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| They were around yesterday in the rough water. |
It's been a familiar theme for me since the early summer. Rough and stormy weather have delivered the good fishing. Calm waters and it has been poor.
I got out yesterday along the oceanfront. It was super windy and rough. There was a lot of white water in any location where the wind was coming at you. I saw no bait and birds, and there were no fish breaking. Yet the stripers were in many of the white water pockets that I fished. And, I caught good numbers of them in multiple spots.
My hot lure of choice was an egg float and a half ounce bucktail jig spiced with a curly tail. This is a killer in this type of water yet few use it. I saw a few other people fishing using big poppers and big Kastmasters. They caught nothing.
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| The hot ticket in the rough water was an egg float with a half ounce bucktail jig trailing off. |
All of yesterday's fish were schoolies in the 20 to 25 inch range. I haven't seen many fish in this size range this year and was surprised there was not a slot in the mix.
With real rough water coming, I'm guessing there will be good windows of opportunity to catch in the coming days. Proceed with caution though since there is a fine line between good fishing water and too dangerous to fish conditions.
