Late Report - Saturday 6/16

[swartj]

The names of the crew this week will be kept anonymous to protect the innocent. I almost didn't post a report but figured folks can learn from what didn't work as well as what does. The plan was to look for fish to jig on. If that didn't work then troll and finally go bottom fishing.

The trip started our in front of the West River. I always look for the close to home fish. There was tons of bait all day everywhere we went. We drifted a couple of points jigging but nothing. The fish were around but not schooled up so we trolled a bit. I started with the same 4 rod spread as in previous weeks with mostly spoons.There were some large slicks but nothing there.

I called a friend of mine that I saw at the ramp he was doing better south so off we went. There were much better marks there. The fleet was trolling so I put out the trolling gear again. We worked the area with the fleet and away from it by about 1/2 mile. The marks were better away from it but still no hits. We changed the spread up a bit putting removing a #2 planer and replacing it with a 20 oz weight and a spreader bar with hyper striper teasers and storms on it. The line at 12 bars also got changed out for a similarly rigged spreader bar. We continued to toll until about 11:30 with only one short fish to show for it. All storms came back with their tails intact.

The next part of the plan was to bottom fish so on the way back north we stopped off at an area and did some bottom fishing on an oyster bar. We started our drift in 20' and then drifted up on the bar bouncing the bottom rig all the way. Baby rock were plentiful often catching them 2 at a time. As we caught bigger white perch we stuck them in the livewell in case we didn't get enough for dinner. We also caught spot on a more regular basis but not enough to be reliable for livelining (soon). After a couple of hours of steady action we called it a day. The white perch in the livewell were released to be caught another day. It was a close call but I didn't feel like cleaning them.

Hope to fish on Wednesday afternoon with some friends from work. Definitely back at it next weekend.

[one fish]

hi J,

thx for rpt. i tried an early for me day sat (on water at 7am) and got nothing for my efforts. i saw the fleet and rode around a while lookin at he meter. i didn't feel like trollin so just kept lookin around. went a llittle farther south, then over to 84 and a little north. then into ebay on rite for a little bottom fishin. then ended up bottom fishin in herr bay a little. went in around 3pm.

caught a few bottom fish and that was it. very discouraging, for gettinup early. oh well.....

come on november...

[johnnyo]

What a difference a week makes:)! Better luck next time. I might go out wed. morning myself. JO

[RiverCat09]

Thanks for the report. I made up my 4-rod spread based on yours, and will give it a try next time out. You'll do better next time I'm sure.

Don

[mlag]

What a difference a week makes:)! Better luck next time. I might go out wed. morning myself. JO

What a difference a day makes! Tough day Saturday. Fish were trying to jump in the boat on Sunday, father's day.

[swartj]

What a difference a day makes! Tough day Saturday. Fish were trying to jump in the boat on Sunday, father's day.

I'll teach 'em. I'll fish both days next weekend.

[CONTENDER21]

What a difference a day makes! Tough day Saturday. Fish were trying to jump in the boat on Sunday, father's day.

Saturday was real good. Sunday was real bad. Fish are still here.

[crabby and son]

What a difference a day makes! Tough day Saturday. Fish were trying to jump in the boat on Sunday, father's day.............mlag

Saturday was real good. Sunday was real bad. Fish are still here.............CONTENDER2

Some one is confused but I am an eyewitness to mlag's post on Saturday but that one fish tasted good for Father's Day and my Son caught it so he was happy. Good day for me...............Gary

[COL]

Jerry
Great talking to you on Saturday! As I said after we lost that one Rock (about 20") at the boat I knew my team needed some training on boat and rod handling. We later hooked a big one with my WWB spoon in rather shallow water (30 foot) under the towers that gave us the needed training. I knew something was wrong when I picked up the rod off the T-Top as there was no head thumping and some very long runs. Turns out it was a ray, but it gave us the opportunity for some training on some relatively light trolling gear. In the end we removed the spoon at boat side and my daughter was happy. Mid afternoon we went bottom fishing off Deale. We caught many average White Perch, LOTS of small Rock (6-10") and Croaker, and a Spot on ultralights. Not a spectacular day but as my daughter said "It was a nice day on the water. We have had better and we have had worse!" Bill

[CONTENDER21]

What a difference a day makes! Tough day Saturday. Fish were trying to jump in the boat on Sunday, father's day.............mlag

Saturday was real good. Sunday was real bad. Fish are still here.............CONTENDER2

Some one is confused but I am an eyewitness to mlag's post on Saturday but that one fish tasted good for Father's Day and my Son caught it so he was happy. Good day for me...............Gary

Saturdays fish gary