Spring Rockfishing

[Skip]

Reds - I was invited on the boat and had some time to talk to the owner.

Bear with me - going from memory.

I remember John saying the boat could only carry 6. When he first bought it - it was designed to carry more. After a Coast Guard inspection - there needed to be a few things changed to carry more and there was not time to get everything done.

It was small things like a wider cabin door - railing - etc.

Trust me - that boat is a solid tank.

[5th Tuition]

Back to fishing

Earlier, I posted "What a difference a day makes"; today it's "What a difference a half mile makes".

Today we planned to launch Allen's 23 Proline Express at Breezy (we were afraid we wouldn't make it under the Ches. Beach bridge at high tide). We met several TF'ers/CBAnglers in the parking lot of the WaWa store in Edgewater. They were also launching from Breezy. When we arrived at Breezy we saw yet another group of TF'ers/CBAnglers. We all planned to keep in touch and hopefully one of us would run into a large amount of bait and pass it on.
The winds were out of the south and we had some steady 3 footers in our face. Our plan to run any distance was squashed. We slugged our way south until we couldn't stand it any longer, and we dropped lines before we got to our original destination.
The planner boards danced like marionetts on the end of a string, but they never flipped or faltered. Occassionally, they would either leap out of a wave and fly into the next one, or surf down one side of a roller and up the other.
Bait, bait, bait, where was a good concentration? We trolled south into the fray without success. Eventually we turned north east for a "kinder" troll. After about 45 minutes of being pushed north by the tide and wind, we received a call from a friend. They had found bait and fish. Where was it, a half mile south of where we turned around. Now trolling into the wind and tide, I thought we would never get to the spot.
Sure enough, bait was plentyfull and we got a hit on one of the planner lines. It was already predetermined that I got the first fish. I've handled lots of fish this season, but have yet to bring in my own. A nice 34 inch fish was placed in the box, and we trolled around watching bait on our screen but unfortunately, we had lost the tide.
We rode back to Breezy with only one to show for our efforts, but Allen and Lou were glad I had some pullage. Back at Breezy, the water was into the parking lot and Allen had to wade across to get the truck. Lou and I stayed in the boat until Allen pulled us into a dry portion of land, and hopped out and into the truck for the ride home.
If we had just "stayed the course" and gone a little further south on our original track, I'm certain we would have picked up more fish.
Oh well, we made the best of the outing, and brought dinner home too.
Thanks Allen for the invitation:
5th (Marty)

[Spot77]

Originally Posted by 5th Tuition

Back to fishing

Earlier, I posted "What a difference a day makes"; today it's "What a difference a half mile makes".

Today we planned to launch Allen's 23 Proline Express at Breezy (we were afraid we wouldn't make it under the Ches. Beach bridge at high tide). We met several TF'ers/CBAnglers in the parking lot of the WaWa store in Edgewater. They were also launching from Breezy. When we arrived at Breezy we saw yet another group of TF'ers/CBAnglers. We all planned to keep in touch and hopefully one of us would run into a large amount of bait and pass it on.
The winds were out of the south and we had some steady 3 footers in our face. Our plan to run any distance was squashed. We slugged our way south until we couldn't stand it any longer, and we dropped lines before we got to our original destination.
The planner boards danced like marionetts on the end of a string, but they never flipped or faltered. Occassionally, they would either leap out of a wave and fly into the next one, or surf down one side of a roller and up the other.
Bait, bait, bait, where was a good concentration? We trolled south into the fray without success. Eventually we turned north east for a "kinder" troll. After about 45 minutes of being pushed north by the tide and wind, we received a call from a friend. They had found bait and fish. Where was it, a half mile south of where we turned around. Now trolling into the wind and tide, I thought we would never get to the spot.
Sure enough, bait was plentyfull and we got a hit on one of the planner lines. It was already predetermined that I got the first fish. I've handled lots of fish this season, but have yet to bring in my own. A nice 34 inch fish was placed in the box, and we trolled around watching bait on our screen but unfortunately, we had lost the tide.
We rode back to Breezy with only one to show for our efforts, but Allen and Lou were glad I had some pullage. Back at Breezy, the water was into the parking lot and Allen had to wade across to get the truck. Lou and I stayed in the boat until Allen pulled us into a dry portion of land, and hopped out and into the truck for the ride home.
If we had just "stayed the course" and gone a little further south on our original track, I'm certain we would have picked up more fish.
Oh well, we made the best of the outing, and brought dinner home too.
Thanks Allen for the invitation:
5th (Marty)

Mike and I are on a charter out of Deale this Friday. Let's hope we can bring home some dinner too. I have a bunch of clients going as well.....I'd hate to disappoint them.

[reds]

Originally Posted by Skip

Reds - I was invited on the boat and had some time to talk to the owner.

Bear with me - going from memory.

I remember John saying the boat could only carry 6. When he first bought it - it was designed to carry more. After a inspection - there needed to be a few things changed to carry more and there was not time to get everything done.

It was small things like a wider cabin door - railing - etc.

Trust me - that boat is a solid tank.

I made a mistake, I should have called the Coast Guard and let them deal with the fact he was advertising an over 6 boat.

Instead I tried to hint to his mate that there was a problem, hoping he would see what I was talking about and tell the owner so he could take the website down.

The Coast Guard doesn't like advertising something on a website when the boat doesn't have the proper credentials and it sure was enough evidence of that.

I could care less how solid his boat is or his number of trips. The boat owner should play by the regs the rest of us have to play by.

[crabby and son]

Originally Posted by reds

I made a mistake, I should have called the Coast Guard and let them deal with the fact he was advertising an over 6 boat.

Instead I tried to hint to his mate that there was a problem, hoping he would see what I was talking about and tell the owner so he could take the website down.

The Coast Guard doesn't like advertising something on a website when the boat doesn't have the proper credentials and it sure was enough evidence of that.

I could care less how solid his boat is or his number of trips. The boat owner should play by the regs the rest of us have to play by.

Internet was down for a few days. Looks like I didn't miss much..........Gary

[Mikie]

Us either!

[dances_with_fish]

Originally Posted by crabby and son

Internet was down for a few days. Looks like I didn't miss much..........Gary

I agree... Last year I use to watch this sight and it seemed that the guys on here were more informative and the few members that were on here seemed like a family that weren't quickto be so negative like on TF. How things will change!

I decided to join this year and help out on some useful knowlege and hopefully learn from the guys on this site. Everyone from last year has all but disapeared and the reports are nonexistant. All I see is a B/S forum about hockey , people throwing eggs at each other, lame attempts at self promotion for boat sales or charters, etc.

If everyone could be positive like yourself and post great fishing reports like Skip/Rivercat/Jigstix and others that used to be on this site it would take off.

I will step up and start posting everytime I go if everyone else will also. I think this site was special at one time and would like to see it again.