Date: 14 April 2012
Air Temp: 40-60
Water Temp: 55-60 degrees
Wind: NNW 10-14 mph
Sky: Clear
Tide: HIGH @ 2:06 pm
Aquia Creek
Started out cold and windy. Picked one fish up early off plastic pitched under a dock (8 o'clockish). Next few fish wouldn't come for hours later on windy lay downs on plastic. Changed to the opposite bank, out of the wind and picked up a few more on plastics. Picked up a few more under and around docks and rock walls out of wind. Plastics again. Around 6pm the Trap bite was on. Picked up two off a boat house and 10 off grass flat. Maybe late outgoing tide was the key??? What ever it was, they were ready to eat. Gonna hit it later tomorrow. Heat is supposed to be in the upper 80s.
Things were kind of crazy. I can't guess the number of fished we missed and had come off during the fight (on both plastics and Traps). I learned a few things today.
First, turns out I had a malfunction drag on my 8 year old Pfluger President. As soon as I switched reels, I did not miss another fish on my pitching rig.
Secondly, Rat L Trap is more than a name. Turn out if it doesn't rattle, it doesn't work. I noticed I was no longer getting bit during the "hot bite" and my friend was steady giving them hell. I then noticed my Trap was no longer rattling and his was. I inspected my Trap and it was split along the seam and full of water. I switched to a new Trap and immediately it was on again.
