Friday Fishing Forecast 5/13

Hey swabs!

As of today we've had 17 straight days with rain.  I think it's a record and a pain regardless.  The good news is that there are bass in the mid-bay and they've finally started eating top water flies and baits.  Fish moving water around points in the rivers with sinking lines but occasionally throw a banger or gurgler on a floater especially if you hear or see fish breaking water or chasing bait.  Incoming could be really good because it'll bring cleaner, saltier water than the dirty fresh water we're seeing on the outgoing.  I've also heard of a good bite in 25-35' of water on fish leaving the spawning rivers.  Catch em up!

Captain Mike

End of April captains log

Hey swabs!

April was a fun month of fishing but a little slow by what I'm used to in fishing the Chesapeake. We got a lot of cold fronts and high pressure systems that came through right before weekends which I think really hurt the shallow water bite. We still caught fish but not as many as I'd hoped. Trollers seemed to do ok but they were fishing for 6-8 hours for one or two bass. The ones they did catch were big though. 

I'm going to start doing a Friday fly fishing report and forecast which should be fun. I'm headed to the keys this weekend and the cape later in the month so there's a lot to look forward to!