02-04-2009, 03:31 PM
Kent, no need to be sorry for the Maryland thing. NBD!!!!!!!
Yes, I cannot understand why Maryland is so dead related to posting here. Located next to one of the greatest fisheries in the U.S., you woud think this section of the board would be buzzing. I swear, its crazy to me. I guess when you got something great, you do not use it, whereas others would go crazy to have a great fishery.
Typical day on the water. I get up at 7am, drive 1 1/2 hrs to my place, take 15 minutes to arrive at my fishing spot, arriving about 9:15, and start to figure the wind , etc.. Start casting about 9:30 and for the next four five six hours, catch 30 keepers. I keep nothing, never did. I put them all back. Fish range from 19" to 36" depending on the time of the year. Mostly all strippers, some blues, some flounders, and some bull nose rays. I love catching the rays, they fight their butts off. Others hate them. I take the ultra light and start perch fishing, and can catch them all day long, the biggest I ever saw. Mostly all of them are 10-11".
Some real hot days we leave about 3pm, arrive about 5 and fish til dark.
Some parts of the season the Sea Trout are running, sometimes King Mackrell, sometimes Red Drum. Some days the bay is so alive with fish, they jump into the boat. No kidding.
My best fishing is at a local island that has thousands of stumps surrounding. I take the boat in real quiet and cast to the logs. I have hooked monsters in those logs. I am talking about fish 50" or better. Sometimes I lose them, and other times, I get them to the boat.
If I get sick of saltwater, we got three reserviors to fish at, and plenty of ponds for fresh water large mouths. One pond on the eastern shore just two years ago, I caught in five hours, 3 bass over 7#, six over 5# and 14 over 4#, best day I ever had on freshwater. Every lilly pad had a large bass under it. They only allow carry on boats there.
So I cannot understand why the activity is so light here in Maryland. The fishing is great. I hope by the beginning of the season , someone like me will answer my needing a buddy to fish with. If not , I get stuck with the dog. I been buying stuff like mad. I am so ready for fishing season to begin. Well take care and I wish you and your buddy all the best this season has to offer.
Peter
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Yes, I cannot understand why Maryland is so dead related to posting here. Located next to one of the greatest fisheries in the U.S., you woud think this section of the board would be buzzing. I swear, its crazy to me. I guess when you got something great, you do not use it, whereas others would go crazy to have a great fishery.
Typical day on the water. I get up at 7am, drive 1 1/2 hrs to my place, take 15 minutes to arrive at my fishing spot, arriving about 9:15, and start to figure the wind , etc.. Start casting about 9:30 and for the next four five six hours, catch 30 keepers. I keep nothing, never did. I put them all back. Fish range from 19" to 36" depending on the time of the year. Mostly all strippers, some blues, some flounders, and some bull nose rays. I love catching the rays, they fight their butts off. Others hate them. I take the ultra light and start perch fishing, and can catch them all day long, the biggest I ever saw. Mostly all of them are 10-11".
Some real hot days we leave about 3pm, arrive about 5 and fish til dark.
Some parts of the season the Sea Trout are running, sometimes King Mackrell, sometimes Red Drum. Some days the bay is so alive with fish, they jump into the boat. No kidding.
My best fishing is at a local island that has thousands of stumps surrounding. I take the boat in real quiet and cast to the logs. I have hooked monsters in those logs. I am talking about fish 50" or better. Sometimes I lose them, and other times, I get them to the boat.
If I get sick of saltwater, we got three reserviors to fish at, and plenty of ponds for fresh water large mouths. One pond on the eastern shore just two years ago, I caught in five hours, 3 bass over 7#, six over 5# and 14 over 4#, best day I ever had on freshwater. Every lilly pad had a large bass under it. They only allow carry on boats there.
So I cannot understand why the activity is so light here in Maryland. The fishing is great. I hope by the beginning of the season , someone like me will answer my needing a buddy to fish with. If not , I get stuck with the dog. I been buying stuff like mad. I am so ready for fishing season to begin. Well take care and I wish you and your buddy all the best this season has to offer.
Peter
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