[Finfever21]

Left out of Rudee around 6 headed towards Dam neck area cause the bite has been pretty good there lately. Got setup with a 5 rod spread chartreuse mojo, white umbrella, red and white stretch, red and white mojo and a chartruese umbrella trolled from damn near sandbridge to just outside rudee and saw no birds working but did mark fish and bait all the way up. Decided to heads towards the fleet around the Ramada and CH started out 2.5 miles off of ramada and wham the stretch gets crushed. Me being a dumb arse forgot to put the clicker on and by the time i realized the line was spooling off like crazy it was too late. This fish ripped off 300 yards of 50lb braided in a matter of seconds at first i thought big a$$ striper but that was until i talked to Robert (playnhooky) and he said it was a BFT. I tried my best to stop him and im paying for it with a burnt up thumb:hammer: Anywayz fishing was very slooow today but it seemed to pick up in the afternoon. Last i talked to Kevin (weekend mistress) he was 1 away from a limit (hope you got it):thumbup: Beautiful day on the water except for that fog that rolled though... Brandon

Thanks again Kevin and robert for helping me out!!!:thumbup:

 

[hard ripples]

Wow. that sucks about the braid. I always forget atleast one clicker. Im heading out tomorrow hopefully its not too bad for my 21ft whaler.

 

[Jet Ski Brian]

I had the same luck as you, I am going to try again tomorrow.

 

[Finfever21]

Wow. that sucks about the braid. I always forget atleast one clicker. Im heading out tomorrow hopefully its not too bad for my 21ft whaler.

good luck:thumbup:

 

[cmacdol]

Can't catch'em on the Couch.
WTG!

Les

 

[23trophy]

we hit cape henry this morning in the fog. fished till 3 got 8 fish from 28-34 . then on the way in we say some birds by the first and hit it. caught a 42 all by ourselves we should have stayed in the bay all day. we released the 42 cause we already had our limit.

 

[flounderman06]

good thing you didnt get stopped in the bay.
Chesapeake Bay Fall Season .........................................................October 4 through December 31
........................................Minimum Size Limit..............................................................18 inches
........................................Maximum Size Limit * ......................................................... 28 inches
........................................Possession Limit - October 4 through December 20...................2 per person
........................................Possession Limit - December 21 through December 31..............1 per person

* 1 fish of the 2 fish possession limit may be 34 inches or larger; no fish may be kept between 28 and 34 inches.

 

[gary49]

Clicker might not have mattered if it was a BFT. It might have helped if you had 15# or so of drag set, but then again, maybe not. Amazing how fast a big tuna can swim.

 

[23trophy]

thanks for the posted regulations i am aware of them. we kept two 34s at cape henry because we were inside the bay line. so we had our limit two fish.

 

[classicrockfish]

Brandon,

WOW! a very exciting report. A BFT!! I hope your thumb heals quickly..I am guessing the next time you're out you will be checking the clickers. I had a what I like to call " a monster" fish run with my line last year around the golfball area .. It unspooled my 250 yards of 65 lb braid like it was nothing and to see this mess go off like this was nothing short of amazing to me. I had never seen anything like it.. You have definitely got my attention cause it was on a stretch 30. Good luck out there & Thanks for the report.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Slow Day, But Nice Out!

Brandon,

Good talking and networking with you today. It was definitely a slow fishing day. Took us all day to scratch out our 5 fish (never got the last one for a 3 man limit). All of our fish came from the upper 3rd of the water column and hit white with red trim parachute rigs. It was a good time fishing with Scott & Raymond on Scotts boat Friday's Off.

Tight Lines & Happy Holidays,
Kevin
Weekend Mistress

 

[zdard4oh]

Sorry about getting spooled Brandon. I haven't mad a run a the CH bite since it's heated up but we're still catching at the HR. Not to jack your thread but we went out Fri night and with a 5 rod spread we limited. It might have taken 6 hours but all 4 fish were hoss's. Start of either current produced top to 20' down and once it was running hard the bottom was the ticket. Eels are officially striper crack.

 

[Finfever21]

Sorry about getting spooled Brandon. I haven't mad a run a the CH bite since it's heated up but we're still catching at the HR. Not to jack your thread but we went out Fri night and with a 5 rod spread we limited. It might have taken 6 hours but all 4 fish were hoss's. Start of either current produced top to 20' down and once it was running hard the bottom was the ticket. Eels are officially striper crack.

Way to go Zach i might try there this week sometime:thumbup: