Spring PSCR
 

Well, I don't have much to report from above the Bridge. I really have had a half hearted attempt at fishing:mad:
I've been out twice. Trolled for two hours each time. First time out (Wed) the water was 42* hardly any bait or marks.
First trip hooked up a monster and she bent the barbless hook and got away. Today, I ran a single board with 3 umbrellas and three deep rods off the boat. Had a good "thump" as fish hit a board rod and I had her on for only 30 seconds.
Water was 46* and 47* when we quit at 2pm.

Really barren above the bridge (at least where I have been). Got reports of big bait and GANNETS below the bridge. My buddy sent me three pics. They had 8 knockdowns, got 5 to the boat, and took pics of three. Sounds like a great day with 6 rods.
Enjoy the pic's.
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second picture

Third Picture

Dougie said NONE fell in the no-take slot. All were either under or over. Hope that holds true in a couple weeks.

Makes my head hurt to think about throwing a bunch of 38", 39" fish back and having to stay out grinding out a limit.

Just can't let it get into your head. I have called everyone that is going out with me and explained the slot limit. I told them that if they wanted to change their dates or cancel, it was OK. Only 2 groups decided to fish after the trophy season. I don't like the fact that everyone may not get a fish, but, I didn't make the rules.

Captain John and Dougie had a good day. Without divulging too much, they were south of Deale:D
Tawn; my boat my be in your slip sooner than later:eek:
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Marty- at least you got out. I guess I better fuel up before Saturday? :eek:

Skip/any SRRKC tourney participants- Dont read this entire thread!! Marty has a medical condition that causes him to often lie. If he said he didn't do squat above the bridge, they MUST be thick up there. I can't believe he would post that fish are south, just to make you burn the extra fuel. :D. I think I remeber those pics from last year too; I wonder which spring they were really taken??? :p. I just looking out for you. See you Saturday.....

Good to hear they are on their way.

Jeff- Makes you want to put the boat on the trailer and head south, huh?

Thanks for the report, good to finally see one. Hopefully after this week of warm weather they will start the push north. Looks like John got into them pretty good though. I stopped by the marina yesterday afternoon and was entertained by a guy that launched his boat, fished at ramp while his kid did handstands on the pilings! I was waiting for the splash! Looks like all the algae I was showing you on Sunday is dying off and floating to the surface now. Ought to be interesting when it all makes it out to mainstream of the bay and starts fouling parachutes. I know " eat them words !"

Mike; if you look at the photos and ignore the fish:eek:, the water down south looks a lot better than up above the bridge. Our water isn't bad, just not as pretty as south.

Got another report today from someone who was out down south. They didn't see as much bait as Capt John. They had success trolling, but not quite the numbers as posted above.
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Plan on making the run, believe me!

TRAILER???? I'm not allowed to use the language anymore! :eek:

I just made up our planer board tow lines tonight. Hope to take out the new boards for a tuning trip and maybe scare up a fish or two.

What did you use for your lines?
Weed Wacker Line?
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Gator Line weed whacker line.

Round 1.30 gauge - I'm not going to mention how long they are.:D

Bowen's Farm Supply on Riva Rd in Annapolis.

I just scanned the barcode in your picture, I'm figuring they must each be 3/4 of a mile long!! :D That's a heck of a swath!!

I can cover the entire area in front of the Calvert Power Plant in one pass!!:D

Just remember you have to set lines for them and get them in... I think one trip a day you get to do the pointy end or yer gonna be tired! :D

Out today for a while from Deale. Foggy, no wind, no birds, no bait, .................................................. .................................................. ..............................no fish:mad:

Sorry the report isn't better. Out tomorrow with Jeff; things have to get better:D


I hope:eek:
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Not what I was hoping to hear....

Saturday was a real bear. Jeff did the best he could. He traveled all the way from Tolchester (above Rock Hall) to Bloody Point:D The winds made it hard to get the speed correct and nobody was tearing them up. Margaret had the best food for a group of fishermen. We had steamed shrimp, beef and turkey rolls, and of course Twizzlers:eek: She even had small (maybe 8 oz) beers so we didn't have to worry about our svelte figures:rolleyes:
We knew of several boats out (maybe 8 to 10) and only 2 boats caught fish (congratulations Skip).

