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Got Stripers · 08-26-2000, 06:47 PM

On the water at 4:30 this morning in a flat calm. It was a slow bite and the conditions didn't change to get anything going, so I decided to try for some cod, since my inlaws are due in for a short visit tomorrow and they love cod. Went out about 4 miles east of the north river and picked up a bunch of smaller cod, but 6 nice eating size about 25 inches. We started to bake in the sun with no breeze, so we decided to head into the harbor around noon.

Just for yuks I put the trolling motor down to work the shoreline from the first rocky point north back to the harbor jetty. It's a short 300 yard stretch with some bolders, but a pretty clean bottom, nothing unusual about it. Bright sun, hot, crystal clear water, almost dead low tide and I'm casting into 6 feet of water, while holding the boat in about 9 feet. After about a dozen casts I almost had the rod stripped from my hands when a nice one slammed my plastic jerkbait. I thought bluefish at first because of the first couple hard fast runs, but then noticed it was a striper about 25 lbs. What a nice fight in that skinny water. The fish that followed her to the boat would make you drool. There were at least 2-3 fish that size or bigger, along with at least 15-20 other nice size fish. Landed another one around 15 lbs and then one smaller schoolie before calling it a day. Sometimes it amazes me where and when some nice stripers show up. Those conditions certainly didn't have keeper bass written all over them, but I've caught them like that before and usually end my day on that rocky point.

It was a good day to go running for some bluefish, but I'm so out of touch with the bluefish scene in this area, I wouldn't know where to start. Anyone hitting any decent blues on the south shore, love to get into some before the season winds down. I don't normally run into them where I chase stripers and I think it's been 2 years since I even hooked one. I know I could probably hit them at the Plymouth power plant, but I hate launching there, because the ramp is always such a zoo.

Hope everyone had a productive day, tight lines.

08-26-2000, 06:47 PM	#1
Got Stripers Ledge Runner Baits iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea. Posts: 8,615	Sometimes They Surprise You On the water at 4:30 this morning in a flat calm. It was a slow bite and the conditions didn't change to get anything going, so I decided to try for some cod, since my inlaws are due in for a short visit tomorrow and they love cod. Went out about 4 miles east of the north river and picked up a bunch of smaller cod, but 6 nice eating size about 25 inches. We started to bake in the sun with no breeze, so we decided to head into the harbor around noon. Just for yuks I put the trolling motor down to work the shoreline from the first rocky point north back to the harbor jetty. It's a short 300 yard stretch with some bolders, but a pretty clean bottom, nothing unusual about it. Bright sun, hot, crystal clear water, almost dead low tide and I'm casting into 6 feet of water, while holding the boat in about 9 feet. After about a dozen casts I almost had the rod stripped from my hands when a nice one slammed my plastic jerkbait. I thought bluefish at first because of the first couple hard fast runs, but then noticed it was a striper about 25 lbs. What a nice fight in that skinny water. The fish that followed her to the boat would make you drool. There were at least 2-3 fish that size or bigger, along with at least 15-20 other nice size fish. Landed another one around 15 lbs and then one smaller schoolie before calling it a day. Sometimes it amazes me where and when some nice stripers show up. Those conditions certainly didn't have keeper bass written all over them, but I've caught them like that before and usually end my day on that rocky point. It was a good day to go running for some bluefish, but I'm so out of touch with the bluefish scene in this area, I wouldn't know where to start. Anyone hitting any decent blues on the south shore, love to get into some before the season winds down. I don't normally run into them where I chase stripers and I think it's been 2 years since I even hooked one. I know I could probably hit them at the Plymouth power plant, but I hate launching there, because the ramp is always such a zoo. Hope everyone had a productive day, tight lines.