Sandy Point State Park Kayak Fishing Trip Three....
No catching fish... on into the night..... but yes there are
fish down there !
I had wanted to to take a picture of the fish finder showing
fish... but every time I passed over some some sonar readings
I was worried I would hook up.
Original the idea was to visit Terrapin Beach Launch, to check off another launch site on the bucket list but I was running late and turned into Sandy Point off Route 50 just before the Bay Bridge.
After a cloudy drive and worries about fog, I got in the water
around 2:30 p.m. The tide would be coming in
until about 5:30, so it was a good time to launch for the tide
turn. Which has previously proven successful on
other fishing trips.
Not really expecting to see many fish, I was quite surprised
to find so many, and rather large fish near the bottom along
ledges. This trip was in part a "test" for colder
temperatures, as not previously experienced these conditions
on a kayak.
It had gotten quite dark with a moonless night by 7:30 p.m. I noticed a boat coming down from the north that was heading in my direction. I was a bit worried... being nearly a mile from land and nobody else in sight. I had my head lamp on and took it off and started waving it in a large semi circle in front of the oncoming boat. He saw me and started to slow down. As he got closer the boat was appeared to be a state boat of some kind.. the characteristic "Zodiac" design dark grey green with a center console. It turned out to be a Natural Resources Police. And I was glad to see him. He asked me to come along side and we then chatted for a good while. It was a pleasurable experience. But unfortunately I had no fish to proudly display. I headed back to port shortly afterwards, it was getting late and very dark. Unfortunately with many fish still showing on the sonar.
I was using two trolling rigs off the rear... white bucktail jig on one and a chartreuse on the other. Both rigs were using a bottom fishing setup, with a second lure of an artificial eel on one and the other a large Gulp chartreuse. I was also trolling a large green shad with good artificial eyes and some glow. I had two top water rigs on the front if perhaps I was lucky enough to come on upon some birds and surfacing fish. I slow trolled and jigged over the fish. Maybe live eels would have produced better results... some times you just don't know and never will. Of course a better fisherman may have worked ! Could have been all that turkey and stuffing I had been eating for a week ?
Getting home near nine p.m. , I fired up the grill
and made a big fat hamburger.
And for a special treat....
the
Christmas and Holiday lights of Sand Point State Park were on as
I exited.
Sandy Point State Park, Maryland Dec 14 - Jan1st (slideshow pictures)
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