Lucky Lucky!!!

Here's La's White Perch. I asked her if the fish was fighting back as she was reeling in, or if it seemed like dead weight. She said she felt the line stretch out as the fish took the bait, but after that it was hard to tell if there was anything on the line at all. That small a fish would have probably been a better fight on light gear, but you don't really get to chose the fish you catch in the circumstances we were fishing under (chucking bait on a slack tide). Noe asked if we could eat this fish and make a gyotaku out of it - we kept it in a small bucket with frequent water changes so that if we did catch more, we could keep them all to eat, or we could let them go. Being the only willing subject, and not really being worth the effort to clean, print, clean, prepare, cook and eat (snack sized), we decided to let the fish go back to the bay. So when you look at the score card, what do you see? Beginner's luck, or Plain old good luck? I think it was beginner's luck (and save the "plain old good" luck for the next big Powerball Lottery).

Fishing the Dropping Tide

The family decided we needed to fish some saltwater today. We had delusions of grandeur in catching croaker, puppy drums, spot and schoolie stripers and decided fishing around Annapolis would be our best bet. We ended up scoping out three park areas before we settled at Quiet Waters. We bumped into a family leaving as we unloaded the truck - they said they only caught a couple of blue crabs on their rods. Turns out we only did slightly better - La had a blue crab on early, but when she got it to the surface, it spooked and let go. After a little bit of time, she did bring a White Perch to hand. She caught it all by herself - despite Noe offering assistance at multiple points in the process. After that, La and Noe went up the steps and admired (caught by hand) the moths and butterflies that were in the overlook garden. Marlon went on to catch a blue crab, but when it saw us gearing up to bring it up and over, it decided it would be best to let go and find lunch at a different venue. I ended up catching NOTHING!!! That's fishing...