hengstthomas
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4th of July 2009 Local LMB
Left the house at 10am and headed out for some LMB . Started with a Senko ..
They kept coming but were all like above .. Small so I switched to a Rattle Trap ..
Then a few nicer ones
The water was very clear and I saw a lot of fish .. Bluegills from 2" to 9" were swimming all over .. I had rubber boots on and was lite wading .. I have told many people about the quicksand here so I dont know what I was thinking The water was higher than I can remember in the past 2 years so wading was mandatory .. I walked up and spooked a few schools of LMB that were hiding along the bank in the grass and then see a real nice fat HOG .. I attempted to get to a sandbar and made it but it was not sand .. I sunk up to my NADS and when I tried to compose myself I went in to the ARMPITS .. The HOG was spooked and I was soaked so I went back to the truck and deposited everything except for a Spinnerbait and went back to waste deep water . I lost 3 nice LMB in the 4 pound range .. They all went airborn and shook the spinner . I ended up with some nice fish on the Spinnerbait including 2 that were borderline 5 pounds .
Lots of 12" LMB but I am happy to see the BIG ones survived the drought last year .
Next time its Topwater
Was home at 2pm .. Total was about 30 LMB
CHP 7-7-09
I got to the pier at about 11pm and took a walk because I saw 2 trucks with Kayak racks (2 each) . I get out to the end and see 4 yaks at work and 1 boat . In that time it took me to walk the pier I only saw 1 Spot caught and thats it !
Water was stained and 3/4 down and going out . The Jellyfish were at full staff and quite a few varieties .
I was going to make the most of it anyways so I was on the water by midnight . I looked for a good spot and settled for the area near the burnt section .. Rigged up 2 pink Mullets and went to work .. First cast I get slammed and 2nd cast I land a 17" TB Flounder . I picked at them and it was a tough bite and I did figure out what slammed me ... CROAKERS
Anyhow with the bite being slow I had time to try a few things ..
First up was STRIPERS .. I could hear them popping and once in awhile I saw them but they wouldnt hit plastics so I tied on a Rattle Trap (Bleeding Shad Blue/Chrome Super Spot) and Bingo a 19" Striper followed by an 18" and another 19" .. 45 minutes later I get the one .. Fights like a Pig and sure enough its a 29" Striper that was super thick .. Spit 2 7" Spot in the canoe .. Oh well back she went .
Tide stalls at low so I go into Spot mode for some fresh cutbait but there is NO Spot ?? I tried all over to no avail so I went back to Floundering around .
Switched to Pogies and it was game time ... Landed 3 keepers in a row then a multitude of TB's with most being 16 to 17 inches and fat .. I didnt get the 4th till sunrise .
AH Sunrise The bite picked up 100 percent and I released 2 more keepers and lots of TB's .. Well when the Croakers allowed me to anyways .
The boats started to move in and a few yaks came off the beach so I figured it was time to exit stage left
Oh almost forgot .. Landed 2 Spikes on Pogies as well and I think I had a nice one on .. briefly anyways ..
I should have took pics while I was out there and I had the camera but after the first fish I was sand coated and wet .. Not a good combination !
It was a nice night with some decent pullage .. None over 20" but still a sweet night
I'll put up a pick when I muster up the energy to clean them .
Man I sure wish I had my Gulp that was stolen .. It was almost all Pogies .
PS They are almost done working on the Pier .
The Wall 7-12-09
Morty and Sunshine picked me up at 5am and we hit Bills Sports Shop to meet up with Fran and Ray and headed over to the ramp in Lewes by 5:45am . We hit the wall and found NO one there
I cut Green Crabs while the others fished with Sandfleas and fish came up on the first drop with a few TB Tob and Sunshine with a very nice Trigger ..
Man I am Jealous .. I have yet to get a Trigger off that Wall so I tried free-floating some Sandfleas but go Zip .. We Boxed about 6 Keeper Tog before the swells got bad and we made a move to the inside of the wall .. Pulled the hook only to find the Wreck Anchor Gone ! Man that sux !!
The inside was much calmer but NO Tog .. Fran got a 4" Seabass and a huge Oyster Cracker and Ray gets two 12" Sandsharks and that was it . Fran's buddy was Diving and spearing fish and said they had some active fish back on the Outside so we moved back out .
It was tough to get Toggled in but we managed after 3 attemps and began to catch more Tog and Oyster Cracker and a few Bergals .
Lots of Jellies in the water again ..
Ended the day with 12 Tog and 1 Trigger .
I was high hook with 4 keeper Tog
Morty had the Biggest at 21"
And Sunshine gets the prize for the best fish with her nice Trigger
Left the house at 10am and headed out for some LMB . Started with a Senko ..
