Finally went fishing for the 1st and 2nd time this weekend. Fished above the bridge on Friday. Covered all the legal waters on my side of the bay and caught 3 shorts. Lines in from 6:45 - 3:00. Heard reports of keeper fish being caught south so decided to make the run to 83 on Saturday.
Had friends from PA going so didn’t leave the dock until 8:30 to make the 1.5 hour run down. Fished 10-3:30 and caught 2 shorts, 2 balloons, and a nice 35.75” fish. I ALMOST threw it back because it was short of 36” when the guy who reeled it in quickly reminded me it only needed to be 35” again this year.
Fished 17 rods with assorted tandems both days (I hate using umbrellas unless it’s raining
). Caught fish on both white and chartreuse tandems with 9” shads. Long days with not a ton of fish but caught fish both days at least. Even though Friday we didn’t have a keeper, it was not a skunk in my book.