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The weekend Rockfish bite on the Susquehanna Flats and Lower River continue to be a bit sluggish. Liquid and I managed a couple of fish close to...The weekend Rockfish bite on the Susquehanna Flats and Lower River continue to be a bit sluggish. Liquid and I managed a couple of fish close to keeper size fishing topwater on both the flats and up river. Casting at diving birds yielded a few boils and a number of hookups that came off they seemed to be mostly small ones with a couple of larger fish mixed in. On Saturday the wind made fishing really difficult on the flats so we tried up river and again the bite was slow with just a few boils and one near keeper size Rockfish that came tight. Water temp was 68 f and clarity was very good. With this cold front and as the water temps drop into the low 60s the bite should improve. Show more

Last Wednesday evening Liquid and I took another SW wind beating on the flats. We endured the rough water until the wind laid down to almost flat...Last Wednesday evening Liquid and I took another SW wind beating on the flats. We endured the rough water until the wind laid down to almost flat calm. We managed to bring about a dozen undersized rockfish to hand with as many boils and short strikes. The grass was definitely a problem. If we were able to keep the grass off our poppers we either got a hit or a fish. Water temp was 68 clarity was good. The only thing that was picture worthy was the sunset. Show more

Here's some old topwater excitement from the Susquehanna Flats
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Super slow motion of Striped Bass crashing on topwater baits on the Susquehanna Flats in Maryland on the last week of the catch and release season...

I'm catching up with my posts from last week and the weekend. 10/09/20 Tyler and I tried the flats and got beat to death with the southwest wind...I'm catching up with my posts from last week and the weekend. 10/09/20 Tyler and I tried the flats and got beat to death with the southwest wind. Pulled the boat and went up river fished topwater and caught one smallmouth and a few boils and chasers. 10/10/20 I waded the Hartford side and with topwater and same result minus the smallmouth. 10/11/20 Again waded the Hartford side with topwater and again a few boils and chasers but nothing came tight. The river was crystal clear and the lowest I've seen it in a while. water temp was low 70s and no bait around anywhere. Show more

Huge congratulations to Logan Liddick for topping the Maryland State Record for Gray Triggerfish. His 6 lb 20" trigger was caught near a wreck 15...Huge congratulations to Logan Liddick for topping the Maryland State Record for Gray Triggerfish. His 6 lb 20" trigger was caught near a wreck 15 miles off Ocean City Maryland. Read the full report here: news.maryland.gov/dnr/2020/10/02/angler-catches-ma…
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This past weekend Fishing Hurts and I again went and camped and fished the Cape Charles area of the Chesapeake and finally got dialed in on the...This past weekend Fishing Hurts and I again went and camped and fished the Cape Charles area of the Chesapeake and finally got dialed in on the speckled trout. We got blown off the water for most of the weekend due to high winds but the one day we managed to get out we did good. 2-4' of water on the grass flats using white gulps and a popping cork did the trick. Lots of trout action with one flounder mixed in. Caught a few as soon at it hit the water. Loads of fun and got dinner too. Show more

Always an adventure with Captain Joe! Liquid and I did a Friday Saturday overnighter in the Washington and WOW what a trip! In the box - one 150 lb...Always an adventure with Captain Joe! Liquid and I did a Friday Saturday overnighter in the Washington and WOW what a trip! In the box - one 150 lb Bigeye, one 135 lb Bigeye, one 65 lb Wahoo and about a dozen slinger Mahi. We had a couple of other bites that didn't come tight and lost 2 spreader bars that appeared to be bit off. We also tried for Swordfish on the deep drop at night with no bites despite news that many were being caught in the Washington. Show more

More Astro Van Camper photos

Getting ready for camping down at cape Charles VA. Anticipating a warm September

Went to the conowingo dam yesterday just to see what's going on. 7 small and 0 large gates of flow and not much happening. Aside from a few carp...Went to the conowingo dam yesterday just to see what's going on. 7 small and 0 large gates of flow and not much happening. Aside from a few carp nothing being caught. With the rockfish season closed until September 1st no line of slingers. Weird with such good flow that it was so empty there on a Saturday at that. Show more

Susquehanna River was extremely low today. Can’t remember the last time the line of rocks at the mouth of the octoraro creek were high and dry.

Friday I got invited to go spearfishing at Winter Quarter again with a forecast of light winds and calm clear waters with 15-20' visibility. We left...Friday I got invited to go spearfishing at Winter Quarter again with a forecast of light winds and calm clear waters with 15-20' visibility. We left the Ocean City Maryland Inlet with heavy rain only to find 20+ MPH winds and 5-8' seas and very poor visibility. Needless to say the day was a bust. We did make it out to Winter Quarter and tried some hook and line but cut the day short with only a few sea bass, one trigger and one nice flounder. When fueling up in Sunset Marina we caught sight of this sweet 80' Viking "Catch 23". I guess Michael Jordan decided to hang around OC for another week. Show more