They kept coming but were all like above .. Small so I switched to a Rattle Trap ..
Then a few nicer ones
The water was very clear and I saw a lot of fish .. Bluegills from 2" to 9" were swimming all over .. I had rubber boots on and was lite wading .. I have told many people about the quicksand here so I dont know what I was thinking
The water was higher than I can remember in the past 2 years so wading was mandatory .. I walked up and spooked a few schools of LMB that were hiding along the bank in the grass and then see a real nice fat HOG .. I attempted to get to a sandbar and made it but it was not sand .. I sunk up to my NADS and when I tried to compose myself I went in to the ARMPITS .. The HOG was spooked and I was soaked so I went back to the truck and deposited everything except for a Spinnerbait and went back to waste deep water . I lost 3 nice LMB in the 4 pound range .. They all went airborn and shook the spinner . I ended up with some nice fish on the Spinnerbait including 2 that were borderline 5 pounds .Lots of 12" LMB but I am happy to see the BIG ones survived the drought last year .
Next time its Topwater
Was home at 2pm .. Total was about 30 LMB
CHP 7-7-09
I got to the pier at about 11pm and took a walk because I saw 2 trucks with Kayak racks (2 each) . I get out to the end and see 4 yaks at work and 1 boat . In that time it took me to walk the pier I only saw 1 Spot caught and thats it !
Water was stained and 3/4 down and going out . The Jellyfish were at full staff and quite a few varieties .
I was going to make the most of it anyways so I was on the water by midnight . I looked for a good spot and settled for the area near the burnt section .. Rigged up 2 pink Mullets and went to work .. First cast I get slammed and 2nd cast I land a 17" TB Flounder . I picked at them and it was a tough bite and I did figure out what slammed me ... CROAKERS
Anyhow with the bite being slow I had time to try a few things ..
First up was STRIPERS .. I could hear them popping and once in awhile I saw them but they wouldnt hit plastics so I tied on a Rattle Trap (Bleeding Shad Blue/Chrome Super Spot) and Bingo a 19" Striper followed by an 18" and another 19" .. 45 minutes later I get the one .. Fights like a Pig and sure enough its a 29" Striper that was super thick .. Spit 2 7" Spot in the canoe .. Oh well back she went .
Tide stalls at low so I go into Spot mode for some fresh cutbait but there is NO Spot ?? I tried all over to no avail so I went back to Floundering around .
Switched to Pogies and it was game time ... Landed 3 keepers in a row then a multitude of TB's with most being 16 to 17 inches and fat .. I didnt get the 4th till sunrise .
AH Sunrise
The bite picked up 100 percent and I released 2 more keepers and lots of TB's .. Well when the Croakers allowed me to anyways .The boats started to move in and a few yaks came off the beach so I figured it was time to exit stage left
Oh almost forgot .. Landed 2 Spikes on Pogies as well and I think I had a nice one on .. briefly anyways ..
I should have took pics while I was out there and I had the camera but after the first fish I was sand coated and wet .. Not a good combination !
It was a nice night with some decent pullage .. None over 20" but still a sweet night
I'll put up a pick when I muster up the energy to clean them .
Man I sure wish I had my Gulp that was stolen .. It was almost all Pogies .
PS They are almost done working on the Pier .
The Wall 7-12-09
Morty and Sunshine picked me up at 5am and we hit Bills Sports Shop to meet up with Fran and Ray and headed over to the ramp in Lewes by 5:45am . We hit the wall and found NO one there
I cut Green Crabs while the others fished with Sandfleas and fish came up on the first drop with a few TB Tob and Sunshine with a very nice Trigger ..
Man I am Jealous .. I have yet to get a Trigger off that Wall so I tried free-floating some Sandfleas but go Zip .. We Boxed about 6 Keeper Tog before the swells got bad and we made a move to the inside of the wall .. Pulled the hook only to find the Wreck Anchor Gone ! Man that sux !!
The inside was much calmer but NO Tog .. Fran got a 4" Seabass and a huge Oyster Cracker and Ray gets two 12" Sandsharks and that was it . Fran's buddy was Diving and spearing fish and said they had some active fish back on the Outside so we moved back out .
It was tough to get Toggled in but we managed after 3 attemps and began to catch more Tog and Oyster Cracker and a few Bergals .
Lots of Jellies in the water again ..
Ended the day with 12 Tog and 1 Trigger .
I was high hook with 4 keeper Tog
Morty had the Biggest at 21"
And Sunshine gets the prize for the best fish with her nice Trigger
