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Another Beautiful Bay Day!
Bert Robbins wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message link.net... "John H" wrote in message . .. With my buddy Rich (better known as "Gimp") I took the "PocoLoco" out for her first fishing trip after my trip to Holland. We left the dock about 7:15, headed for buoy #83 east of Deale. Upon hitting 30' of water we put the lines out, two umbrella rigs and two tandem parachute rigs. Within 30 minutes one of the reels began screaming and we pulled in a 35" rockfish on a chartreuse parachute. (That's similar to a bucktail, with a plastic 9" sassy shad attached.) The fish put up a decent fight, although rockfish are not known for their fights. We continued trolling for about four more hours, but didn't even have a bite. At $2.20 per gallon for gas, a total of five hours trolling at a four gallon per hour fuel consumption rate, that fish cost about $44. Not bad for a nice rockfish, only a little over $1 per inch! The weather was spectacular, light breeze, waves about one foot. It was a gorgeous day! John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! I do not understand the trolling for stripers with umbrella rigs. No wonder there is little fight. Too much gear. We troll for stripers in the Sacramento Delta and SF bay with either HairRaisers or rebels with a worm tail trailer. That way we can catch them on 12-17# line. Fight well. Bill The Chesapeake Bay is a magical fishing place. If you have ever been jigging for Sea Trout, weakfish, and have been slowly pulling the Sea Trout up to the surface to and just as the Sea Trout gets to the surface you feel a pull on the line and see a flash and then realize that half of your Sea Trout is gone. What just happened is that a blue fish has eaten your dinner. Also, you can catch spot, flounder and blue fish all within the same 30 minute time frame from the shore. In the right places you can catch flounder and seatrout 100 feet from shore. Blues can be anywhere, and spot are also a near shore variety. In the southern bay, tautogs, reds, and occasional pelagics. |
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