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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:59:24 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:
John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:22:14 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:53 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: wrote: John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H Yeah, sure. I find it odd that you don't think Harry can find a fish in all of the bay, but you just slay them every time you go out!!! Herring leaves his house at 5 am or earlier to clear Deale at 6:30 (I know where Herring lives), trolls with another guy for hours in sight of the entrance of Deale's harbor, and catches a handful of non-keepers, and in siz hours catches four keepers, and injures a beautiful ray. That's not slaying them. And towing those heavy metal rigs around at 2 miles an hour on a hot as hell day isn't fishing, it's boredom. But it doesn't matter. But...the story is a true one, Harry! I leave my house about 5:40, so you must not have me totally stalked! Why should I go for a long boat ride to catch fish, Harry? Would I be better saying I ran down to Solomon's Island and caught my four keepers? Sounds rather stupid to me. I don't have to stalk you to know how long it takes to get to Deale from Franconia. Remember, we had an office a couple of blocks from where you live. It's about 40 miles from your house to Deale, and you have to contend with construction and the usual traffic on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and speed limits. And once you get to Deale, you still have to get your stuff aboard and clear the Deale jettie. If you leave your house at 5:40, you aren't clearing Deale at 6:30. Oh...of those four keepers, how many did you catch? That would be Deale jetties... Oh, I just noticed. Now I see where you're coming from. No, we did not clear the Deale jetty at 6:30. We left the *marina* at 6:30. It actually takes about 10 minutes travel down Rockhold Creek to clear the jetty and be able to get on plane. I suppose I should have said, "We left the *marina* at 6:30..." Wow, now you can tell everyone you caught me in a 'lie'. Cool, Harry! You've got it bad, Harry! I don't believe you get from your house to the marina in Deale and onto your boat ready to go in 50 minutes, either, not during morning rush. There's almost always a jam between Telegraph and Route 1, and sometimes the bridge itself is backed up. Not that it makes the slightest different to me how long it takes you to get there. You ought to consider trailering from Deale down to Solomons. The fishing usually is much better south of the Gas Docks to Point Lookout and across the Bay. For all the time and effort you put into fishing, to catch one keep in six or more hours seems a small reward. At 5:45, I've never run into a backup between Telegraph and Route 1. At 7:30, yes, it slows considerably. Apparently, as you keep mentioning it, is makes a great deal of difference to you. Why, I don't know. In any case, you should try it. As to trailering from Deale to Solomons, what would be the point? If we can catch our limit of fish closer to Deale, why go all the way to Solomons, by either road or water? Makes no sense. If I just wanted to burn gas, I'd go to St. Michaels for lunch, go through Eastern Bay and the Narrows, and come back to Deale under the Bay Bridge, with maybe a stop in Annapolis for a soft shell crab sandwich. Then I'd just tell everyone I'd caught a bunch of fish! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:06:22 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote:
"John H" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:11:24 GMT, Don White wrote: HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:53 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: wrote: John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H Yeah, sure. I find it odd that you don't think Harry can find a fish in all of the bay, but you just slay them every time you go out!!! Herring leaves his house at 5 am or earlier to clear Deale at 6:30 (I know where Herring lives), trolls with another guy for hours in sight of the entrance of Deale's harbor, and catches a handful of non-keepers, and in siz hours catches four keepers, and injures a beautiful ray. That's not slaying them. And towing those heavy metal rigs around at 2 miles an hour on a hot as hell day isn't fishing, it's boredom. But it doesn't matter. But...the story is a true one, Harry! I leave my house about 5:40, so you must not have me totally stalked! Why should I go for a long boat ride to catch fish, Harry? Would I be better saying I ran down to Solomon's Island and caught my four keepers? Sounds rather stupid to me. I don't have to stalk you to know how long it takes to get to Deale from Franconia. Remember, we had an office a couple of blocks from where you live. It's about 40 miles from your house to Deale, and you have to contend with construction and the usual traffic on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and speed limits. And once you get to Deale, you still have to get your stuff aboard and clear the Deale jettie. If you leave your house at 5:40, you aren't clearing Deale at 6:30. Oh...of those four keepers, how many did you catch? That does seem like quite a distance to his marina. If I didn't mind driving that distance on open highway with a 110 kph speed limit, I could boat out of beautiful Mahone Bay. http://www.mahonebay.com/visitor_index.html note: both the large bay and the town are called Mahone Bay It *is* more of a drive than I like, but Deale is the closest town to the DC beltway on the Chesapeake Bay. I allow myself 45 minutes, but usually get there in about 35. Of course, hitting the wrong light or two can change that by five to ten minutes. If I were not into fishing at all, just pleasure boating, I'd just keep the boat on the Potomac, fifteen minutes away. