King Copsico rockfish

[Mario]

Fished king copsico yesterday morning and had a blast. Caught around a dozen in about and hour. Most fish were cookie cutter 19-20". Caught em on 1/4 oz bucktails with no weight on light tackle in 3-5' of water. there was a large school in front of the salt water pond just up river in front of Tayloe Murphy's and another on the nomini side of the rock line in front of the tennis courts. Watched one guy anchored tossing a Zara spook and hammering them on top. If your not familiar with this area make sure you trim your motor up cause there are rocks everywhere and you can ding a prop trolling in a heartbeat.

[fish4fun]

Congratulations on what sounds like a Great Day!! You just can't beat nice fish on light tackle.

[striper1]

Are you seeing these fish on top busting bait or are you cruising around and trying different spots?

Striper1

[Mario]

The fish move around a little bit but for the most part you will find them between the rock walls off of former Del Tayloe Murphy's house and along that shoreline north to the MD marker and along the nomini shoreline. Its easy now, you will see boats early in the am and againg after work trolling along. Just use 1/4 az bucktails with trailers and let it back 100' and they will hammer it. Yesterday pm a bigger grade was in the mix around 7-8pm 23-25". Don't be afraid to troll right up next to peoples docks. We get within 10-20' of them sometimes. 3-5' of water.

[striper1]

You're trolling right in front of my boat ramp. I'm have the one right next to the biggest dock with the grady white on it. Funny I used to see people troll that close years ago. But haven't seen it recently. I'll give it a try. I usually go to the point and cast for them on a moving tide. Don't you get hung up trolling in 3-5 feet?

Striper1

[Mario]

not really. When the bucktails start bumping the bottom i crank it up until it stops and let it back again when it gets a little deeper. this morning my brother caught a 22" puppy drum mixed in, but unfortunately most of the keepers were covered in sores. That grady your talking about is Keith's with the twin yamahas if were talking about the same place.

[Mario]

Occasionally we get hung, but you just crank in the lines until they quit bumping hard and then let them back out when it gets a little deeper. Are we talking about Keith's grady with the twin yamahas? A 22" puppy drum was in the mix this am but most of the rock were covered in sores.

[striper1]

Yep. He's my neighbor

[meatgetter]

Are we talking around coles point area?

[striper1]

More north about 5 or 4 miles Va side

Striper1