Beautiful day on the Chesapeake Bay
 

Took my brother-in-law fishing yesterday. He'd been out on the boat once before,
but hooked only a cow-nosed ray which kept him busy for a half hour. But it
eventually went under the boat and broke the line.

Yesterday was fun. The weather was close to perfect, maybe a little less heat
would have been nice. The breeze was in the 3-5 mph range, and the water was
virtually flat. Beautiful day for trolling for stripers.

We trolled a mixture of spoons, bucktails, and an umbrella rig. Several times
we'd have take-downs, only to discover the plastic bitten off the lures, so some
blues must have been out there lurking around.

We trolled from about 7:30 until 10:00 with only the action from the blues.
Finally, as we were talking about going after some perch, a line went down and
Gary pulled in an 18 1/16 inch striper (just borderline). Within the next half
hour we caught two more in the 18-19" range, and then caught a 22"er about a
half hour later. That was the limit, so we headed for home.

"If it ain't fried, it ain't food!" So last night we had deep-fried rockfish
filets for dinner. Yummy good!

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:47:44 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Gary pulled in an 18 1/16 inch striper (just borderline). Within the next half
hour we caught two more in the 18-19" range, and then caught a 22"er about a
half hour later. That was the limit, so we headed for home.

What's the size limit down there? 24 inch minimum up here.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:47:44 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Gary pulled in an 18 1/16 inch striper (just borderline). Within the next
half
hour we caught two more in the 18-19" range, and then caught a 22"er about
a
half hour later. That was the limit, so we headed for home.

What's the size limit down there? 24 inch minimum up here.

During what we call trophy season, the spring, it is 24 inches and then it
switches to 18 inches for the rest of the season. In the cooler you are
allowed 2 per fisherman and one for the boat.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:22:18 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:47:44 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Gary pulled in an 18 1/16 inch striper (just borderline). Within the next half
hour we caught two more in the 18-19" range, and then caught a 22"er about a
half hour later. That was the limit, so we headed for home.

What's the size limit down there? 24 inch minimum up here.

Limited to two fish over 18", but only one can be over 28".

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:40:41 -0400, "Bert Robbins" wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:47:44 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Gary pulled in an 18 1/16 inch striper (just borderline). Within the next
half
hour we caught two more in the 18-19" range, and then caught a 22"er about
a
half hour later. That was the limit, so we headed for home.

What's the size limit down there? 24 inch minimum up here.

During what we call trophy season, the spring, it is 24 inches and then it
switches to 18 inches for the rest of the season. In the cooler you are
allowed 2 per fisherman and one for the boat.


I'm talking Maryland, you must be talking Virginia. In Maryland, the trophy
season limit is one over 28" per person, with no extras for the boat.

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD