A Calculated Risk That Paid Off

Type: Chesapeake
Region: Southern
Location: Point Lookout

I fished the Potomac River channel out of Point Lookout on November 18th in search of rockfish. Trolled for 4 hours and nothing to show for it. Wind and waves died down around noon so I decided to take my 17 foot Twin Vee Catamaran to the Chesapeake Bay channel, 84 feet deep to be exact. Boy was I glad I did. Immediately saw birds and breaking fish. Cast to the breakers and caught several undersized rockfish. Jigged for a bit and caught several more rockfish and some lovely trout. Managed to get one keeper trout. Trolled for 7 minutes through the breaking fish to pick up a keeper rockfish on a tandem chartreuse rig. While removing the fish from the primary lure another smaller rockfish hit the secondary lure still trolling beside the boat. Didn�t want the wind and waves to make another change and catch me in the middle of the bay, so after about 30 minutes of fishing I headed back to Point Lookout with a keeper rockfish and a keeper trout. A calculated risk that paid off.