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No skunk today!
OldFart (a buddy) and I left Deale about 7:30, went East to 40' of water, and at
9:30 put a 34" rockfish in the cooler. Spent another three hours wasting gas and called it a day. Had some good conversations with Mike (Nutty Irishman) who will probably post his own good news report soon. Regardless of what he says, we deserve the credit for bringing him the good luck! The fish was caught on a white umbella, out about 80', with ten ounces of lead attached. The weather today was a little shy of perfect, 1-2' waves, little on the cool side with the wind blowing over the 44degree (F) water. Beautiful day, good company, and no skunk on the first trip out. What more could one want? (Maybe a 2520XL Parker?) Good luck! John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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No skunk today!
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OldFart (a buddy) and I left Deale about 7:30, went East to 40' of water, and at 9:30 put a 34" rockfish in the cooler. Spent another three hours wasting gas and called it a day. Had some good conversations with Mike (Nutty Irishman) who will probably post his own good news report soon. Regardless of what he says, we deserve the credit for bringing him the good luck! The fish was caught on a white umbella, out about 80', with ten ounces of lead attached. The weather today was a little shy of perfect, 1-2' waves, little on the cool side with the wind blowing over the 44degree (F) water. What's an umbella? Ten ounces of lead?? Geez. What kind of rig do you use to catch Rockfish? What is the minimum size for a Rockfish? Is there a slot? Good eatin'? Beautiful day, good company, and no skunk on the first trip out. What more could one want? (Maybe a 2520XL Parker?) Good luck! John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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No skunk today!
Harry Krause wrote in message ...
John H wrote: On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:50:24 GMT, (Henry Blackmoore) wrote: In article , John H wrote: OldFart (a buddy) and I left Deale about 7:30, went East to 40' of water, and at 9:30 put a 34" rockfish in the cooler. Spent another three hours wasting gas and called it a day. Had some good conversations with Mike (Nutty Irishman) who will probably post his own good news report soon. Regardless of what he says, we deserve the credit for bringing him the good luck! The fish was caught on a white umbella, out about 80', with ten ounces of lead attached. The weather today was a little shy of perfect, 1-2' waves, little on the cool side with the wind blowing over the 44degree (F) water. What's an umbella? Ten ounces of lead?? Geez. What kind of rig do you use to catch Rockfish? What is the minimum size for a Rockfish? Is there a slot? Good eatin'? The laws are strange for Rockfish. Right now we are in what is called the "Trophy Season" when we can keep one fish, but it must be over 28" long. About mid-May the regular season starts. Then we can keep two fish, both must be over 18" but only one can be over 28". Stepping on their heads for an extra half inch is not allowed. For a quick primer on umbrella rigs, try http://www.sal****ersportsman.com/sal****er/fishing/article/0,12746,418967,00.html The rigs have a lot of drag, and will tend towards the surface without some weight. I wanted the rig down about 20 feet, so 10 oz seemed about right. I was dragging two of these and two sets of double (tandem) parachute rigs. John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! No offense, but using an umbrella rig to catch stripers is like having sex while wearing a dozen condoms. Stripers are not great fighting fish - they're ok - and dragging the weight of an umbrella rig around makes fishing a lot less fun. I totally agree! Striper fishing just isn't fun to me with them, tried them, didn't like it. I was out on the Bay a couple of days before the striper season started, when it is strictly catch and release, and caught a half dozen stripers of decent size tossing jigs tipped with plastics. This was in an area close to shore between Breezy Point and the Rips. Here on the lakes, we use white bucktail jigs, look for baitfish hauling ass, then throw the jig in the middle of the mess. This is while flat lining shiners. |
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