McCubbins Trip

My Mate Nathan & I had the opportunity to fish with Ralph McCubbins and 3 of his friends over the past two days.  Saturday was a particularly tough day dealing with 20 knots of northerly wind and 3'-4' seas.  We ran out to an artificial reef early, and while the conditions deteriorated, we managed to land a dozen or so rock fish.  When conditions got bad enough that we could no longer fish we headed into the river and finished the day bottom fishing.  Sunday morning we went back to the same spot that we started in yesterday, but conditions were much better this time.  Shortly after we got set up we started catching fish, and we managed to throw a few in the fish box to take home.

When the tide dropped out, the striped bass quit biting, but at the same time, large schools of menhaden popped up all around us.  Within a few minutes, the unmistakeable "whips" of bluefish appeared also.

We managed to make a few passes through these huge schools of bait and pick up several blues before the group requested that we go back to our bottom fishing spot where we finished our day. 

Unfortunately, today marks the end of Virginia's Striped Bass season, however all signs point to a good upcoming summer season of catching bluefish, Spanish mackerel and striped bass in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay.

Thank you guys for a good weekend of fishing!  We look forward to doing it again!