There are not too many times that I get several straight days of fishable weather. This weekend was one of them. We not only had the tides and weather on our side, but also the fish. The rivers produced consistent fish and the bait was readily available. While my mornings started at 3 am, being the first on the water has its rewards. I find the bait first and I find the fish first. My customers reaped the rewards. Bait was pretty consistent in upper rivers and the incoming tide was by far the most productive. All of the fish were from 16- 19 lbs and the longest was 37 inches. Both live and cut bait produced fish. We went from using various length of leaders to various pound test to keep with the rising sun and it made a big difference. Thank you to my clients this weekend as we only kept 9 fish out of 18 that made it to the boat. The ones kept were actually the better table size compared to some larger ones that were released by their choice. Awesome job gang!
By Sunday, a fair amount if the fish moved out of the upper regions of the river (compared to mid week where it was a 14 fish outing in less than 50 yards of water). Fine by me as it weeds out the stalkers of charter boats. Either way, that is what log books are for and we found them on Sunday and we were all by ourselves. The water temp was around 68 in the upper rivers and 64 in the upper bay (surface temps). Like I said in other posts, don't be afraid to try waters where there are no boats. This is the time when the fish start to move. Be the first and enjoy the rewards. There are also some very hungry blues working now so be ready to change chafed gear if you want to land a big striper!
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