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Took my buddy Jason fishing yesterday for a ½ day trip. We didn't have enough time to travel as far south as CBBT or PLO. I knew there were some catching reports in the upper bay, but with not having any detailed intel or time to prospect, I decided to focus on a smaller patch of warm water south of Breezy.
The morning was cold, windy, devoid of any other boats, and was a very slow pick. The excitement centered more around thoughts of being capsized, than it did on having rods bent over.
With the strong NW wind, a solid outgoing tide, and the outflow there…things were torn up pretty good. All of this was compounded by the fact that we had a solid layer of frozen spray on the deck from the run down (can you say deadliest catch
). The conditions really seemed to jack up later when the tide was changing directions and there were a few times when we had seas break over the outboard engine (I was very happy to have opted away from a notched transom). It was frisky enough to make it fun and we had some good laughs. There was no need for worry; the boat took it all in stride without any serious causes for concern. :thumbup:
Fish were not stacked up by any means, but there were a few spots that would produce if the drift was set properly. We had enough C&R action to make for a decent day and we had our limit in the box by noon.
The largest striper was 23", but that was eclipsed by a surprise speck that Jason landed :
Norman
The morning was cold, windy, devoid of any other boats, and was a very slow pick. The excitement centered more around thoughts of being capsized, than it did on having rods bent over.
Fish were not stacked up by any means, but there were a few spots that would produce if the drift was set properly. We had enough C&R action to make for a decent day and we had our limit in the box by noon.
The largest striper was 23", but that was eclipsed by a surprise speck that Jason landed :
Norman