Spring Rockfishing

[5th Tuition]

What a difference a day makes. Tough bite this morning. After limiting out fairly quickly yesterday, we thought today was going to be a piece of cake.
Definitely not the case. We were marking nice bait and fish, but they were deeper than yesterday. We caught 4, with 3 coming off deep rods.
We headed for the barn around 1 pm and I understand it "turned on" around 1:30 where we were today. Oh well, that's fishing.
We are going to be downsizing most of our baits in anticipation of the 2 a day limit coming up soon. We have been seeing some "unders", but most fish are still in the low to mid 30's. I understand another CBAngler caught some nice size (38-39 inch) fish today, and had a whopper come unglued at the boat.
The winds layed down in late morning and it was a beautiful day on the water.

Not looking to get out until next Monday. Look for a report next week. Best of luck, 5th (Marty)

[Spot77]

Marty, you may have said before and I missed it, but what boat are you working on?

[drichitt]

Originally Posted by Spot77

Marty, you may have said before and I missed it, but what boat are you working on?

The 'Patent Pending' (46' Marley-1 year old) out of Deale. A very nice boat.

[5th Tuition]

Originally Posted by drichitt

The 'Patent Pending' (46' Marley-1 year old) out of Deale. A very nice boat.

5th

[reds]

Originally Posted by drichitt

The 'Patent Pending' (46' Marley-1 year old) out of Deale. A very nice boat.

You mean Markley 46'? Has some of it's roots here on the Eastern Shore.

[B-Faithful]

Looks almost too pretty to fish... note that I said almost

[reds]

5th Tuition

I'm totally confused about the "Patent Pending", maybe you can help me out.
The website for Patent Pending shows a picture of the boat. It mentions that it has room for 12 guests. But I see no T boat necessities, in the picture.

[drichitt]

Originally Posted by reds

You mean Markley 46'? Has some of it's roots here on the Eastern Shore.

Markley 46 is correct; typo. I understand from talking with Marty that it was built on the eastern shore. 2 guys was the entire crew I think. That boat still has a new boat smell, even after one year. Fair amount of beautiful wood trim in the forward areas. Wood flooring as well.

[5th Tuition]

REDS; I'm not sure what websight you are looking at. As of last week, Capt. John had no websight for "Patent Pending". He has a websight for his resturant/deli as "South County Cafe" and was hoping to put a link to the boat.
I'll poke around the internet and see if I can find a websight for him. We run out of Deale (Harrington Harbor North). He has a 6 pack; but also does dinner cruises in the evenings during the summer. This is my first year with him, so I don't know how many he carries on a dinner cruise.
5th (Marty)

[5th Tuition]

Just did a web search and he does indeed have a websight for the boat. Capt.John must have been busy this week and got a websight going.

Reds, I have to show my ignorance and tell you I don't know what you mean by ""no T boat necessaries". I believe that if you are liscened for more than a 6 pack, the boat has to have additional safty equipment. You need either a rail or 36 inches off the floor to the gunnels and I believe a raft along with life jackets.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
5th (Marty)