Quick Patapsco report

[Mako mike]

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[OverCooked]

Funny report Marty. That sounds like NJ fishing, not the tranquil Maryland bay day!

Speaking of that I fished out of NJ yesterday. The larger fish are still there in good numbers. We caught multiple 35" plus fish with a bite that according to locals hasn't been this good in years.

It's a good thing they have no idea how to troll though! I brought five rods with me and was told we only needed 1... I didn't want to let too much out of the bag so I showed them how to troll THREE rods without them tangling. I did not see one other boat (50+) with more than three rods out...


Hopefully the biguns are just delayed in their travels to us in the bay

[bhl]

Originally Posted by OverCooked

Funny report Marty. That sounds like NJ fishing, not the tranquil Maryland bay day!

Speaking of that I fished out of NJ yesterday. The larger fish are still there in good numbers. We caught multiple 35" plus fish with a bite that according to locals hasn't been this good in years.

It's a good thing they have no idea how to troll though! I brought five rods with me and was told we only needed 1... I didn't want to let too much out of the bag so I showed them how to troll THREE rods without them tangling. I did not see one other boat (50+) with more than three rods out...


Hopefully the biguns are just delayed in their travels to us in the bay

Nice job keeping all three rods from tangling. I do know that when the Rock were hot and heavy off the Virginia coast most of the captains only trolled a few rods because they would have too many fish on at one time and tear up tackle. Glad you had a good day. Hopefully they are arriving in the OC area.

bhl (Bruce)

[OverCooked]

Originally Posted by bhl

Nice job keeping all three rods from tangling. I do know that when the Rock were hot and heavy off the Virginia coast most of the captains only trolled a few rods because they would have too many fish on at one time and tear up tackle. Glad you had a good day. Hopefully they are arriving in the OC area.

bhl (Bruce)

I could see that. Action wasn't that hot though. One fish every 30-40 minutes.
Thanks for your original report Bruce.

[bhl]

Originally Posted by 5th Tuition

Bruce; fished a charter down by 78A and found fish 58 ft down, in 60 ft of water

We put a few in the box and had a few shorts. Must have been 50 boats in a very small space. We were laughing at the sights. Saw boats snagging each others lines and fighting over who had the toughest tackle. It was all fun and games until a charter cut too close behind us and I had a line screaming

I grabbed the rod, locked down the drag, and won We got our tackle back, and his as well

Seriously, it was close to bumper cars out there. Fish were tightly schooled and as I said, hugging the bottom. John would kick it into neutral, all the boat rods would hang limp, and he would slip it back into gear. We would pick up at least one fish every time, but this also meant that 9 other rods were either F'd up or lures were muddy.
It kept me busy, for sure. Meanwhile; two or three boats would race into your spot trying to accomplish the same thing.

I quickly switched out umbrella's for John's spreader rigs; they can lay on the bottom and come back up correctly. I also changed out parachutes and buck tails because they would pick up the mud. Storm shads quickly dominated my spread.

I didn't see anybody tear up the fish. Many well known charters were working the same area and stayed late trying to get their limit.

Good luck,
Play nice,
5th (Marty)

That's a tough way to fish. Sounds like you made the right decisions changing up lures. Way to hang in there Usually there is a boat or two that wants to stop in the middle of the trollers and jig. That always makes for a fun trip.

bhl (Bruce)