Plenty of Fish for a Picnic

Type: Chesapeake
Region: Southern
Location: Chesapeake Bay

On 7/11/2017, after hearing about great reports in the southern regions of the bay, we decided to take our chances and fish a place we caught fish last week. Our goal was to catch enough fish for a small picnic and the fish did not disappoint. We left the Cobb Island boat ramp around 7:30 am. We checked out a few places that showed fish on the fish-finder but only small fish were caught. We made our way to our final waypoint and began catching fish immediately. The tide and current were a little wacky at times but we remained busy catching fish up until 1:00 pm. We mainly caught croaker but we also kept some spot and perch worthy of the cooler. For bait we used squid for the croaker and bloodworm for the perch and spot. We also caught a couple of fish using FishBites. As far as rigs go, we used a modified Bottom Spinner, a modified Carolina Ready Rig and a crazy looking rig reserved just for perch. In short, we'll be having plenty of fish at the picnic.