Stumpknocker
11-07-2014, 01:52 PM
Launched at opening, headed up the fish arm looking for boils...saw a single one on a point, but no response to my topwater plug, and no repeats...went all the way to the end and saw no other top action, so headed back up around C-point and started checking the ski arm.
About halfway down I saw some scattered boils and birds, so I stopped and started throwing the topwater again...no hits, and every boil was a single boil with no repeats...I started motoring on the trolling motor over towards some boils & birds, and threw a kastmaster behind the boat to troll it while moving...10 seconds later I was on...a minute later I swung a schoolie on board...unhooked it, tossed it in the livewell, and cast the spoon back where I had been bit...instant hookup...a minute later a little better schoolie, maybe 3 pounds, came on board...into the livewell, then another cast back there...another instant hookup, and another 3 pounder.
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g402/yobobscott/3.jpg (http://s1100.photobucket.com/user/yobobscott/media/3.jpg.html)
That last one bent the hook pretty good, so I took a minute to straighten it, and by then the school had moved on...fished all around that area, tried a bunch of lures, and got nothing else...while chasing some boils I ran into Fishinone and Fishbones...nice gents, good to meet them and talk a bit. The boils died out there, they took off to other parts, and I started looking for a good place to anchor and fish sardines...it took a while before I saw the kind of marks I was looking for, and they were thick, but from 100 down to 130 feet...I thought about giving it a try, but I had 3 fish in the boat, I had other stuff to do this afternoon, and I shouldn't be keeping stripers anyways until I eat some more from the freezer, and those were enough reasons to avoid pulling an anchor up from that depth :LOL: so I headed for the ramp.
About halfway down I saw some scattered boils and birds, so I stopped and started throwing the topwater again...no hits, and every boil was a single boil with no repeats...I started motoring on the trolling motor over towards some boils & birds, and threw a kastmaster behind the boat to troll it while moving...10 seconds later I was on...a minute later I swung a schoolie on board...unhooked it, tossed it in the livewell, and cast the spoon back where I had been bit...instant hookup...a minute later a little better schoolie, maybe 3 pounds, came on board...into the livewell, then another cast back there...another instant hookup, and another 3 pounder.
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g402/yobobscott/3.jpg (http://s1100.photobucket.com/user/yobobscott/media/3.jpg.html)
That last one bent the hook pretty good, so I took a minute to straighten it, and by then the school had moved on...fished all around that area, tried a bunch of lures, and got nothing else...while chasing some boils I ran into Fishinone and Fishbones...nice gents, good to meet them and talk a bit. The boils died out there, they took off to other parts, and I started looking for a good place to anchor and fish sardines...it took a while before I saw the kind of marks I was looking for, and they were thick, but from 100 down to 130 feet...I thought about giving it a try, but I had 3 fish in the boat, I had other stuff to do this afternoon, and I shouldn't be keeping stripers anyways until I eat some more from the freezer, and those were enough reasons to avoid pulling an anchor up from that depth :LOL: so I headed for the ramp.