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Great Day on the Chesapeake Bay Today!@
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." |
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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!!! |
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Glad to see you had a good day on the water John.
"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! 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." |
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*JimH* wrote: Glad to see you had a good day on the water John. Awe.....how cute. Was you jacking off about it, Jim? |
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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. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:20:46 -0400, 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? Harry, you need to take a ride, early, from my house to Deale. The construction is on the *new* bridge, not the Wilson Bridge! I pulled in one keeper and Old Fart pulled in the other three and the bluefish. Of course, I was also steering the boat, so there was a little problem with me doing rod duty at the same time. But, who cares? We brought home our limit while out on my boat. Most of us don't really give a rat's ass about who reels in the fish. But, apparently that is important to you. You need to get out and do some *fishing* and less *wishing*! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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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! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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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." |
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