The water was calm just before sunrise as we left the dock and headed south in the middle Chesapeake Bay. Once we cleared the Bridge I put the hammer down, heading to an area where there had been plenty of nice stripers busting topwater on prior trips.
When we arrived at there was a flock of working birds over small stripers. After cruising around a few times and not locating anymore working birds, we decided to move into the river. We wanted to catch some striped bass in skinny water using topwater lures. Just inside buoy R”4” the water depth went from 11 feet to 2 feet in one boat length. Jim Maurer had one blow-up on a Smack-It topwater lure but no hook-ups.
There was a 6 foot pocket that went to 2 foot abruptly on the port side across from G”3”. It only took Jim Maurer one cast to land this nice striper.
It turned out to be a very productive day, with a countless number of striped bass being caught on topwater. What’s even better was that 3 good fishing buddies, Jim Martin, Jim Maurer, and Rob Skacel, enjoyed a day together catching fish on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay.
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I will be giving a PowerPoint seminar titled Light Tackle Fishing on the Chesapeake Bay on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 07:30pm. For the MSSA, Kent Island Chapter at the American Legion Hall, 800 Romancoke Rd., Stevensville MD 21666. This is free to the public.
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