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Here we have Rico Aventino (far left) and his
crew of September 30 with some of limit catches of rockfish and a good bunch of bluefish,
spot, and a few seatrout. Next to Rico, that's Ian, Ray, Hoyal, Gaddy, and Mark. |
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Here's Emma Bahneman and her dad Todd with a
beautiful 24 inch rockfish, caught September 24 while chumming on the Gooses. |
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Here's the rest of the Bahneman crew with some
of their limits of rockfish and a dozen or so seatrout to 20 inches. From left to
right, that's John, Todd, Dave, Mike, and of course Emma in the front. Good catch
guys! |
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On September 23rd we had the Mike Fox crew out
for a day of chumming for rockfish, followed by jigging for trout. From left to
right, that's Steve, Mike, Tim, Dave, and the "Foxman". |
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Mike had the hot hand this day, with a 32 inch
rockfish and a 24 inch seatrout. Both fish were caught jigging. |
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And here's part of the crew from the evening
of September 22 with some of their rockfish and a huge croaker, caught while bottom
fishing. From left to right, that's Tony Rice, Marcos Milonas, and Mike Claiborne. |
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Here we have the Rich Taylor crew with some of
their rockfish and spanish mackerel caught September 17. From left to right, that's
Jerry, Dale, Brian, Jay, and Rich. The cooler weather will probably start the
spanish mackerel movement down the Bay and back to the ocean until they return to our area
next August. |
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And here's the Greer crew of September 16,
with part of their catch of rockfish, blues, and spanish mackerel. |
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Here's Tracy with a fine rockfish caught while
chumming on the Gooses. |
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On September 16 the Worm was one of a
multi-boat trip for crew-members from Bausum and Duckett Electric of Edgewater.
Rockfish and spanish mackerel were the catch of the day. Led by Web Hayden (left),
that's Rose, Wardell, and Phil. |
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And here's the Bob Crist crew of September 15
with part of their catch of rockfish and spanish mackerel. From left to right,
that's Allen, Kevin, Bob, and Jamie. |
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Here's Laura of the Mike Fox crew from
September 10 with a real fine spanish mackerel, caught while trolling small gold Clark's
spoons. |
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And here's Dillon with another spanish... |
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And Ryan with a 25 inch spanish that took a
chrome Drone spoon. |
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And here we have Mike Downey leading one of
the crews from Strickland Fire Protection. Actually, six boats and about forty
people were out for a morning on the Bay. From left to right, that's Dale, Mike,
Rick, Steve, Captain Drew, and Mike Downey. |
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And here's the Kyran Lynn with more anglers
from Strickland Fire Protection, anchored up on the Gooses. |
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Here we have the Dave McAndrew crew from
September 8, lined up along the rail waiting for Mr. Rockfish to find their baits in the
chum slick. |
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After catching our rockfish, we went trolling
for blues and spanish mackerel. From left to right, that's Pat, Dave, Lisa, and Dan
with some of their fish. |
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On September 3 we had the Crawford Payne crew
out for a family trip in pursuit of spanish mackerel, blues, and rockfish. In front
that's Jonathan on the left and Justin kneeling. Behind the cooler, that's Richard,
Cindi, Crawford, Joshua, and Steve. |
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And here's a closeup of Joshua, Jonathan and
Justin with some of their spanish mackerel. |
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And here's the crew from September 2, led by
Jimmy Rapczynski, with some of their catch of spanish mackerel, blues, and rockfish.
That's Jamie in front, and in the second row from left to right, that's Buddy,
Jimmy, Danny, Mary, and Mandy. |
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Confirmed by Marty Gary, fisheries biologist
for Maryland DNR, Mandy's catch of the day was a young greater amberjack, which took a
soft crab bait. These fish are quite uncommon in the mid-Bay area. |
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And here's Jamie with one of the citation-
sized spanish mackerel which took a small gold Clark's spoon. |
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Here's Joe-Joe on the left and first mate Bob
with a mess of mackerel, which were caught while trolling small spoons around breaking
schools of mixed rock, blues and spanish on September 1. Every once in awhile we do
get a chance to catch some fish... |
