Mid Rapp - Slow Day

[cwelch727]

Beautiful day on the river, so it wasn’t so bad that I nearly got skunked. Trolled from Robinson creek to just below #10 on the incoming tide for about 2 hours. Had four rods out, 3 with tandems in chartreuse, fireball, electric chicken and the forth with a chartreuse daisy chain. Caught one 24” fatty on the 9” chicken in 35 foot of water. Marked a few schools of bait that lit up the finder. Good number of birds in the area but just sporadic diving. Gonna be good on the grill tomorrow night…

[Son Worshiper]

Thanks for the report! That's the first report I've seen of someone actually CATCHING between #8 and #10!

[striper143]

I fished wednesday between 8 and 10 for about 5 hours and caught nothing. I also tried between 6 and 8 and did the same. Trolled 5 rods with umbrellas and tandems. Marked a decent amount of bait and saw some birds working but again didnt catch a thing. Was pretty discouraged. Hopefully things will turn on soon.

[Waynesboro]

Thanks for the reports. Hopefully the wind will be kind to us this weekend. Things have to break open soon!

[rfletcher15]

Fished near #6 with dad and caught 2 under slot fish both on chartreuse yesterday. SLOW YEAR SO FAR. Water temperature was near 55. Hopefully won't be long for are migrating friends to show up.

[rappahanockman]

Thanks for the report CWELCH ! That sounds encouraging. I can't believe
that fish hit a 9" Bait! Did you have any smaller baits in your spread?

[cwelch727]

Thanks for the report CWELCH ! That sounds encouraging. I can't believe
that fish hit a 9" Bait! Did you have any smaller baits in your spread?

RappMan - Had 3 smaller baits out, one chartreuse and two fireball in 6". Soon after I got the hit on the 9" I replaced the fireball tandem with a 12/9" chartreuse tandem just in case the cows had arrived. Could have been the depth too of course. I never marked any decent fish. Good luck next time you go.