Plenty Stripers - Plenty Topwater Action

What a beautiful day to be on the Chesapeake Bay. The water was flat and the sun was under the clouds all morning.  The striped bass were active while on structure and under working birds.

The Sonar Was Lit Up All Morning

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Bill Hensley was catching stripers on topwater for the first 2 hours this morning on a crease, 4" gold and white fly. The stripers, on top, were somewhat small, from 12" to 16".  They were still a lot of fun to catch when using a fly rod.

Bill Hensley

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We moved to fish under the working birds where if the fly could get down deep, the fish were somewhat larger in size than on topwater. Bill had to use 250 grain sinking fly line with a Half and Half, 5", in chartreuse and dark green with red eyes. The majority of stripers were caught on a 12 count.

Thanks Bill for joining me and have a safe trip back to Texas. I'm sure you'll now start use sinking line on the red fish down your way.