As Good as It Gets

[5th Tuition]

Wild Bill; when you say you didn't find anything the previous two days; is that because they are still schooled up WAY farther south? Does that mean they have a lot further to come until they hit the Cheaspeake, and thus be a week or two behind schedule? 5th (Marty)

[Wild Bill]

Originally Posted by 5th Tuition

Wild Bill; when you say you didn't find anything the previous two days; is that because they are still schooled up WAY farther south? Does that mean they have a lot further to come until they hit the Cheaspeake, and thus be a week or two behind schedule? 5th (Marty)

Marty-

I personally know about two huge schools of fish down there, one way out and one in close, but way south. The out school was reported to be 10 miles long. The school we were in was at least three miles long. Hopefully there are more schools. It is hard to know but I suspect that some fish scooted though the bridge with the full moon during those bad weather days when no one was out. I would not say they will be behind schedule. They can move 30 miles per day or night if they want. If I were a pre-season troller, I would try it soon.

[EDGEWATER]

Great report Bill.

Water looks calm and the sun is shining.

Must have been a great day fishing.

[Timbo]

Thanks for report Bill. That big school must have been a sight to see.

[Wild Bill]

Originally Posted by Timbo

Thanks for report Bill. That big school must have been a sight to see.

Yes, Tim that is what keeps us doing all we have to do to find great fishing. This trip was a bit extreme with 134 miles the first day, 175 the second and 180 the third. We did our part to keep OPEC happy.

[5th Tuition]

Thanks for the info Bill. It looks like my wife's "honey do" list is going to go undone again this spring. I'm ready for some pullage.
5th (Marty)

[Hillbilly Boater]

Bill, I think we should gone striper fishing last weekend. I heard from a friend that there were birds right off the beach in VB. With the west wind it may not have been too bad. I still need that jigged BFT, however.

[Wild Bill]

Hey Jack-

Chuck and Big Fish Bob are headed down today to check the CBBT and then the ocean. Hope they run into some good ones.

When we were down there was a huge flock of gannets at False Cape diving on bait with no stripers. I have seen that before in that area. Seeing gannets from the beach may or may not mean stripers.

You hit Hatteras on what we call a transition day after a blow. Even though it was still rough, boats could go out. That is the same thing we had our first day down. It had blown up to 50 Mph on the days before we got there. The bait and fish were scattered and we could not find them until two days later, when we had all you could want.

You may want to try Cape Cod Bay this summer for BFT. They get close to shore and you can do it in your own boat when the timing it right.

[Hakuna Matata]

Always look foward to reading your posts, Bill. Keep them coming.

-JB

[one fish]

Just saw this. thanks for the rpts Bill.

glad that you salvaged a great day out of the trip.
wtg.

ps - rips are slow and small.