Hello from SOMD

[Trell B.]

Hello - I bought a 2023 2320 SL at the end of last season and recently stumbled upon this forum. Lots of good info in here - Great to meet everyone!

 

[Classic P]

Welcome to Classic Parker!

 

[Andy]

Hello - I bought a 2023 2320 SL at the end of last season and recently stumbled upon this forum. Lots of good info in here - Great to meet everyone!

Hey Trell B, There's a lot of helpful, mostly cordial folks here. Welcome to Classic Parker!

 

[benworthy058]

Welcome

 

[silverstreek]

Many good ideas and even better people here. Where in SOMD are you? I'm near Chesapeake Beach.

 

[Trell B.]

Many good ideas and even better people here. Where in SOMD are you? I'm near Chesapeake Beach.

Yes - great stuff! I’m in Huntingtown.

 

[silverstreek]

What a hoot! I'm also in Huntingtown. You get your boat from TriState?

 

[MadGar]

I'm just a little south in St. Mary's County. Parker's are great boats for this area and really help with prolonging the seasons (if you have a pilot house) which is the best time of the year to fish here.

 

[silverstreek]

I have a Parker 2120 I fish off of. Before that I had a Center console Key West. If the weather turns nasty on a center console you can run but can't hide. Winter fishing is nice on the pilot house. It does still get cold, but the wind isn't biting into you. Fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac can be hot one minuet, then cooled off the next. It really depends on so many factors as I'm sure you already know. The better fishing now is early in the morning and late evening for many different species of fish during hot conditions. Lately I've seen red drum being caught around Hoopers Island. A mixture of rock, blues, trout, ribbon fish, flounder, Spanish mackerel are being caught in the Bay. Just read a story about Tarpon moving into the Bay? I've fished here for over 40 years never hearing of Tarpon anywhere near the bay? Last year a friend of mine running a charter hooked into some nice Cobia by the target ship.

I have seen Late November through the end of December to produce huge Rockfish that come in from the ocean. It seems these huge Rock hang near the mouth of the Potomac and the Bay after they've moved in. We know they come in from the ocean because the sea lice fall off of them when we unhook and put them back into the water. Although many methods have been tried. We have found Jigging to work the best.

Don't know if that answered your question? Happy fishing, and be safe!

 

[chesapeakeangler]

I fish a 2010 1801 from my dock on St. Leonard Creek - fishing the creek, lower Pax, and out into the bay.

 

[jimbobsomd2]

There are a lot of Parkers in the Southern Maryland / Northern Neck of Va. area. Having had center consoles and now 2520 SCXL, no more center console for me except to putter around in a bottom fishing scenario by myself. Still liked the CCs, just wanted to have more options to fish in weather and snotty Potomac River chop.

 

[StonyCreek]

hi from just across the Bay. Deal Island on the Tangier Sound. 21SE CC

 

[silverstreek]

Yes - great stuff! I’m in Huntingtown.

Too funny. I'm in Huntingtown as well. Off of Wilson road. Did purchase my Parker 2120 from Tri-State in August of 2022. Usually keep the boat in a slip in Chesapeake Beach. Unfortunately the boat has been sitting idle since October of last year. Hope to get back into enjoying the Bay next year?

Ya'll be safe

 

[CobbFisherman]

Welcome! I fish a Parker 1800 out of Cobb Island. The Potomac is a great fishery.