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I've been a laggard around here as far as adding reports this season. I've just been too busy with various projects, both personal and work. I finally got away on both Friday and Monday to the Bennett Point Road Landing which accesses the Wye River.
Friday was a nice sunny and warm day. I went with a friend and must have missed the best tide. We crabbed mostly, getting eleven keeper males off of the pilings near the landing. There's nothing like Wye River crabs! I did manage a few perch, and a fat twelve incher.
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By Monday, the weather had changed dramatically. It was cloudy and in the low 60's the entire day, and the wind was a consistent 10 - 15 mph from the east. I launched about 8:45 am, paddled north and trolled the usual shoreline spots on the landing side. Without much action except a few dink stripers, I crossed the River and trolled the Wye Island shoreline, first heading south and getting more throw-back of various sizes, and then upriver. One of my rods is stiff, only a little over 5 feet, but it doubled over. It was the heaviest fish I think I've ever felt, and the rod was pretty much doubled over the whole time. I thought it was a very large keeper striper. I got it close to the boat, and it was a very large speckled trout; at least 18 inches, maybe over 20 or more! I then made a fatal mistake, I tried to lift it in the boat just as it was thrashing about, and it shook the hook right off!
Specs have teeth, so I couldn't grab the lip. Their mouths are fairly soft too (their whole bodies are sort of squishy), so specs really require a net to get them safely in the boat. I have a net, and it will certainly come with me next time. We live and learn.
I caught a lot of fish yesterday, and probably more specs of decent size, (10-12 inches, no keepers), then stripers which were mostly dinks, although I did manage a fat and healthy 18 incher which I was sure was a keeper until I measured him.
So the moral is bring a net, even a crab net would work. Speaking of crabs, I brought home four Wye River jimmies and had them for dinner, so I didn't go hungry after all.
Fishinfool
Wilderness System
Pungo 1200
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Friday was a nice sunny and warm day. I went with a friend and must have missed the best tide. We crabbed mostly, getting eleven keeper males off of the pilings near the landing. There's nothing like Wye River crabs! I did manage a few perch, and a fat twelve incher.
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By Monday, the weather had changed dramatically. It was cloudy and in the low 60's the entire day, and the wind was a consistent 10 - 15 mph from the east. I launched about 8:45 am, paddled north and trolled the usual shoreline spots on the landing side. Without much action except a few dink stripers, I crossed the River and trolled the Wye Island shoreline, first heading south and getting more throw-back of various sizes, and then upriver. One of my rods is stiff, only a little over 5 feet, but it doubled over. It was the heaviest fish I think I've ever felt, and the rod was pretty much doubled over the whole time. I thought it was a very large keeper striper. I got it close to the boat, and it was a very large speckled trout; at least 18 inches, maybe over 20 or more! I then made a fatal mistake, I tried to lift it in the boat just as it was thrashing about, and it shook the hook right off!
Specs have teeth, so I couldn't grab the lip. Their mouths are fairly soft too (their whole bodies are sort of squishy), so specs really require a net to get them safely in the boat. I have a net, and it will certainly come with me next time. We live and learn.
I caught a lot of fish yesterday, and probably more specs of decent size, (10-12 inches, no keepers), then stripers which were mostly dinks, although I did manage a fat and healthy 18 incher which I was sure was a keeper until I measured him.
So the moral is bring a net, even a crab net would work. Speaking of crabs, I brought home four Wye River jimmies and had them for dinner, so I didn't go hungry after all.
Fishinfool
Wilderness System
Pungo 1200
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IMG_1717.jpg
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