Stripers (Rock Fish) on the Bay

I received a call from my buddy Mike a couple weeks back, he wanted to go striper fishing last minute. He has a buddy that guides on the Susquehanna flats and he had a last minute cancelation, so he wanted us to come down. That morning they put a solid 40 fish in the boat, all on flies so we were pretty pumped to get out. Unfortunately, it was a flood tide and the water was moving very slow, so we had to work to find some fish. Jeff kept us thinking the next cast was going to be a fish, and we eventually found some willing fish. About a half hour before dark I got crushed by a 40" plus fish and fought it right to the boat, Mike went to lip it and it took one last run under the boat and popped off. We all just about cried, but we went back at it looking for another one. If you ever need a recommendation for a guide on the flats I would Highly recommend giving Jeff Lewatowski a call.

Fathers Day Largemouth Bass

It was an awesome weekend, down in Maryland. Had one day on the boat looking for stripers, only one little guy. But the evenings were filled with Largemouth and poopers. It was awesome spending time with the family.

Fathers Day Stripers

Its always nice to be with your father for his birthday, and fathers day all in one weekend. Its even nicer when your dad is a commercial fisherman, and knows where to catch over 40 stripers in a morning. Being in 30ft of water, the fly fishing techniques had to get creative, but I did manage to hook up on a couple. It was an awesome morning. Thanks Dad.

Stripers!!!

There is nothing like a trip home to see the family, but when that trip entails new rods, new flies, and stripers, it can't be matched. This time of year, where we fish, most of the fish are no bigger than 18", so when my little sister reeled in a 24" fish , were very presently surprised. We preceded to catch about 8 fish over 20" with only 2 under. It was awesome, new flies, new rods and awesome fish, what a weekend. On top of that, mom made my favorite meal of all time, Cream of crab soup, cheese burgers, and french fries. Thanks Mom!

Oh yeah, and you have to go fish for some largemouth bass in Maryland, so we did that too.

The Back-up Plan

Heading south for Easter, Dad and I had the plan to head out for Stripers. That plan got blown away, when we woke up to 40mph gust and a steady 20mph wind out of the west. So instead of heading out into the bay, we decided to keep the rods rigged up and head to a bass pond. We fished for about 3 hours and had constant action the whole time.

So instead of going out for some of these (last years pictures)

We got a few of these:

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