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| Rain |
We decided on an East Bank launch so I stopped at the bait shop on the dam and picked up 2 dozen Bluebacks and headed to the ramp where Jim was waiting for me. It was raining a little bit and the wind was up which made for some rough water once we were out on the main lake. For the most part it just slowed travel between spots. We were on the water for over an hour searching for schooling fish without even dropping a line. It was starting to get a bit frustrating. We checked around the dam and then headed over to Burton Mill. From there we went to Van Pugh to fish a bit while waiting on our third, Greg to arrive. We picked him up at the ramp around noon.
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| Jim manning the boat. |
The dock at Van Pugh is almost out of the water but we managed to tie up. Greg was nice enough to supply lunch then we headed out in search of fish. Greg got a Striper almost half an hour out then it was pretty much a bust after that. We tried over at Vanns Tavern around the humps without much luck, although we did mark a few fish.
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| Greg got a Striper |
By this time it was getting late so we headed back to East Bank to unload. While waiting on Greg's wife to show up we fished the cove at East Bank for a bit and marked a lot of fish. We only managed a decent catfish.
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| Joint effort (Jim & I) catfish |
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| Jim & Greg monitoring the fish finder. |
Despite the rain and rough water, it was a great day to be on the water. The rain actually kept it nice and comfortable rather than burn up for the heat. The T top was awesome for helping to keep the rain off of our heads! I think we could have been more productive if we could have traveled faster between locations. One of the cons of a small light boat.
All of the fish were caught on Bluebacks down about 25-30 feet while spot locked over them. Greg tried jigging a Bucktail and Captain Mac spoon but they just would not bite.
I look forward to fishing with these guys again.
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