Hey guys,
I had a little time off so I brought the boat to St Mary's County for a little while. I wasn't exactly sure who I was going to stay with or where I was going and for how long when I left, I just put some clothes in the truck, hooked up the boat and left.
I ended up staying with a few old college buddies that either work at the base or on boats and had a lot of fun. St Mary's College is making some major changes but the Green Door isn't and, well, thats a good thing.
I went fishing wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, and monday for most of the day each day. I covered the Honga, the middle grounds, Richland Point, 72a, 72, 70, Ol 52, the target ship, Hoopers Light, Point no Point, Point lookout, St George Island, etc.
The bottom line is this, finding breaking fish is key right now. Fish are either not on structure, or only on structure for a short amount of time at the right place and the right time and are generally small.
I managed to catch some mid 20's rockfish as well as several like hundred decent blues, and even some mackeral, but, they were ALL on breaking fish. Jigging and livelining on structure just aint the ticket yet this year.
I can also say breaking fish have been somewhat predictable. If you find a load of silversides in one area and fish start breaking, they will probably pop up in that area in the next day as well. i covered several hundred miles over the five days but really never should have left the western shore, between PNP and PLO to find quality fish all day long. Oh well...
All in all it was a good trip. I was reminded why I miss St Mary's County alot but I don't think enough to live there again.
I had a little time off so I brought the boat to St Mary's County for a little while. I wasn't exactly sure who I was going to stay with or where I was going and for how long when I left, I just put some clothes in the truck, hooked up the boat and left.
I ended up staying with a few old college buddies that either work at the base or on boats and had a lot of fun. St Mary's College is making some major changes but the Green Door isn't and, well, thats a good thing.
I went fishing wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, and monday for most of the day each day. I covered the Honga, the middle grounds, Richland Point, 72a, 72, 70, Ol 52, the target ship, Hoopers Light, Point no Point, Point lookout, St George Island, etc.
The bottom line is this, finding breaking fish is key right now. Fish are either not on structure, or only on structure for a short amount of time at the right place and the right time and are generally small.
I managed to catch some mid 20's rockfish as well as several like hundred decent blues, and even some mackeral, but, they were ALL on breaking fish. Jigging and livelining on structure just aint the ticket yet this year.
I can also say breaking fish have been somewhat predictable. If you find a load of silversides in one area and fish start breaking, they will probably pop up in that area in the next day as well. i covered several hundred miles over the five days but really never should have left the western shore, between PNP and PLO to find quality fish all day long. Oh well...
All in all it was a good trip. I was reminded why I miss St Mary's County alot but I don't think enough to live there again.