On board today, I had repeat clients, Chris & Molly DeVillers for light tackle striped bass. Winds finally calmed down and the bay was nearly glass on a rising tide.

Right from the start, we had birds (!) working topwater breaking fish. Small and medium baits were spraying out of the water and it looked like what we typically see at the tail end of the spring blitz. Waves of small pods of bass kept coming into the bay and chasing bait. Most of the fish or at least a large portion of them were 27″ inch fish that will grow to 40″ inches in six years. Good stocks for the future…

The bass were hungry today and on the feed with water temps at 53 degrees. Sea lice on almost all the fish. Top tackle was a variety of topwater poppers, and rubber crank baits. Our biggest fish was taken on rubber.

Total catch and release today was a whopping 67 fish, and 1 nice dinner fish that went home with the anglers. All in all, a lovely day on the bay, lots of fish, and WEST winds were flat all morning. “Wind from the west, fishing the best.”

Back at it. STAY POSTED. And HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMAH!

Capt. Dave
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