Fishing at the Harbor

Type: Chesapeake
Region: Upper Bay
Location: Harbor

I got the chance to hit the harbor this afternoon for about 3 hours. Just about every 30 - 45 minutes fish would break in this area very actively for maybe 10 minutes. I caught two White Perch, and the pictured, approximately 14 inch rock.

All the activity was over 45 - 50 feet of water in front of the approach to the piers. I was jigging the bottom with a 1 oz crippled herring spoon and a shad dart tied on about a foot above. I haven't had much luck trying to troll from my kayak, but this lure combo has pulled in lots of White Perch this year.