11/6/13 Good Day

[5th Tuition]

Had a good day trolling today. Caught 8 fish, kept 6. We wound up with a 34,24,24,23,23,22
I had a friend from Hancock, Md. come down and he wanted a 30 inch fish No pressure there. I have been trolling just boat rods, but I figured I better put out a couple board rods just in case. The plan was to only put out three board rods on each side; this way, if those pesky 17-19 inch fish didn't pop the clip, I could wind the clips back toward the boat, release the clip by hand, and send the two fishless clips back down the line

I had a mix of storms, bucktails, and Captain John spoons in the spread. Nothing caught exclusively. Most fish came off the boards Lots of bait out there. I started thinking there was too much bait, they didn't want my artificial crap
First two fish were 23-24 inches. Pop, (love that sound) goes a planer clip and drag gets pulled. First thing I did was look to see how much water we were in. Thought maybe we hooked a pot My friend says "this ones mine", and grabs the rod. As he fights the fish, he starts dipping the rod tip. Keep A Tight Line, a yell to the stern. He tightens down the drag and starts gaining line. Out of my periferal vision, I see a big tanker go past us (maybe a mile away) and he looks to be going fast. I swing the boat slowly (running boards) and try to keep the fish clear of lines and get my stern to the wake. The fish gets about a hundred feet from my stern and we watch a wall of water 6-7 ft high coming at us. My friend says a few choice words because he figures we are going to lose his fish, again, Keep A Tight Line gets voiced back to the stern. Everybodies eyes grow wide at the sight of the wave, and a 34 inch fish surfing it
After the first wave passes, the second is only 5 ft high My other buddy (Mark) asks if we have a bigger net Don't lose that fish now, I yell.
So the fish gets thumped on the cockpit floor and makes the other fish in the box look tiny My friend was pumped, I was relieved
The wind kicked up and we headed to the barn.
We listened to a lot of music on the boat today. We had everything from Lenayrd Skinner, Alan Jackson, Donovin (Sunshine Superman, ain't that an oldie), Rolling Stones, and I swear, all our fish were caught in an hour and a half while listening to Shania Twain
So, disregard what I was pulling today; put some female country music on and go catch fish

My photo will not load (too big) from the wife's computer. I will send it to Mike and see if he will post it for me
We had several boats working the area and we all stayed in touch and helped each other today. Thanks guys for the help.
Bloody Point area, western side of the channel in 50-70 ft of water was best for me today.
5th (Marty)