Bay Blitz is On!

With the impending change to cooler temperatures, schools of fish emerge all over the middle Chesapeake Bay.  Combine ravenous Bluefish, Rockfish, light winds and flat water and you have the perfect ingredients for a day of constant action.  Mikey D Fishing left the dock at 0645 and turned the corner into the Bay as the sun was rising over the Eastern Shore.  Hacketts Point delivered our first Bluefish and Rockfish to the boat.  We decided to troll to the twin bridge spans but soon detected small flocks of birds to the north signaling rapacious schools of Blues and Stripers. 

We began catching snapper blues and small rock almost immediately.  Almost everything we used worked.  Plugs, Spoons, Flies (Clouser minnows and atom poppers), all delivered results.  In a few hours of fishing we boated 100+ fish.  The largest striper was 16".  Using heavier spoons or metal jigs that descended to deeper waters hooked the larger fish.  CC also had a couple of large Bluefish (18"+) slice right through his 25# braided line.  We're convinced that the keepers are lurking nearby and probably beneath the schools on the surface.  Either way, it is tough to pass on consistent top water action regardless of size. The two videos give a sense of the fishing frenzy.  What a day for Mikey D Fishing!