Peter and I left the dock at 5:30 p.m. Cloudy overcast with the tide coming in. It was a choice of work the inlet or the back bay. Decided to try where I had been fishing the last two evenings. Decided to work a creek with the incoming tide, fishing in about 2 to 3 feet of water.
The first half hour we didn't get a hit. Then Peter hooked a fish near the edge of the sod bank and it streaked across the creek to the other side.
It was acting much different than a striper. They usually stay near the surface and splash. Blues run but there is a lot of wiggle. We both thought weakie at the same time. Then we spotted the pink top side and silver gray side an knew we had a weakie. I grabbed the net and netted a nice 26 incher for Peter.
Here it the fly that took the weakie. It was very similar to the one that he caught his big one on last year. Pete was again using his 6 wt rod with floating line.
We went right back to where he hooked his weakie and a couple of casts later I hooked a big weakie. It streaked right under the boat and as I pulled it up next to the boat the hook came out and we saw it swirl up and swim away. It was another big one and looked to be a little bigger than Peters. I was a bit disappointed as I haven't had a big weakie in awhile.
Next cast I hooked a striper in the same area where the weakies hit. I thrashed and splashed on the surface and flipped off and I was now 0 for two strikes.
We worked the heck out of the spot where we hooked those two weakies and never got another hit there. In working along the sod banks I watched Peter hook and land two more bass to about 22 inches.
Around 7:30 it started drizzling and we decided with the strong current we would make a major move to the the other side of the sound and try there. Over here I finally hooked and landed a 21 inch blue to rid myself of the old sunk.
By this time the sod banks were all getting flooded over and it was difficult to see where they were. As we motored along with the electric motor we spotted tailing fish in the covered over sod bank at a point.
Peters first cast produces a hit and miss. I cast right behind where he missed and got a nice fat 22 inch bass. While I was reeling in Pete made a cast and he hooked up and landed a bass. I got one more quick bass and then there were no more signs of the bass.
We worked the area till it got dark. The tide was still coming in, the sod banks were fully covered and we could not see if we were on or away from the banks. Not wanting to get caught on top, we moved to the inlet.
Here we got one more bass and two sea herring before calling it a night at 9:15 p.m.
Last edited by CapeMayRay; 06-16-2007 at 01:01 AM.
Catching a decent size weakies is an event these days with the limited numbers. My buddy Pete who caught the one above retied the fly above and made one for me. I have worked that little creek mouth where we hooked those two, atlest three times at prime time with a perfect tide but only have only caught stripers. (which I will take any day)
On the beach front where I traditionally catch the bigger ones it has been the toughest season. There are a number of weakfish sharpies that fish the area and the results have been only a few and no really big ones like in past years.
Now the smaller ones are starting to show up. We catch more but they are all much smaller and seem to get smaller as the summer progresses. Still a few bigger ones hang around, but they come as a surprize and we usually get them along the inlet jetties or way in the back bay shallows.
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