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." It was a 45 minute drive to our last marina...and that was with no construction or Cedar Point (amusement park) traffic. The Sunday night drive home (after spending the weekend boating and spending the nights on the boat) was usually worse as all the weekend boaters seemed to leave at the same time. Unless the wife wants to go 'play', I seldom go out on weekends. Too many crazies, including the charter boat captains who have the right of way due to size! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
"John H" wrote in message ... On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:06:22 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote: "John H" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:11:24 GMT, Don White wrote: HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:53 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: wrote: John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H Yeah, sure. I find it odd that you don't think Harry can find a fish in all of the bay, but you just slay them every time you go out!!! Herring leaves his house at 5 am or earlier to clear Deale at 6:30 (I know where Herring lives), trolls with another guy for hours in sight of the entrance of Deale's harbor, and catches a handful of non-keepers, and in siz hours catches four keepers, and injures a beautiful ray. That's not slaying them. And towing those heavy metal rigs around at 2 miles an hour on a hot as hell day isn't fishing, it's boredom. But it doesn't matter. But...the story is a true one, Harry! I leave my house about 5:40, so you must not have me totally stalked! Why should I go for a long boat ride to catch fish, Harry? Would I be better saying I ran down to Solomon's Island and caught my four keepers? Sounds rather stupid to me. I don't have to stalk you to know how long it takes to get to Deale from Franconia. Remember, we had an office a couple of blocks from where you live. It's about 40 miles from your house to Deale, and you have to contend with construction and the usual traffic on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and speed limits. And once you get to Deale, you still have to get your stuff aboard and clear the Deale jettie. If you leave your house at 5:40, you aren't clearing Deale at 6:30. Oh...of those four keepers, how many did you catch? That does seem like quite a distance to his marina. If I didn't mind driving that distance on open highway with a 110 kph speed limit, I could boat out of beautiful Mahone Bay. http://www.mahonebay.com/visitor_index.html note: both the large bay and the town are called Mahone Bay It *is* more of a drive than I like, but Deale is the closest town to the DC beltway on the Chesapeake Bay. I allow myself 45 minutes, but usually get there in about 35. Of course, hitting the wrong light or two can change that by five to ten minutes. If I were not into fishing at all, just pleasure boating, I'd just keep the boat on the Potomac, fifteen minutes away. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." It was a 45 minute drive to our last marina...and that was with no construction or Cedar Point (amusement park) traffic. The Sunday night drive home (after spending the weekend boating and spending the nights on the boat) was usually worse as all the weekend boaters seemed to leave at the same time. Unless the wife wants to go 'play', I seldom go out on weekends. Too many crazies, including the charter boat captains who have the right of way due to size! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." Our boating was different than yours. We spent the weekends on our boat and our kids grew up doing that with us. We would spend the day swimming off the boat and/or cruise to other marinas, but always find a spot to anchor, moor or dock for the night. We would also spend one or two straight weeks on the boat, spending time at various ports such as Leamington, Metro Beach, Turkey Point, Presque Isle and Algonac. |
"*JimH*" wrote in message ... "John H" wrote in message ... On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:06:22 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:11:24 GMT, Don White wrote: HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:53 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: wrote: John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H Yeah, sure. I find it odd that you don't think Harry can find a fish in all of the bay, but you just slay them every time you go out!!! Herring leaves his house at 5 am or earlier to clear Deale at 6:30 (I know where Herring lives), trolls with another guy for hours in sight of the entrance of Deale's harbor, and catches a handful of non-keepers, and in siz hours catches four keepers, and injures a beautiful ray. That's not slaying them. And towing those heavy metal rigs around at 2 miles an hour on a hot as hell day isn't fishing, it's boredom. But it doesn't matter. But...the story is a true one, Harry! I leave my house about 5:40, so you must not have me totally stalked! Why should I go for a long