John,
If you waited for Harry to tell you it is a good time to go boating, you
would get out as often as he does, maybe 3 times a year.


"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:36:54 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Wow, what a day on the Chesapeake Bay! Yesterday started with a roar,
the wind
blowing through the rigging at about 20 mph. The waves were on the high
side of
2 to 3 feet, water was coming over the bow, and Old Fart, Gimp, and I
were out
to catch some feeesh!

We got an early start, hitting the water about 5:45. The water was too
rough for
a trip to some decent trolling grounds, so we decided to try our luck
with
shrimp, night crawlers, and top water lures if we found some breakers.

Soon the bite was on! We found a flock of sea gulls working the water
and snuck
up along the edge of the breakers. Old Fart was bringing in a striper
on almost
every cast! Gimp and I caught our fair share, but whatever Old Fart was
using (a
crocodile, or alligator, or something with red on it) was definitely
doing the
trick. Before long the striper action died down, and we were hunting
something
new.

Trying out the shrimp and night crawlers proved the right course of
action. Gimp
actually caught two flounder, and Old Fart and I caught a couple of
white perch.

Before long we saw the birds working again, so off we went. More
stripers
provided a lot of action, and we even hooked up three blues!

What a day!!

Oh, did I mention that none of the fish was over ten inches long? Oh
well!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

You should have called...I would have told you what the weather was like.

Save some $$$ the next time you want to fish. The little fish store in
Chesapeake Beach sells bigger bait than you seem to catch fish.

I'll probably go out Sunday if we're not in the middle of thunderstorms.
Then we're heading down to Virginia Beach again the end of the month,
and New Orleans in mid-September for a few days. If I can't catch any
feesh there, I'll settle for some gumbo.

You mean I could trust a weather report from you?

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!