My friend Mitch got Todd and I out for a quick striper run. We left the dock at first light, maybe 7:00 or so. The wind was mostly from the north so smooth until we got out to the bay. From there it was still only about 2 feet with a few rogue waves but overall, a nice ride out.
We went for the NNK Reef, got to the north side but the more we were there the more fish nets we saw. You really just couldn’t safely fish anywhere from R 62 to Maryland. I know they are not allowed to have a nets on the reef but they definitely blocked entry into the reef area. So, we headed south towards the “Asphalt Pile”, we didn’t see much but out of the corner of our eye we saw a few boats near the “RP” buoy. The closer we got the more boats we saw for what ended up being about 50 boats.
We did see a bunch of birds working so we dropped the lines well outside of the parking lot in the channel. We got to more like 50 feet and started to pick up a few. Not great numbers or big but we did eventually get our limit.
We were using the normal umbrella rigs you see on this site. Purple has been the best color for a few years and the all-white, red neck original bucktails continue to work well.