boat ride to catch fish, Harry? Would I be better saying I ran down to Solomon's Island and caught my four keepers? Sounds rather stupid to me. I don't have to stalk you to know how long it takes to get to Deale from Franconia. Remember, we had an office a couple of blocks from where you live. It's about 40 miles from your house to Deale, and you have to contend with construction and the usual traffic on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and speed limits. And once you get to Deale, you still have to get your stuff aboard and clear the Deale jettie. If you leave your house at 5:40, you aren't clearing Deale at 6:30. Oh...of those four keepers, how many did you catch? That does seem like quite a distance to his marina. If I didn't mind driving that distance on open highway with a 110 kph speed limit, I could boat out of beautiful Mahone Bay. http://www.mahonebay.com/visitor_index.html note: both the large bay and the town are called Mahone Bay It *is* more of a drive than I like, but Deale is the closest town to the DC beltway on the Chesapeake Bay. I allow myself 45 minutes, but usually get there in about 35. Of course, hitting the wrong light or two can change that by five to ten minutes. If I were not into fishing at all, just pleasure boating, I'd just keep the boat on the Potomac, fifteen minutes away. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." It was a 45 minute drive to our last marina...and that was with no construction or Cedar Point (amusement park) traffic. The Sunday night drive home (after spending the weekend boating and spending the nights on the boat) was usually worse as all the weekend boaters seemed to leave at the same time. Unless the wife wants to go 'play', I seldom go out on weekends. Too many crazies, including the charter boat captains who have the right of way due to size! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." Our boating was different than yours. We spent the weekends on our boat and our kids grew up doing that with us. We would spend the day swimming off the boat and/or cruise to other marinas, but always find a spot to anchor, moor or dock for the night. We would also spend one or two straight weeks on the boat, spending time at various ports such as Leamington, Metro Beach, Turkey Point, Presque Isle and Algonac. Add Cedar Point Marina (at least 3 days there for the kids), Kelley's Island (including the north end - anchored, Seaway or the Unique Marker during the week) and Put-In-Bay (mooring buoys or Crews Nest) to the list also. Insert big smile |
"John H" wrote in message ... We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! Keepers? We use fish that size for bait down here. If you were snook fishing, none of those fish would even make the slot limit. ;-) |
Looks like you had a blast John....
John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 06:21:56 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:
John H wrote: On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:06:22 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:11:24 GMT, Don White wrote: HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:53 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: wrote: John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H Yeah, sure. I find it odd that you don't think Harry can find a fish in all of the bay, but you just slay them every time you go out!!! Herring leaves his house at 5 am or earlier to clear Deale at 6:30 (I know where Herring lives), trolls with another guy for hours in sight of the entrance of Deale's harbor, and catches a handful of non-keepers, and in siz hours catches four keepers, and injures a beautiful ray. That's not slaying them. And towing those heavy metal rigs around at 2 miles an hour on a hot as hell day isn't fishing, it's boredom. But it doesn't matter. But...the story is a true one, Harry! I leave my house about 5:40, so you must not have me totally stalked! Why should I go for a long boat ride to catch fish, Harry? Would I be better saying I ran down to Solomon's Island and caught my four keepers? Sounds rather stupid to me. I don't have to stalk you to know how long it takes to get to Deale from Franconia. Remember, we had an office a couple of blocks from where you live. It's about 40 miles from your house to Deale, and you have to contend with construction and the usual traffic on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and speed limits. And once you get to Deale, you still have to get your stuff aboard and clear the Deale jettie. If you leave your house at 5:40, you aren't clearing Deale at 6:30. Oh...of those four keepers, how many did you catch? That does seem like quite a distance to his marina. If I didn't mind driving that distance on open highway with a 110 kph speed limit, I could boat out of beautiful Mahone Bay. http://www.mahonebay.com/visitor_index.html note: both the large bay and the town are called Mahone Bay It *is* more of a drive than I like, but Deale is the closest town to the DC beltway on the Chesapeake Bay. I allow myself 45 minutes, but usually get there in about 35. Of course, hitting the wrong light or two can change that by five to ten minutes. If I were not into fishing at all, just pleasure boating, I'd just keep the boat on the Potomac, fifteen minutes away. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." It was a 45 minute drive to our last marina...and that was with no construction or Cedar Point (amusement park) traffic. The Sunday night drive home (after spending the weekend boating and spending the nights on the boat) was usually worse as all the weekend boaters seemed to leave at the same time. Unless the wife wants to go 'play', I seldom go out on weekends. Too many crazies, including the charter boat captains who have the right of way due to size! Baloney. The only place that's crowded on weekends on the western shore is Annapolis. Harold, Harold...read before writing. I said nothing about crowding. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 09:00:13 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:
