Skinner 10-13 and 10-16

[P.A.W.]

I have a friend who fishes with me a few times a month and he always seems to jinx me. He was out with me on Saturday and we got a big ol' smelly skunk. I had company comming on Sunday and I was determined to serve up some striper ceviche for apetizers. We casted and trolled all morning. All my best spots. NADA.

I went back today (tuesday) and was able to pick off 6. Same trolling rig same areas. Figures. From what I can tell they are starting to spread out. Maybe with the weed dieoff the shad are moving around more since they don't have as much cover? The bites I did get were with evil intentions. They didn't swat at the lure, no short strikes, when they hit it they swallowed the 5" swimmies all the way in. Only lost 1 fish to a broken leader at the boat.

So, water is still real high and inlet not running much. That's all folks!

[sweetfish]

Thanks Pat. I might go out there on Sunday.

[P.A.W.]

By then the temps are supposed to drop by almost 15 degrees and cloudy. Bite might get crazy good by then.

[JAG107]

little moon + cloudy and cool, sounds like I may have to make a visit this weekend.
Glad you were able to get some meat, after what sounds like a pretty dull day on the weekend. How bad is the salad, is trolling very feasible right now Pat?

[P.A.W.]

Just stay out of the east end(s) and you'll be fine. There is some debris floating around that might foul a rig but not too bad.

[allIdoIsfish]

Any word on the lmb bite? I want to get out there on Friday

[ddoskocil]

Thanks for the report PAW. I haven't been to Skinner much since last fall, but it is a priority coming soon. I'll do some striper fishing, but mostly the largies. But they will all bite the flukes when that water starts boiling!!!

[P.A.W.]

Not much LMB intel from me. Seeing silly, ridiculous numbers of baby bass around. So many in fact that it has to be a major feed source for both bigger LMB and striper too.

[allIdoIsfish]

Thanks for the info pat! Will you be out there Friday?

[P.A.W.]

no, but the weekend is a pretty good bet.