A Good Day to Be on the Water

Cree and Melo Hamilton joined me yesterday to fly and light tackle fish the Chesapeake Bay. We left the ramp at Sandy Point State Park and headed east to do some topwater popping. The current was moving south very swiftly when we arrived at the first structure. A large Stillwater Smack-It, in white, was on the light tackle in which Melo used and Cree was casting an Orvis Mylar Popper in blue and white. Unfortunately we didn't see any blow-ups before heading west.

I'm sure some of you know catching has been tough in the recent weeks. It was no different today as we moved from structure to structure, heading from shallow to deep water, looking for some return echos on the sonar units. We headed north toward Love Point, on the 35 foot line, when some stripers showed up. They must have been feeding on May worms and were very difficult to catch. The most productive lure was a 5 inch, pearl, Z-Man, Scented Jerk ShadZ rigged on a 3/4 ounce jighead.

Cree Landed His 1st Striper Ever

Melo Also Caught Her 1st 

Striped Bass and the Largest on the Trip

Catching seems to be improving as I went out 4 times last week, and more fish were caught on 3 of these trips. We had some topwater action just prior to sunset and that's always exciting.