Well today after church Soctt and I decided the bay was down enough to give it a go. The winds were still brisk but the wave action was a manageable 1 to 2 feet. We left the dock at about 12:40 heading to ole reliable R62. We didn’t stick to our original plan (as normal). We stopped around 1 GW when we saw a bunch of birds working. One thing that is new this year or at least not like normal years is that even when the birds are working they seem to stay in one place for only a few minutes. Anyway we didn’t catch a thing nor did we see much on the sonar. With that we headed to 63 which has been a traditional favorite.
Well nothing was happening at 63 so we headed east to the NNK reef or really just above. We trolled across the channel and in about 160 feet of water we saw more bait than I had seen in years but it was definitely at the bottom. As we got closer we saw a few boats together so checking them out I realized it was really a long-lined net fisher. So anyone heading to the reef, actually just north of the reef all of the way to about even with SP Lighthouse be careful.
So turning dead south to steer well clear of the nets we head back to our destination of R62. Maybe just barely above the reef in about 45 ft of water we ran into the herd. That is one reason we love striper fishing so much, is that you can go from a calm Sunday afternoon to total chaos. We had put one keeper in the boat early in the channel but every rod we had went down and it either had two fish or a big one.
At the end of the chaos we finally kept one 24 and one 27 inch fish. Same baits as normal with purple leading the charge as normal. Ended the day with 8 fish, 5 of which were keeper size, and would have loved to get going but the two we kept were enough for us anyway.
The water was 48.9 degrees and very clear, the sky had plenty of sunlight and the waves, as I said before, were about 1.5 feet from the SE.
Just another great day on the bay.
November 28, 2021
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 56.5 °F | 40.8 °F | 48.5 °F |
| Dew Point | 44.8 °F | 26.8 °F | 33.8 °F |
| Humidity | 88 % | 39 % | 58 % |
| Precipitation | 0.00 in | — | — |
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Speed | 5.4 mph | 0.0 mph | 1.2 mph |
| Wind Gust | 7.4 mph | — | 1.8 mph |
| Wind Direction | — | — | SSW |
| Pressure | 29.80 in | 29.61 in | — |
