old linesides
04-25-2007, 11:25 AM
I ventured out of Mount Vernon yesterday with my good friend John aboard his 19' Donzi . We headed through Hooper's Straits and out to the main stem of the bay and put out a 6 rod spread . We trolled for hours without a knockdown .We were marking an incredible amount of bait and had some great marks on big fish but they just would not cooperate . We were getting a little low on fuel and beer so we ran to Solomons and had lunch and decided to get some bloodworms for backup . Brian at Bunky's only had two bags of some very poor looking worms so he gave them to me for free . We then headed back out to the bay . We trolled for a few more hours to no avail and decided to head towards home . We stopped at Mollies Point and threw the hook in 3 feet of water . My first cast on my 6' St. Croix with Symetre 2500 a big fish nailed the bait . My drag was screeming as the fish took off . If John hadn't pulled the anchor to chase the fish I never would have landed her . She had me down into my 10# mono backing in short order . After about 10 minutes we put her in the boat . 40.5 inches ! Oh the horror ! All day fishing and the fish has to go back ! Oh well . We kept fishing and put 10 or 12 very nice croaker in the boat before we headed for the dock . Beautiful day on the water anyway . Here she is :http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u240/stromus/HPIM0170-1.jpg