Jet Ski Fishing "The Cove"

[jetskibrian]

Decided to give the Trout another go so I headed over to "The Cove". It is a man made area off of the ICW close to an area refered to as the Hot Ditch, a power plant warm water dishcharge off of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake Virginia. The ramp I dropped at is right in the middle of it all. My nieghbor was fishing the same area and kindly gave me some live bait that he had already caught.
I anchored and live baited in the cove from 0730-1230 with only one small perch to show for it, no trout. I then went by the ditch and trolled and casted for about an hour. No luck for me but I did see a couple caught on jigs and of course this pelican had to show me up and dive right in front of me and catch a nice one. Ha! It was still a nice day and I think I burned less than a gallon today.






The Cove


The Hot Ditch

[Tenacious]

Another great post Brian! Thanks for sharing

[paul708]

always great pics.
thanks for sharing,

[HOLWACHAGOT]

Nice pics as usual....
Would you mind cropping the pelican pic and posting that zoomed in? I would like to look a little closer look at that fish in it's mouth.
Great report...glad I didn't go with that crowd out there....

Oh and where did your friend catch the Shiner?
Holwachagot

[LT01]

Nice Pictures Brian.

What you didnt feel like running 40+ South yesterday?

[jetskibrian]

Thanks for the replies. It was nice having a short run for a change. My buddy caught the bait along with some mullet cast netting in the same area.

[HOLWACHAGOT]

Thanks for the replies. It was nice having a short run for a change. My buddy caught the bait along with some mullet cast netting in the same area.

He caught the Shiner cast netting?
I don't think I ever have in there....which is interesting. I think it was a survivor of a weekend warriors minnow bucket. Anyway....thanks for the reply.
I would love a closer look at the fish in the pelicans mouth if it's not much trouble. It is an awesome pic. The angle makes the fishes chin look deceptive. I can't tell if it's a mullet, pup, or ladyfish....I am curious though....it looks like a pup. Did the Pelican dive on that little bar in front of the Boatyard?
Thanks again for the great pics.
Holwachagot

[jetskibrian]

He dove at the mouth of the hot ditch.

[HOLWACHAGOT]

He dove at the mouth of the hot ditch.

PUP FOR SURE!
AWESOME PIC!

HOLWACHAGOT