Big early presents "Life is good"

[Wes Blow]

My wife does not share the same passion for fishing that I have but does a stellar job of toleraing me. Amy will go fishing with me some. She had never caught a citaion fish, any species. I have been wanting her to catch a citation a long time. Today we went speck fishing. The bite has slowed from what it was but is still good. We got set up around 7:30 and fished until a little after 1 today. Late start had to take care of some unexpected stuff from Sunday night. She was catching pretty decent size fish just not big enough for the citation. She had several in the 22-23 range. Then one a little bigger. No go it was 23 and 7/8. She went to rest a little while, I woke her up at 2:30 when I got in last night and she said she never went back to sleep when the 4:30 alarm went off. After about 5 minutes into her rest I catch a 25 and 3/4 speck that was released. Another hour or so goes by with more fish but not the right size. A bobber goes down and she is watching it and grabs it, hooked up. This one is acting bigger. I try to clear lines but it gets in 3 others, I tell her to just keep reeling and not worry about it. Major mess other lines being reeled onto the one with the fish on it. She gets it in and it is 25.5 inches and I weigh it on a digtal scales and it's 5 and a half pounds. She decides to release it for her first ever citation of any species.

Amy's release citation

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Some more Amy caught

My other early present.


I went to the High Rise last night solo to fish the out going current in sloppy conditions. Winds gusting 20 plus out of SSW when I pulled out of Wallaces around 7:30. That is not what had been forecast the day before but everyone knows how things change. I ended up catching one fish at 10:15 and the fished until midnight and beat my way back across the Bay. The fish was 52 pounds and 5 ounces weighed in at 6AM at Wilcox on our way to go trout fishing.

 

[DaleH]

Wes:

Great post! I think you hit the TRIFECTA there ... a wife that 'tolerates' your fishing, joins you and catches a nice one ... and then you with that HUGE bass!

We need more details ... what state was this? This is TOUGH to witness .... here I am in ccccold New England with my boat put up on the hard, all covered up ... and YOU are still fishing! Ahhhh yes, I'm jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Xmas!

 

[Wes Blow]

Wes:

Great post! I think you hit the TRIFECTA there ... a wife that 'tolerates' your fishing, joins you and catches a nice one ... and then you with that HUGE bass!

We need more details ... what state was this? This is TOUGH to witness .... here I am in ccccold New England with my boat put up on the hard, all covered up ... and YOU are still fishing! Ahhhh yes, I'm jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Xmas!

Sorry not used to posting on boards that cover a broad area. I am in VA. I fish the lower Chesapeake Bay, the striper was caught at the High Rise part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, the part closest to to Eastern Shore of VA. The specks caught in an area off the inner coastal water way within a half mile of where interstate 64 crosses the inner coastal water way in Cheaspeake. It really is great fishing here year round if you can stand the cold. From towards the end of Febuary through March can be tought just due to getting the weather window the same time you are able to go fishing. This year with the warm temps the stripers could be around all winter. The Bay was 46.8 when I caught that fish, we are good down to 42-40 after that it is done. We have ocean fishing and that should be good as long as it does not get to cold. Last year we had BFT a mile off the beach December and January, it was not normal. We will have Black Sea Bass to get us through January and February as well as deep dropping for tiles and grouper all winter. Togs (black fish up north) are good on near shore wrecks all winter and then we look forward to the big red drum to return sometime in April and the end of May my favorite fish Cobia. Then there are to many options after that.

 

[miky2884]

Merry christmas to you! Nice fish right there!

 

[Chief C]

Wes, congratulations on the catch of rock and gators, hmmm sounds like a song. One of these days Ill try eeling but I severly doubt it. I should rat out your spec honney honey hole, but well let them find it themselves. Havent bumped into you lately, but in due time.

Again, great catch and tight lines going fwd. Maybe as stated we will get to use our Wasabi on a different fish this year again.

 

[DaleH]

Sorry not used to posting on boards that cover a broad area. I am in VA.

That's OK Wes. With the speck and the rock, I was going to SWAG it was the lower Chesapeake!

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