John H wrote: On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 06:21:56 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:06:22 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote: "John H" wrote in message om... On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:11:24 GMT, Don White wrote: HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:53 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: wrote: John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H Yeah, sure. I find it odd that you don't think Harry can find a fish in all of the bay, but you just slay them every time you go out!!! Herring leaves his house at 5 am or earlier to clear Deale at 6:30 (I know where Herring lives), trolls with another guy for hours in sight of the entrance of Deale's harbor, and catches a handful of non-keepers, and in siz hours catches four keepers, and injures a beautiful ray. That's not slaying them. And towing those heavy metal rigs around at 2 miles an hour on a hot as hell day isn't fishing, it's boredom. But it doesn't matter. But...the story is a true one, Harry! I leave my house about 5:40, so you must not have me totally stalked! Why should I go for a long boat ride to catch fish, Harry? Would I be better saying I ran down to Solomon's Island and caught my four keepers? Sounds rather stupid to me. I don't have to stalk you to know how long it takes to get to Deale from Franconia. Remember, we had an office a couple of blocks from where you live. It's about 40 miles from your house to Deale, and you have to contend with construction and the usual traffic on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and speed limits. And once you get to Deale, you still have to get your stuff aboard and clear the Deale jettie. If you leave your house at 5:40, you aren't clearing Deale at 6:30. Oh...of those four keepers, how many did you catch? That does seem like quite a distance to his marina. If I didn't mind driving that distance on open highway with a 110 kph speed limit, I could boat out of beautiful Mahone Bay. http://www.mahonebay.com/visitor_index.html note: both the large bay and the town are called Mahone Bay It *is* more of a drive than I like, but Deale is the closest town to the DC beltway on the Chesapeake Bay. I allow myself 45 minutes, but usually get there in about 35. Of course, hitting the wrong light or two can change that by five to ten minutes. If I were not into fishing at all, just pleasure boating, I'd just keep the boat on the Potomac, fifteen minutes away. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." It was a 45 minute drive to our last marina...and that was with no construction or Cedar Point (amusement park) traffic. The Sunday night drive home (after spending the weekend boating and spending the nights on the boat) was usually worse as all the weekend boaters seemed to leave at the same time. Unless the wife wants to go 'play', I seldom go out on weekends. Too many crazies, including the charter boat captains who have the right of way due to size! Baloney. The only place that's crowded on weekends on the western shore is Annapolis. Harold, Harold...read before writing. I said nothing about crowding. "Too many" Why are you worried about charter boat captains? Go where they aren't, which is mostly everywhere. They're not a problem, and sometimes they toss a lot of chum in the water, which can help everyone's fishing. If you go where they aren't, how does their chum help you? You should have spent some time down at the gas docks when you could have. A hundred boats at least on the weekend, room for everyone, and everyone hauling them in. Been to the Gas Docks several times, Harry, on weekdays. Never had to put up with 'a hundred boats at least'. The limit is still the limit, however, so why waste the time and gas? There are many things I'd rather do than duke it out with a hundred boats all fighting for room around the gas dock pilings. http://chesapeakebayphotos.com/index...ing&FrameID=01 But, if that's your bag, go for it! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 10:07:36 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:
