bird nests on the bait-casting reels while drifting (by current) fast. New-to-bait-casting reels, super-braid line and darkeness didn’t mix very well.
3 hours later I caught a striper 17".
I think I will night-fish HRBT when the water temp drops below 47F
Fishing Log:
I decided to fish CBBT (Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel) at night (instead of HRBT or ER). I wanted to compare the light-line possibility with HRBT (Hampton Road Bridge Tunnel).
So, I took time - stopped by BassPro and Ocean East 2, and bought more lures and jig for specks stripers.
I launched kayak at 3:00pm
The water temp dropped by 2 degrees (from 47/48F to 45/46F) for one week. I thought 2 degree drop wasn't good for fishing. It was getting tougher every day when the temperature continuously drops
Anglers on a boat (trolling) told me that I use white on white (White shad on white buck tail). They were dragging on the bottom, and caught every time they passed me.
Today I didn't have white lures (white jig and white soft lure combo). The whitest combo I had was white jig and BA 7” Albino. As soon as I switched the lure I caught a striper @20”. Then it became dark. I didn’t see stripers on the FF.
Since I am still new to the bait-casting reels, I had several bird nests. I probably spent 2 hours due to D&$# bird nests on the bait-casting reels while drifting (by current) fast. New-to-bait-casting reels, super-braid line and darkeness didn’t mix very well.
3 hours later I caught a striper 17".
I think I will night-fish HRBT when the water temp drops below 47F
Fishing Log:
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