Let's try this again....

[one fish]

Hi C,

thanks for the detailed rpt. we did ok jigging a little nw and sw of sharpes the other day. nice day on water. wtg.

[5th Tuition]

Charlie; first, welcome back, we missed your reports. Of course anyone who spends time away in Alaska, and then time in the woods bear hunting up north, can't have much time for fishing.

How about all that bait at 84. The good news is it looks to be peanut bunker, not silversides. The water just "erupts" from the bait ball. It's almost unbelievable that there can be that much bait and nothing working under it. Even the gulls leave it alone from above. I haven't seen so much "nervous water" in a couple of years.
I had my new boat down that way and only picked up a few blues and some small rock around 84. I did here the bite was a lot better just a few miles south.

All the osprey seem to have left, now it's a waiting game for gannets to reappear.

I will be in that area again on Monday with John.

Thanks for the report.

5th (Marty)

[garlien]

Charlie,

First off, I second Marty's thoughts...Great to have a really good report and a really great guy back on the board....

Agreed on the bait and the dinks....Seems like it has been going on since late last year...tons of bait, with little or nothing working under it...Seems like the best stripers I find are often by themselves or in very small schools.

I have had a lot more luck this year in less than 30 feet of water, than above... Channel edges have been great to me in deeper areas but some of my best fish, especially in the summer months have come around structure and less than 15 feet.

As I have told others the northern bay has given me a number of fish over 24" in the last two weeks...I think its going to be a great fall run....

Good luck to all....

Mike

[Capt. Charlie]

Marty and Mike.....I was out with a buddy, on my boat last evening for a little "Whack-a-Mole"
The bait you are seeing flashing around with no birds or fish bothering them are FULL SIZE Bunkers, not Peanuts! The millions (it seems) of Dink Rock are keying on the Bay Anchovies. If you toss a hook into the bait you can snag Bunker 9-10" long. When the "Bubba's come back in a few weeks ...it's gonna be fun
I can't tell you how many we caught because we had two on, all the time and were having a ball C&R on small bucktails and smak-its. There were birds everywhere and we were right off Knapps Narrows! Lot's of fun. We did manage two 5lb Blues which my Buddy kept for dinner.

Thanks for the welcome back, I've actually never left, just wasn't posting.

[Spot77]

It's fun reading about the areas that I've never spent any time in. I like looking at the charts to figure out where you were.

I haven't been out in ages, but it seems that even weeks ago we would find tons of bait, but no fish.

Then we'd find fish where there was no bait.

[1morecast]

Thanks for the report Charlie.I dont get to fish as much as I would like to.When I do get out your reports are allways helpful.Apperciate the info.

Dan

[Spot77]

Originally Posted by 1morecast

Thanks for the report Charlie.I dont get to fish as much as I would like to.When I do get out your reports are allways helpful.Apperciate the info.

Dan

Some of us are stuck living vicariously through these reports, so the more the better.


Hey I can dream about having a great day of fishing, right?