Bad Weather but Great Fishing

Type: Chesapeake
Region: Lower Bay
Location: Point Lookout

The weather was terrible but the fishing was excellent. Launched the boat at Point Lookout around noon. Wind and waves were higher than normal. Found the birds working heavily in the channel. First cast, first rockfish. Caught and released many rockfish in the 15-19 inch range for about 3 hours. Finally got a keeper. Grew tired of chasing the birds and decided to rest a bit to jig, and boy was I glad I did. Little did I know I was sitting on a large school of trout. Literally every drop yielded a trout. Many fish hit my jig before it hit the bottom, some even hit a suspended jig. Spent the last 20 minutes of the day trolling back to the ramp and picked up 2 more sublegal rockfish. All in all, this was one of the best days fishing this year. Can�t wait to get out on the water is the next few days.