Well the weekend is here and I figured if you don't have a place to go; this has been good for us the last three days.
Western Shore side from radar towers to Breezy in 35-45 ft of water
. Wed and Thurs the fish came easily (done by 9:30 on Wed, done by 10:30 on Thurs); but today we worked hard. It might have been the approaching storm and lower pressure, because the fish were still there on the finder
. Todays wind made it difficult to circle back on the fish also, so that hindered us as well. We had to go until 1:30 today to fill the box
.
The swells were building and the sky was darkening. We started to get phone calls from wives and friends about approaching weather
. We had the radio on and cell phones tuned into the latest radar apps
. We were going to squeak out that last fish for as long as possible.
For whatever reason (low pressure system or boat slapping the waves) the fish were deeper today and 12-16 oz of weight was best. Previously, 4-10 oz has been the ticket. Damn I love a 15 ft beam
. We can run 12 rods off the boat very easily (makes my job easier).
We are running all umbrellas (lg and small) with storm and calcutta lures. We haven't had ANY tails bitten off and we haven't caught any blues. With reports of skates around; luckily we haven't hooked any of them by accident.
Best of luck, we will not be out until next week.
5th (Marty)