I ran a charter on Saturday and took a rockfish skunk (well we caught some dinks). I have had a couple slow days this year but that was my first skunk in a long time. We spent almost the entire trip looking for spot and couldnt buy one. Perch were even very slow and they typically have been like rats on the streets of Baltimore while trying to catch spot. We did get some to just over 11" but they were not on fire either. While finding spot has been more difficult this year, we have always been able to catch enough to live line some and catch some nice rockfish.
I do not know what was going on but the bite was very tough. I even talked to an over 6 boat that only caught like 15 perch, 2 spot and a bluefish on his morning trip. Water temps were 78 degrees on the surface when they were 82 degrees on Tuesday and we had a decent bite with fish 26" to the mid 30's. I notice facebook had almost no rockfish photos posted from Saturday morning.
I may sling chum on my next trip.
Last edited by B-Faithful; 08-10-2015 at 02:21 PM.
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