John H wrote: On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 09:00:13 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 06:21:56 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:06:22 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:11:24 GMT, Don White wrote: HarryKrause wrote: John H wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:00:53 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: wrote: John H wrote: We left Deale at 6:30, with the boat running perfectly after a $1000 (rough estimate) repair bill! OldFart brought a bunch of lures and we dropped lines just south of #83A in about 32 feet of water. Two rods had umbrellas, one with white sassy shads, the other with green. Both of them were loaded with clear Storm Shads with the hooks. The other two rods were loaded with a spoon and a bucktail in tandem. During the first hour we caught a dink or two, and I showed OldFart how to lose one after a good takedown. He then proceeded to show me how to lose an even bigger one! About 8:30, all hell broke loose. Three rods went down in about 30 seconds. He pulled in a double, with a blue (about 20") and a nice striper (25") one the same line. I also had a double, two stripers, one about 22" and the other about 17". The small one went back, but before we could get both of OldFart's fish into the cooler, another rod went down. This was another striper, about 22" or so. Wow! Three keepers and a blue almost simultaneously! I marked the spot and we spent another couple hours doing figure eights centered thereon, but caught only a dink and another one that may have made 18" if we smashed its head a little flatter. Finally, after about another hour, we caught our last striper, an 18"er, which got us our limit. On the way in we saw a bunch of breakers in Herring Bay, and OF managed to pull in a 12" striper casting into the baitfish. I managed to snag a cow-nosed ray in one of its wings. Cost me a nice lure. A great day with great company! -- John H Yeah, sure. I find it odd that you don't think Harry can find a fish in all of the bay, but you just slay them every time you go out!!! Herring leaves his house at 5 am or earlier to clear Deale at 6:30 (I know where Herring lives), trolls with another guy for hours in sight of the entrance of Deale's harbor, and catches a handful of non-keepers, and in siz hours catches four keepers, and injures a beautiful ray. That's not slaying them. And towing those heavy metal rigs around at 2 miles an hour on a hot as hell day isn't fishing, it's boredom. But it doesn't matter. But...the story is a true one, Harry! I leave my house about 5:40, so you must not have me totally stalked! Why should I go for a long boat ride to catch fish, Harry? Would I be better saying I ran down to Solomon's Island and caught my four keepers? Sounds rather stupid to me. I don't have to stalk you to know how long it takes to get to Deale from Franconia. Remember, we had an office a couple of blocks from where you live. It's about 40 miles from your house to Deale, and you have to contend with construction and the usual traffic on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and speed limits. And once you get to Deale, you still have to get your stuff aboard and clear the Deale jettie. If you leave your house at 5:40, you aren't clearing Deale at 6:30. Oh...of those four keepers, how many did you catch? That does seem like quite a distance to his marina. If I didn't mind driving that distance on open highway with a 110 kph speed limit, I could boat out of beautiful Mahone Bay. http://www.mahonebay.com/visitor_index.html note: both the large bay and the town are called Mahone Bay It *is* more of a drive than I like, but Deale is the closest town to the DC beltway on the Chesapeake Bay. I allow myself 45 minutes, but usually get there in about 35. Of course, hitting the wrong light or two can change that by five to ten minutes. If I were not into fishing at all, just pleasure boating, I'd just keep the boat on the Potomac, fifteen minutes away. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." It was a 45 minute drive to our last marina...and that was with no construction or Cedar Point (amusement park) traffic. The Sunday night drive home (after spending the weekend boating and spending the nights on the boat) was usually worse as all the weekend boaters seemed to leave at the same time. Unless the wife wants to go 'play', I seldom go out on weekends. Too many crazies, including the charter boat captains who have the right of way due to size! Baloney. The only place that's crowded on weekends on the western shore is Annapolis. Harold, Harold...read before writing. I said nothing about crowding. "Too many" Why are you worried about charter boat captains? Go where they aren't, which is mostly everywhere. They're not a problem, and sometimes they toss a lot of chum in the water, which can help everyone's fishing. If you go where they aren't, how does their chum help you? You should have spent some time down at the gas docks when you could have. A hundred boats at least on the weekend, room for everyone, and everyone hauling them in. Been to the Gas Docks several times, Harry, on weekdays. Never had to put up with 'a hundred boats at least'. The limit is still the limit, however, so why waste the time and gas? There are many things I'd rather do than duke it out with a hundred boats all fighting for room around the gas dock pilings. http://chesapeakebayphotos.com/index...ing&FrameID=01 But, if that's your bag, go for it! The gas docks have been closed to fishermen for three seasons, John. Right! So I haven't been in over three seasons.You said I should have spent some time there when I could have. I did. What's the big deal? Jigging the rips is much more fun. I forgot...you're interested in bag limits because you fish for the table. I like to catch and release lots of fish. I rarely keep any. I don't believe in injuring fish just to do so. Yes, I know, circle hooks don't do as much damage as regular hooks, but they still do damage. Handling the fish out of the water does damage. I firmly believe you like to catch and release lots of fish. When, and if, you ever do it, please let us know. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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