Scouting north of Bridge

[Spot77]

Originally Posted by 5th Tuition

I received a report that 100 porpoises were headed our way from down below the bridge

Is that a super reliable source? Not a single mention of it by any of the locals over here. Kent Island chicks love their dolphins.

Maybe they're still much further south? Let's hope.

[reds]

Originally Posted by Spot77

Is that a super reliable source? Not a single mention of it by any of the locals over here. Kent Island chicks love their dolphins.

Maybe they're still much further south? Let's hope.

Crab Potter, who sets up and down kent island shore took a video of the porpoises today.

They are here.

[B-Faithful]

porpoises off hacketts the other day. Friend sent me a video.

[5th Tuition]

So, after "finding them" last Monday, I fished Tuesday and Wednesday as well
Needed to get some "honey do" things accomplished the rest of the week, and although I normally DON"T fish the weekends, I was invited to jump on Bruce's new 27 Judge "Hook Em" (still less than 100 hrs). Bruce will be unavailable for fishing Mon thru Thursday , so I relinquished church this morning

Bruce had me do a little "devotional" over channel 72 (Judge guys) to Mlag, Jason, and Lolo. I asked that those fishing today along with "Uncle Jake" be safe, find fish, and return to dock safely.

We looked at a few Upper Bay haunts (above Rock Hall) with nobody home
Slid down to Rock Hall, trolled some deeper water while chumming boats worked shallow water. Not much happening

We headed further south near mouth of Chester river and threw out a 7 rod spread. Rods were in the water about 5 minutes when the fish finder LIT UP.

A rod went down HARD and I brought twin keepers onboard (32 & 21). Obviously we stayed in the area. Uncle Jake had shown us the way
We called in a couple of other Judges and everyone had a good pick of nice fish.

Filled the box rather quickly (other than about 20 minutes trying to get as much line back from a skate hookup) and jigged a few fish before heading to the barn.

Bruce's boat performed flawlessly, but it looks like Phil and I need to pitch in to buy him a bigger net

I love that option he has on his fly by wire Suzuki that allows you to hit a button to uncrease your RPM's by 50 (or reduce by 50). What a nice function. Top that off with his autopilot and Hook 'Em is outfitted perfectly for bay fishing.

More Honey Do's tomorrow, but hope to get my boat out again soon.

p.s. Saw Mako Mike's beautiful new Tierra out today; she looks like a fishing machine.
5th

[bhl]

As always, I had a great day on the bay with great friends. Marty had to show off by catching two fish at the same time on a spreader bar which were the first two in the box. It took Phil a while to put one in the box but he finally managed to do it. I hope the fish hang around for a while.
Thanks for posting the trip Marty. I had to leave town the next morning and didn't get a chance to post.

[5th Tuition]

Fished my boat Wed morning and STRUGGLED Winds were supposed to be calm, but we had white caps early and couldn't troll properly. We did pick up one 23 inch fish, but the screen wasn't "lit up" like Sunday.
Found out that three commercial guys were in there just the day before and took out 1,500 pounds each of fish to sell (4,500 lb total)

I had a friends grandson onboard and decided to run to some other areas that have been good to me this time of year. We did find one other 19 1/2 inch keeper, but that was it for me.

Phil (Jus' Jiggin) had his boat out as well and we stayed in contact. My guys had to be back to the dock early, but Phil said it turned on later in the afternoon, and he got his 4 fish limit with his grandson (Marcus) onboard.

Since I was home early, I went to our community swimming pool. Water felt great, but I got some water in my ear that I couldn't clear.

Mark (Mlag) called to see if I wanted to go with him the next day (Thursday) out of South River. Sure

We caught plenty of fish despite my hearing loss. At one point, Mark tossed out his line and said; "I threw my line out right by that swirl." I looked behind the boat and thought to myself, "What the hell, I don't see any squirrel."

When I asked him why he thought he saw a squirrel out in the middle of the bay, we laughed.

Fun fishing with the group we have

Home taking a breather from fishing and taking my 91 yr old mother food shopping this morning. That's always fun. She can take 10 minutes looking for the perfect cantaloupe or tomatoes

Looks like a calm day out on the water this morning (fri). Hope you "catch um up".
5th

p.s. I hear Mako Mike's rehab is going well. Keep up the good work Brother

[Mako mike]

Another couple thousand pounds on commercial hook and like fish came in again yesterday caught in the same area we discussed. That’s gotta be one hell of a school or should I say it was one hell of a school!