Hi All,
Just registered last week although I have been spot checking the site for nearly two years now ... it is very entertaining and informative and a great way to meet the best kind of folks on the planet ... fishing folks!
Nice meeting murphman and Liam Sunday evening ...he is a typical young fishing guy ...full of stories and questions. It was a beautiful night out there ... this was one of my few times trying the Cambridge side as I have fished the Easton side for over 15 years with lots of successful trips. It was interesting and the stripers seemed more active near the end and at nearly low tide. I managed to land a 19" striper that hammered a Rat-L-Trap around 11:30 pm. There were some nice stripers and trout being taken but you had to have "fresh" peeler or just caught cut spot. I was using frozen strips of spot and frozen peeler and it was "no go" all the way for that bait. Artificials had some success ... a few stripers and trout landed on spec rigs and small bucktails. In the 8 hours I was there, I saw about 12 rock taken all in the range from 18" to 26". Saw nearly the same amount of trout taken also ... they are in but not like other years.
Cats were active after midnite ... I landed and released 6 in about an hour ... then the wind picked up just as the tide was beginning to return and all the fishies got very closed mouthed.
Love the Easton side for number of poles/lights but will try Cambridge side again as weather chills. It is getting near the time when you may as well not waste $$$ on bait unless it is extremely fresh and even then, two-three weeks from now, it won't matter because the trout will be gone and the stripers will be actively seeking the only baitfish around which will be your artificials. Nov and early Dec are the most fun months for stripers at the Tank. It was nothing the past several years to catch and release 40-50 an evening and take your choice on the size you wanted to take for the table.
