Bb tomorrow 9-3

[Goody]

Search thread from last year on the bay bridge. I used the same spot to catch 2 -3 stripers after it was dead.

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[Yak Fish]

Congratulations on your personal best -- that is always a great accomplishment. I did well on stripers too this morning launching out of Goodhands Creek launch. My biggest was just 20" but I caught 23 stripers over 4.5 hours of nonstop trolling (tired knees!).

That's a good sign! Was there a particular depth or topography where you found them? Were they in schools?

Congrats CP! That's exciting stuff man. Sounds like fishing's improving.

[Cowpokey]

Congratulations on your personal best -- that is always a great accomplishment. I did well on stripers too this morning launching out of Goodhands Creek launch. My biggest was just 20" but I caught 23 stripers over 4.5 hours of nonstop trolling (tired knees!).

Sounds like y'all had a good day too!

[J.A. Veil]

That's a good sign! Was there a particular depth or topography where you found them? Were they in schools?

Congrats CP! That's exciting stuff man. Sounds like fishing's improving.

Alan -

Sorry to hijack Cowpokey's post, but since you asked: I trolled small lures in shallow water (2 ft to 4 ft) along grassy edges. Any grassy points that diverted the water were particularly attractive to me. I also trolled parallel to the breakwater just south of the Narrows -- I found stripers at one particular spot along the wall, but not anywhere else. As you mention in your book, trolling allows you to explore a large area to learn which specific segments hold the most fish. I found several such spots that accounted for over half of the day's catch. I had several passes when 2 of the 4 rods went down at the same time, and once when 3 of the 4 went down. Trying to land all those fish without tangling lines on each other, the rudder, or the Propel was a challenge. I got it right most of the time (but not all the time).

There may have been plenty of fish in deeper water, but on the times when I was moving across deeper water I had no bites. I saw no working birds or breaking fish at all today.

I started with two 12 Fathoms 3" Fat Sam mullet paddletails in chartreuse, one Rattletrap, and one 5" eel-like soft plastic that Harry got at Bass Pro. He gave me two to try. The eel lure caught 4 of the first 5 fish, then went quiet after that. The coloration may have been better suited to the lower light during the first hour of fishing. After 45 mins, I removed the Rattletrap and replaced it with a jighead and 4" Gulp. The rest of the day, the chartreuse Fat Sam mullets were the best producers, with the Gulp catching 3 or 4 fish.

During my trolling near the mouth of the Severn and at Hacketts Pt (also in shallow water) on Tues, chartreuse lures were hit far more than the other colors. That seems to be a good choice right now.

[Cowpokey]

Search thread from last year on the bay bridge. I used the same spot to catch 2 -3 stripers after it was dead.

Mobile

I would have had to cut the striper open to reuse the white perch, it was in it's belly.

[Cowpokey]

Sorry to hijack Cowpokey's post, but since you asked: <snip>

LOL, not my thread, I just ended up in it cause I fished today.

I've been reading about folks catching mostly in shallow water lately while trolling. I caught the 23"er in 17 feet of water today. All of the striper I've gotten while trolling this summer were in less than 14 feet.

[Goody]

I would have had to cut the striper open to reuse the white perch, it was in it's belly.

I'm talking about the dead spot.

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[Cowpokey]

I'm talking about the dead spot.

Mobile

Interesting...I dropped the spot over the side, figured it for crab food.

[Yak Fish]

Great job reporting guys, nice! Thank you.

[daolai]

nice work and did you eat the perch too?

[Cowpokey]

nice work and did you eat the perch too?

My wife filleted the perch too, it wasn't digested at all. LOL Now she said. "perch isn't good, bring home more striper."

[Pc4sun]

Cowpokey! Congrats on your personal best! Nice looking fish. I'd love to know how your wife prepared it.
John V. I received my 12 fathoms fat sams in the mail; chartreuse, glass minnow, and a penny color. I hope they work as well for me as they work for you

[Shady]

Nice job on the pb! were getting into the best time of the year for bigger fish. They don't call it rocktober for nothing

[Cowpokey]

Cowpokey! Congrats on your personal best! Nice looking fish. I'd love to know how your wife prepared it.

She cut it up and ate it raw: "Sashimi". I had a piece too, it was good dipped in soy sauce and wasabi. She ate one whole fillet and put the other one in the fridge for sashimi tomorrow.

Nice job on the pb! were getting into the best time of the year for bigger fish. They don't call it rocktober for nothing

Thanks, always fun getting a PB! Can't wait to top it!

[Salty Dog]

Nice going Cowpokey, the bigger ones are coming soon.