Trout After Trout After Trout�

Type: Nontidal and Tidal
Region: Southern
Location: Point Lookout

Fished Point Lookout early in the a.m. on 10/12/2016. On the water by 7:00 a.m. thinking we would chase the birds in search of Rockfish. Come to find out the birds were few and far between. The water was a little choppy with temps around 65 degrees as we slowly headed toward the bay channel. After a few hours of nothing we decided to try the riverside. On our way we saw a few birds (less than 10) working the surface in about 40 feet of water so we stopped to jig. Immediately started picking up trout after trout after trout for about 40 minutes. The birds were long gone but the fish kept biting. All were in the 9-12 inch range with one a little over 14 inches. All were released to fight another day. When the action slowed we continued to the riverside to do a little bottom fishing. Picked up and released a puffer fish and 1 large croaker that fell off the hook at the boat. When the water flattened out we quickly headed back to the bayside channel. This time we found a few more birds, mainly pelicans and not many sea gulls, but the fish were breaking underneath them. We cast and jigged to pickup a few sublegal rockfish and a keeper blue along with plenty more trout. The chartreuse jig we had easily caught 75% of the trout this day. Caught fish even when the chartreuse jig was just sitting on the bottom without jigging. Other jigs (sting silver and maria jigs) worked but you really had to work hard for the strike, although the largest fish came on a blue maria jig. Overall not a bad day. I can�t wait for the rockfish to school up and the birds to be super plentiful in the lower bay to tell us where the fish are.