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| Fishing Report | ||||||||||
| 8/21/2008- The last fishing trip of the year, due to a semester abroad for college, was nothing short of a disaster. We launched at 8:00am out of Mariner Point to a packed house due to a tournament (or at least we believe) and a ton of crabbers. We immediately went out and stuck with our normal tactics hitting the railroad bridge with soft plastics, even mixing it up a little bit with crankbaits and spinnerbaits. After about 2 hours with no success, we decided to completely change our tactics and fish the bay grasses in the middle and lying around the river system. Due to the low tide conditions, this was unsuccessful as well and by about the time of high tide arrival (which was unusually low) or about 12:00n, we were back fishing the bridge. The fishing day came to an end, with all efforts being put into crabbing around 3:00pm, after no luck fishing everything in the tackle box at the railroad bridge and grasses. Different reeling and fishing tactics and techniques, along with colors and types of tackle failed to produce anything along the bridge the entire day. We even did get a crabber who said it was unusual to see anyone fishing out of Mariner Point this time of year, although we did have luck this same time last year. To top off the excruciatingly painful day, we ran out of gas on the run in and fried our front trolling motor, which means the boat has to go back in for repairs. *I would like to note that we did get a few bites here and there, similar to the ones we were receiving on our 6/25/2008 fishing trip. We could not tell if this was the bass being lackadaisical and non-aggessive, or smaller fish such as perch or bluegill. The lack of success could also be due in part to fall fish movement, and since we are unfamiliar with tidal fish movements in the spring and fall this could have played into affect as well. On the other hand, it could have been just an extremely slow day. | ||||||||||
| 6/30/2008- A mixing of fishing tactics and techniques made Monday's trip to Mariner Point Park one of the most productive fishing trips of the year. We arrived at the park around 6:30am, launching into water that was higher then we have ever seen at the park. High tide had peaked at 5:41am and was on its way back down when we launched, although water levels were higher then we have ever seen (waters were at the top of the loading docks). We began by fishing the railroad bridge with our normal tactics, green and watermelon colored plastics. We pulled out a few here and there early on, and in spurts. Then we decided to mix our tactics up a little bit, working a crankbait in between the pilings of the bridge. This method produced the biggest fish of the day at an even 3 pounds. After fishing the bridge for around 2 hours, we changed our location and started fishing the docks to the right side of the channel along the shoreline. Fishing both crankbaits and plastics around the docks, the piers produced the last fish of the day, and we headed in around 11:30am to water levels that were almost 2 feet lower than when we had launched. | ||||||||||
| 6/25/2008- The day started off at around 6:30am, launching into Flying Point Park at the peak of low tide, which is a change from the tides that we are used to. Tides today were off by about 3 hours compared to our normal launch tides (low tide came in today at around 7:00am, compared to 4:00am on our usual trips, and high tide came in at around 1:00pm, opposed to 10:00am). Fishing from 6:45am to 8:45am along the north side of the railroad bridge and the eastern piers produced no fish, only small bites here and there. We kept our fishing tactics the same as at Mariner Point, tossing in green pumpkin and watermelon color plastic creaturebaits. We changed things around as well, using crankbaits in the deeper water of Flying Point (compared to Mariner Points 2-5ft depth, Flying Point threw a curve with the depth ranging from 3-14ft). Since the tides were off by about 3 hours compared to what we are used to, we loaded up and went to Mariner Point, hoping that our confidence in the park would produce some fish. We unloaded at Mariner Point at 9:30am and were on the water at arond 9:45. Low tide was still in, with high tide on its way in slowly. Fishing was next to none in the first hour of fishing, and the only 2 fish being caught between the 10:30 and the 11:30 mark. As high tide was rolling in the current began picking up, with winds gusting up to 14mph. The winds were hard to handle on the boat, making fishing extremely tough. Wave height picked up to around 2ft, and we decided to pack it in at around 1pm, deciding that the waters were to rough. Although our fishing trips normally produce the most fish the hour before and during high tide, it made it difficult to fish since high tide coincided with the roughest time of day to be on the water. We are currently keeping a log of weather and tidal conditions at Mariner Point each time we go, along with how well our fishing trips produce. We will use this information to compare each of our good fishing trips to one another, and find patterns in the weather, tides, and moon phases. Hopefully over the next couple months we will be able to better determine which weather patterns are best to fish when tidal fishing. | ||||||||||
| 6/16/2008- Monday's fishing trip to Mariner Point Park was average compared to other fishing trips to the park in Joppatowne, MD. We arrived and launched into the water at about 6:30am and were fishing by 6:40am. High tide was rolling in and provided some decent fishing for the first two hours, with the first two fish being pulled out within 40 minutes of the first cast. Two more bass were pulled out at around 9:15am and 10:08am, coming into the peak of high tide. The bass continued their usual trend hitting anything dark green in color, although a couple were pulled out on black plastics. Every fish seemed to be holding tight to the north side of the railroad bridge. Once high tide was at its max and beginning to receed, fishing started to slow, with only one more bass being caught in the first half of the day at around 12:30pm. We relaunched for the second part of the day at about 3:00pm, just as low tide was coming in providing a rough river to fish on (about 2ft). An hour after launch, a severe thunderstorm started pushing in creating extremely rough water and ceasing fishing for the next 3 hours. We relaunched at 7:00pm, and continued to fish on some rather rough water catching only one more fish as high tide started rolling in. Calm waters during the dark hours failed to help produce any catches, and the night ended at about 10:30pm to the State Police searching for us at Mariner Point. | ||||||||||
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