Back From Fishin'

A cool and clear pre-dawn photo from the dock. 40 F under fair skies.

The fishing plan to day was shaped by the wind. A blustery 20 kt SSE wind made Cedar Point fishable, but going to the other side untenable. We actually caught our limit of good fish here. I caught the first fish, but alas, it was well over the 24 inch max limit, and went back.

We fished several sites along the Western Shore up to Location X. We caught a few at most stops. I had a giant on at Location X, but it pulled the hook. See the Meg? Me neither.

Then we went around Solomons, and back to the Patuxent River, where we found a bird show going off near Sheridan Point, which is where I caught this typical low to mid 20s fish. It's a weird year. Thanks to the poor recruitment for several year, it seems a majority of the fish caught are in this class, not the 12-17 inch fish that indicate a healthy population.