Hurricane left overs

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Muddy was asking how fishing would be while the aftermath of the hurricane blew through.

I absolutey smoked them yesterday. I had the fish all to myself as the wake baits were the only thing they would take. I had 21 fish, Dirk had 3 fish, his dad had 2 fish and Vinny had 0 fish.  They fished tubes,spinnerbaits, cranks and a few plastics.  I fished with Karma and some home made wake baits

Quite the difference. Here was a small example of how the day went. Nothing big but these were the average size alllllllllll day.

[NewScreenNameAdvised]

HOly cow, nice day!  If that was average size allll day, that would be my best day ever.  That was a nice fish!

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

HOly cow, nice day! If that was average size allll day, that would be my best day ever. That was a nice fish!

yea, it was a great day.  The lure I made for Matt 5.0 was the real winner with 2 of the 4 fish over 5lbs coming on that one.

Unfortunately it was pouring by then so the camera got packed away.  Avg size for the day was 3-4 lbs.

Can't wait for the next storm

[Certified Public Angler]

I'm super jealous if that was average size.  It's always good to see that red LBH boat in a video, keep em' coming.

[Joel W]

Russ, nice outing but I'm just a little confused with your timing.  Tropical Storm Hanna didn't get here to Long Island until after 4pm. Then the really heavy rains and winds up to 50 mph paid us a visit. Fortunately, the storm moved through quite quickly.  So I'm assuming that you were fishing in the pre-storm conditions which had the fish up and active.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Got there about noon, fish in the video was caught about 1 ish. I had 8 fish in the first hour. It tapered from there but remained consistent with more and more "misses" as the fish became less committed.

15 mph winds when I got there, rain from the night before was done. Winds gradually rose to 20 or so by 4pm. By 6:30 or so it was too much, 3 drift anchors, daisy chained, and I was still drifting too fast but the fish were already in the boat. Rains came as I was pulling the boat out (about 7, 7:15), somewhat heavy but intermittent. Rained all the way home but had stopped shortly after. I crashed and woke up at 11 to heavy rain/wind.

tropical Storm/hurricane/showers, call it what you will but the fish were digging it, whatever it was

Today will be another story, bluebird skies, winds shifted out of the WNW at a steady 15, gusting to 20-25. The old timers that anchor up and wet some live bait will be the only boys catching today.  I know there are guys who will claim that if they can be fooled by a shiner, they are willing to eat and if they are willing to eat, I can catch 'em.  I ain't one of those guys,lol, I suck in these conditions.

If I'm correct, there is another storm coming, right?   :-?

[Joel W]

Russ, good luck out there today.  Unfortunately, I have to work till well after 10pm at my Drug store.

Triple drift socks. Never seen them used that way before. If that didn't keep you in a controlled drift coupled with a trolling motor, then the winds must have been really whipping up a storm.  Us Res Rats only have drift socks, a anchor, and a pair of oars to control our boats. Heavy winds make it just too unsafe to be out there.

The next Hurricane is IKE. He's just NE of  Cuba and should make US landfall somewhere around Florida.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Triple drift socks. Never seen them used that way before. .

Normally, You would run 2 socks (both on the same side, port or starboard one on the bow and one on the stern) and keep the boat sideways into the wind but only if the socks are the same size and once it gets above 15 mph or so, you don't want to take waves broadside so you string the socks one behind the other, in a line and attach to the bow clip so you keep the nose into the waves. Fish off the stern.

I have 3 different size socks so I go directly to the bow when it blows too stiff for the largest one. I use roughly a 7' line between the socks. One sock dumps into the next and so on. Start with smallest sock closest to boat and largest in the rear.

and nope,...I'm not even bothering today,.....laundry has been ignored too long anyway,lol. It's domestic day, cooking and cleaning for the week to come and then I'm on VACATION for the new moon again!! WooHoo!!!

[Joel W]

Russ, thanks for the info. We're getting out for a few trips this week on one of the reservoirs that gets hot once the water temps start to drop.  If we need to deal with the wind for boat control, all of us carry a 24 inch drift sock. Will certainly opt for two if one doesn't do the trick.

BTW, any chance you can make Dennis's (BassBum's) get together from NYBass that he's putting together for Candlewood ?  Everyone would love to meet you now that Mike D has made you a TV star.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

where/when? Tough CAST schedule coming up but you never know.

all of us carry a 24 inch drift sock. Will certainly opt for two if one doesn't do the trick.

remember how your confidence shot up when you first found drift socks? Learning how to use multiple socks puts you in that same boat again. 20 mph and you can fish an area thoroughly,...it's a whole new world again and if you compete, you just gave yourself a significant advantage over those in small boats who don't have the knowledge

My main issue yesterday was not just the speed of the wind but the direction. I had pretty much fished out the areas that I was finding them in, it was in relation with the wind bvlown banks, text book, but that direction only offers so much terrain to assault.

The "calm" side "looked" tempting but I know better and stuck to my guns till the key areas where depleted.

So ending the day was more a combo of being done dealing w/ the wind, depleted fishing areas, desire to see the chick and hunger.  All piled up together.  

[Joel W]

Russ, I'm only a rec fisherman, same for 99% of the Res Rats. Twin socks will certainly help come this fall.

As far as the get together, keep on checking the site's forum for get togethers. Dennis hasn't posted for non-boaters as yet. As soon as I find out I'll pm you the info as well.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

I can bring a boat, where is candlewood and what is the date?

[fishinfiend]

Nice one! I will take that size all day long.

[bmadd]

You sure that was only 3? I could've swore you had the new world record when you held it up and it was half as long as you    ;D

[Bass XL]

"...like a ch-arm."   LOL!

Great vid and great fish!

[Daniel My Brother]

Great video and fish. I've enjoyed watching your head first transformation into a swimbaiter!

[Joel W]

I can bring a boat, where is candlewood and what is the date?

Candlewood is in Conn. Read more here:

http://www.nybass.com/showthread.php?t=32731

[coachfrengo]

respect!