Man this board is quit

[saltfly]

Well I see its still to quit around here. We need to liven it up a little. Has anyone done anything fish wise?????? I’ve been busy with shad. The inlets are polluted with them. I’ve been going most eves and doing well. I’ve also had to resort to using rock creepers. It seem as though I lost my rock walking legs, over the winter. Sooooooo I’ve had to resort to the rock creepers. And that’s just what I’ve had to do. CREEP a crossed the rocks. It also seems. That they added a number of new rocks along the jetty and they have not settled yet. One rock I jumped on to showed me how much balance my old butt has lost. I jumped onto a rock, that ended up as a upside down pyramid. Which looked as though it was in there nice and tight. Well it getting dark and it needed to show me how old I’m getting. When it rocked and rolled like a seesaw. Soooooo here I was on one leg, seesawing back and forth. When it dawned on me, I had three alternatives. Either go into the inlet. Which didn’t appeal to me at all or go down on my butt. Which also wasn’t very appealing. Or the last , get my #%$^%$ balance, which was hard to do on one leg. So I started to do what Dorothy in the wizard of oz did. Only not having the other leg down. I couldn’t click my heels together and wish I was home. Sooo I did the next best thing. I rattled my left leg, and since I need knee replacement. It sounded just like clicking your heals. Which worked. I didn’t end up home, but did mange to get my other leg, down on the back of the rock and pushed it down. So it was resting on two points. Then I got my old butt, off that rock and set down on another to rest. I then managed to get out to the rock I wanted to be on and started to cast. Landed a lot of shad and did remember to take the same way off the rocks that I ended up getting out there on. The next day, I went up there and looked at the jetty. Which I didn’t do and should have the day before. I noticed a lot of new rocks. So I found as many as I could, that were not settled and mentally marked them in my head. Now if I can only remember where they all are. bwahahahaha

[bigjim5589]

Great story & report!

Ah yes, getting older, it sucks!

But beats the alternative I guess!

[saltfly]

All yea cutting the top side of the grass is better they counting the roots from the under side any day.

[Salmo trutta]

Keep up the reports on the inlet. Our shad are gone, only dink stripers left. I did a little trout fishing today on the patuxent fly fishing only water perfect conditions with a couple trout, yellow perch, fall fish and sunfish.

[saltfly]

Hey salmo Things have slowed a little along the rocks and in the inlet. We had some stripers and some blues, as well as the shad. But I think they have moved out. Their has only been a few boats out there. If the fish were there. It would be like a parking lot. But the shad are still here.They have been feeding heavy on bay anchovies. Also getting out in a boat, will put you on shad all day, as long as the water is moving. I now want to get off shore. The Mako and blue sharks as showing up. I want to get one on a fly. The only problem is the wind. Its been blowing 10 to 20 and that’s to much for a fun time. My 22 can take it. But my old legs can’t. Knees are shot. The beach is fishing good. Anumber of good stripers have been landed. My wife and I are going up to the beach and throw a surf rod for a while. But that is for another board.

[Salmo trutta]

This past weekend I took a whole boy scout troop of 40 people camping to AI island. The activity was supposed to be surf fishing as it was my turn to plan a trip. Well, the winds were a little high to say the least. Even 12oz didn't hold and I only had one rod that could cast that much. Had a whole flat of bunker pretty much go to waste. But we did do a little crabing in the bay there and did very well. Steamed crabs for starters that night, along with a sampling of sand.

Quite a few black drum are being caught from the surf on sand fleas from what I hear. I also have an old timer friend who fishes the inlet all the time in an 18' neptune. He's been texting me that the fish were there as early as May 3rd. I've fished with him before and he knows that inlet better than anyone I've ever met. He will anchor on the outside with a good outgoing current so his boat and lures will sit directly on top of the submerged jetty. You could litterally stick the rod in the rod holder with a plug on as it sits perfectly over the end of the submerged jetty. It doesn't take long to get bit. Perfect fly rod scenerio with a good sinking line too. He also said the fishing had slowed down.

let us know if you get into those big bluefish just offshore. The flounder bite around the Flats is good too from what I hear on the long rod.

[Capt. Ahab]

Putting the finishing touches on my rubbermaid trashcan livewell for my carolina skiff. I'm hoping to get in on the speckled trout action in the Mobjack this weekend! Hopefully report and pictures to follow...

[Salmo trutta]

Back to the patuxent this afternoon for an hour after work or so. THe fish were there, good size trout and they would investigate anything that fell in the water near them. But mostly shun away. I have a few tricks I want to try today. My last job site is right next to a good area to fish. Gotta love it or hate it. If I'm late for dinner with the family because the fishing was so good I'll catch hell.

[saltfly]

Over here the henlopen flats have been fishing good. Their have been a few trout as well flounder caught. Also a few stripers and blues. I’ve only gone up their for one club outing. I may go to day to one of the back bay flats. Their should be some stripers as well as a few blues back there.
Yesterday its was to foggy to get out of the inlet. I doubt have radar so I doubt run out in the fog. That would be a very dumb thing to do.

[HJS]

Walt – I rarely fish ocean jetties. When you refer to “rock creepers” are you referring to an all-terrain version of the electric scooter often seen in WalMart with old pharts at the helm???