Couple Short Trips

[Jet Ski Brian]

I was on call this weekend but I still managed to make it out in the Chesapeake Bay some. Each of my trips were cut short by calls but I was able to catch a couple of small cobia along the buoys and watched a couple of people catch some puppy drum along the flats as I was trying get some pictures of fish jumping. I did get a couple of some dolphin jumping. Also got some lightning strikes as some storms passed through the last couple of days. Hope to be out again soon. Here are a couple of pictures.

[Superdink]

kool pictures i like pictures on reports

[FinFan]

As always, awesome Pic's Brian.

Any word on when the TV show that you were filmed for is going to be aired?

[Jet Ski Brian]

Thanks, Off The Hook; Extreme Catches. The Episode with my jet skis is August 19th at 9 pm on Animal Planet.

[SeaDooDave]

Cool photos Brian, especially the 2nd one there.

[Don Hershfeld]

Brian,

Thank you for taking the time to share your talents so freely. I pretty much live my saltwater life virtually and vicariously through folks like you. Karen and I did fish for reds in Mosquito Lagoon (FL) earlier this year... our first experience of them, and except for manatees, your gallery of pics took me back there. Drew a very windy week, but got some on the fly and of course enjoyed the whole environment immensely.

Let me ask... seeing as how MD is the new NC (climate-wise, whether via natural or anthropogenic means), and you get out frequently enough to make valid overall comparisons from year/decade to year/decade, are red drum becoming a more regular part of the lower and even middle Chesapeake scene? Is it all juvies for the most part, or are there times and places where a guy could target adult fish on the flats and not be chasing windmills, essentially? Keep the great posts coming, as curious minds wanna know how its going down your way!

[baysider]

Don, reds are nothing new to the lower or MD side of the bay. However this year everyone, including myself, is seeing a huge increase in juvenille puppy drum. A good sign for the fishery for sure.

[Don Hershfeld]

Thats good to hear. The reds in ML appeared very pressured, even in the pole and troll zones. I guess that in a big-name destination flats fishery, they soon become 'conditioned' and ultra-sensitive to angler error. Not sure I'd want to take that long drive to FL again really, and don't need to have manatees around to enjoy a fishing outing either. I've this feeling that when you've seen one, you've pretty much seen them all, more or less. But if I could just head across the whole state (which would only eat up a day of travel) and stand a reasonable chance of tangling with even some ordinary reds, I'd count that as success. Doable, on the fly, or fat chance, practically speaking?

[Jet Ski Brian]

I agree with baysider, lots and lots of little pups.

[HGS]

NICE