[VTFish]

Man, it was BLOWING out there today! Due to the direction of the wind (North) and the extremely low tide, I couldnt fish the area in front of the rocks that I normally do, but the wind/tide was making a nice eddy on the leeward side of the rocks, so I threw out a cast w/ a big Rapala Skitterpop and *BAM*, fish on! Nice 20 inch fish! This kept up for the next 45 minutes or so, every second or third cast resulting in an 18+ inch fish, biggest of the night running just shy of 23 inches. What was ridiculous was, I was literally casting underhanded to these fish they were so close to the rocks! I totally didnt expect to do well today, but it ended up being my best topwater day of the fall! :rockon:

Pics of the ones I kept:

 

[swartj]

Nice job. How did you get pictures of fish you are going to catch tomorrow?

 

[VTFish]

Nice job. How did you get pictures of fish you are going to catch tomorrow?

Fixed, thanks for pointing that out Jerry, got ahead of myself there!

 

[Francis]

You are smoking them Matt. I should be in SoMD this weekend at some time. I will give you a call.

 

[flattyfrank]

be very careful cleaning those fish and make sure you cook them well

 

[Shawn Kimbro]

I'm really enjoying these shore fishing reports. Shoreline fishing or sight-casting topwater lures to visible structure is my absolute favorite kind of fishing. There's just something extremely thrilling about throwing where you think a fish should be, then watching one explode on a surface lure. That you are getting them from the bank has to be even sweeter, like you're getting away with something and you have a secret nobody else knows about. Keep up the good work!

 

[Jay F.]

good stuff!