Today, Sunday, was much better conditions. Winds below 10 mph and several boats were catching or at least getting knockdowns (no stinger hooks).

I think when we put out our whole spread, we will be ok. The Charters may have a more difficult time filling their boxes with the slot limit, but it looks like we may have fish for a good while this trophy season.

Moved the boat to Deale (thanks Tawn for the use of your slip). Almost time to get the rest of the rods down south for Opening Day:)
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The rest of the rods? As many trips you make down the pier yesterday for your departure south there is still room on the boat for more!

Moved the boat to Deal Sunday for the spring season. Slowed down enough to troll 6 rods and had 2 knock downs but nothing came tight. Did manage to land a bunch of jelly fish:rolleyes: Water looks much better down there than the upper bay.

Wow; that took long enough:eek: I can't remember a season where I have been fishless up until two days before the season opener. First the not so good news; only saw one gannet today out of Deale. The bay was flat and if gannets had been around, I would have expected them to be diving everywhere:roll eyes:

Good news is that I saw more bait than all the other trips combined. It wasn't a ton of bait (remember when we used to snag alewives with our spread), but at least it was steady. Can't say I saw a lot of fish marks around it or near it, but hey, sometimes we have to take what's available.

Fish hit a board rod (umb) out 5 bars. I only had 4 of the six rods deployed when it got crushed. Luckily, I was setting the spread; so I got to grab the rod:D

Single barbless hook had me worried. I have to get at least one PSCR fish:)

Not the biggest fish I've ever caught, but it made me happy. Probable a slot fish; we didn't measure. Took a quick pic and back she went. The most challenging part of the whole deal was trying to explain to Lou how to take a photo:mad:

Stayed in 29-38 ft (best marks) and only trolled two hours. Main purpose today was to load all Trophy Season rods on boat and take off the PSCR lures and bring them home at the end of the day.

Below is a pic of the fish and then a pic of the chart plotter showing bait directly under boat, and to port.

Good luck to everyone, this will be my last PSCR post.

p.s. Captain John was out north of me and picked up one fish as well.
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Pic of the fish finder
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Hey 5th how was the water down there

Nice to see you get over the skunk Marty. I think I'm gonna stay north since my crew has never trolled with boards before. I have this feeling I'm going to have a mess, lol.
Does anyone know how much junk is in the water north of the bridge?

Fueled the boat this afternoon and there was a couple prop benders floating in the marina! :eek: I didn't even stick my nose out to see what the waters looked like out front. I'm going to try my lucky above the bridge as well (as close to our Uncle's Stamas as I can get ;)).
Good luck with the boards, we'll be close by if you need to put anyone off the boat. :D

Water out front of Deale was great. I saw where Skip was out of Sandy Point and had stained/dirty water:mad:

For the most part; water stays clean south of Thomas Point. I can only remember a time or two when water was dirty as far south as Bloody.

Any debris in the water plays hell with the board lines. They either pick up small sticks and "drag" around all afternoon, or a big branch clears one side of the boat:roll eyes:

With the day looking so nice (winds <10 and 70*) there will be a bunch of boats out there. Be careful everyone; have fun.
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Check out the water in the pic (flat and clean)

Got 2 off Bloody Point - one good hit off Severn. Water quality gets dirty once north of # 86. Both 99% slot size and 99% full of roe by looks of belly.

Marty - I use PSCR lures all year. Why take off lures that I know are working ?

I had very little bait except for one thick school just south of Mattapeake. Snagged two of them - Tony # 19 size Menhaden.

Skip; I use "slider baits" for PSCR. Any jellies "slide" right over them because there is no "v" where leader gets tied to bait to collect jellies.
This year, no problem with jellies; but some years they are a pain.
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Glad you got the stink off the boat. Thanks for the report . Good luck and be careful Saturday.

I plan on setting up just north of Chesapeake Beach tomorrow. Will be on 72 until chatter gets too bad. Cell will be on. I will have my "RED" curtains on (NOT PINK!!!:mad:) if you are looking for me. Good luck guys

So radio will be off by 7:00?? Good luck to all!! I hope not to have to join you down there in all that clean water y'all are hoarding! #bumperboats. :D