[STMAN]

I went out at 3:00 and immediately started questioning my sanity. If I hadn't promised my neighbor that I would take him I would have put the boat on the trailer and went home. I motored ever so carefully through all of the boats on the Severn river partying after the Blue Angels show and headed down to Thomas Point. We marked fish in about 30' of water and started jigging. Then the motorcade of boats starting making way from the Severn. We were hanging on and taking in water more than fishing! So I decided to get closer to shore and away from the autobon that had suddenly started up in the bay. We got into 18' - 20' of water and started marking smaller fish so we changed gear to light rods with tandem botttom rigs using bloodworms. The bite was on immediately and stayed on untill the slack tide. We ended up catching 52 Croaker from 9" - 18" and 13 Perch from 6" - 11". My son and neighbor had the time of their lives and were begging me to take them out again.