Point Lookout

[Bill Couch]

Hi guys, will be there during first weekend in August with my son and some friends. I was wondering if there would be a chance to find a redfish or two while we are fishing and crabbing in the area? We've never been there and will be taking my boat, loaded with fly rods and crab traps. Thanks in advance for any info.

[Bill Couch]

Hmmm, 50 plus views and no replies. Maybe if I post a pic of a fly they will come...?

[CaptMikeStarrett]

Ok I will bite on this..

PLO has some spot tail croaker around the rip rap at the light house.
But not a lot and certanly not 18 inches. Your better dragging a heavy line with two flies for flounder and croaker in Corn Harbor..

Of just run and look for birds and catch the heck out of convict bass. Maybe a trout or two as well.

Capt Mike

[Bill Couch]

Thanks Mike, just looking for a couple options to keep the kid entertained.

[Salmo trutta]

Chesapeake Bay Fishing With Four Seasons Guide Service And Light Tackle Charter

Capt Walleye Pete gets into a few every year while jigging. As do other fishermen and it's my understanding that they just luck into the big bull reds while bouncing a plastic on a jig head over the many humps near the mouth of the river. Even the guys who target them with soft shell crabs only get a few a summer so there really isn't that many of them.

Unless of course this drought keeps up, the salinity rises and the area gets invaded with puppy drum like it did the summer of 2001. But for the most part those fish were tiny, like 15 inches but they pulled a little harder than a 18" rock fish and added diversity. It could happen.

[OneMoreCast]

By august, there will be good breakers all over the place around PLO. Look for forked tails on the edges of breakers... spanish. Focus on lumps and edges and you will do fine. Targeting redfish is nearly impossible unless you fish the area a lot. Most of the pictures you see are incidental catches. The guys who really know how to get them consistently don't talk about it... I'm not one of them either... I only wish I knew how to get them consistently on the fly around here.

[Bill Couch]

Thanks guys, not expecting any Reds just hoping! Its been a while since I caught one of those. Breaking schoolies will do just fine.

[fyshbum]

I have lived @ 10 miles up river from PLO for fifteen years and have never found reds on a consistent basis. The best we ever do is in the many feeder creek mouths during the fall on outgoing tides with bait or jigs, even then they are hit or miss. The Eastern shore is much better for reds. Having said that, carry some size 1 to 1/0 chartreuse over white, gray over white and white/ white clousers with some silver or gold flash and a six to eight weight fly rod with intermediate line and catch a moving tide. Think small with the length. These fish are feeding on bait from one to two inches max. We have been using ultahair for a more sleek profile and done better than with bucktail in side by side casts. Spanish, blues, and schoolie stripers will be breaking through out the area, look for the birds and boats. Try jigging under and behind the schools for trout and larger target fish. Also for some reason we have not figured out there is a low light bite, either morning or evening, that happens outside of Smith Creek on the moving tide. Mostly Blues but they are usually larger 2-5 # class fish. For your flounder it is hard to get fly lines down deep enough for the keeper fish. Switch to spinning or casting equipment with squid and minnow combinations and look on the 25-40 ft ledges and drop offs on the moving tide. Everyone and their brother fish the inshore lumps. We always do better looking on the break lines and setting the drift to go up and down the breaks keeping bottom contact. Braided super lines help here to feel the bottom. Look for the bait in the water column on your fish finder and set up on that same depth level of break erring toward the deeper schools. You will need 1 1/2 to 3 oz bank sinkers to keep bottom contact depending on tide/wind. Good Luck this should help get you started.

[Bill Couch]

Hey everyone thanks a bunch! We will be there from a Friday am to Sunday am, with the info you guys put up it will greatly shorten the learning curve of a new area! If I can breath life back into my digital camera I will post some pics.