Went out today for a "scouting trip" looking for debris. I'm glad to report that I didn't see anything that looked dangerous. Some small stuff in our creek, but once in the bay proper, hardly saw anything.
We did have an incoming tide (helps) and whenever I got into a "tideline", I quickly got out of it. Dark brown bubbles are holding sticks
Ran from Bodkin Creek down to Hacketts. I texted my buddies where I was, and got a phone call from Mark (Mlag) who was down that way as well. He had birds, breaking fish, in deeper water. We followed the birds (didn't stay in one place long) and jigged some smaller fish. Some were barely legal, but they went back. I personally think the smaller fish are more aggressive, and get to my bkd before the larger fish mixed in. Not sure if this is actually happening, but it seems that way with me, not that I'm a good jigger anyway
Soooo, you know me, I couldn't resist throwing two umbrellas over and trolling
Within the first 30 seconds, I had a fat pretty 22-23 inch fish. As a was unhooking the fish, the other rod went down hard. A 28 inch beautiful fish came over the gunnel. With two keepers on the deck, I grabbed my 5 gallon bucket and put them in with some sea water. Mark was trying to get a photo of me reeling in the last fish, but the rods were only out 60 ft
I was too fast for him, but he did get a pic of the fish, after it was caught (see below). Mark had some extra ice, so he tossed me a small bag (just what I needed).
My scouting trip turned into a great dinner
Mark jigged up several nice fish, my buddy Phil was out in his boat, and got his 6 fish; so looks like a decent pattern may be forming.
5th
No Big Debris :)
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