Last week I posted about a juvenile Black Drum being caught in the Bohemia River. Apparently, there were more than one! In the last week I have had several customers report catching small “Blacks” on Bloodworms, while fishing for Stripers and White Perch. Brad Rogers stopped by to share this photo of a small Black…
Category: From Shore
THE YACK REPORT… VERY RARE CATCH IN THE BOHEMIA RIVER.
Wow! Yesterday a customer came into the shop to buy his second batch of Bloodworms in 2 days, we chatted a while and then… Mr. Dan Porch reported catching a 16 1/2″ BLACK DRUM while fishing Bloodworms from shore on the Bohemia River. Wow! I never would have expected to hear that… Congrats on a…
The YACK REPORT… Upper Bay Crabs and Stripers
The last few weeks my friends have had some hard decisions to make, the biggest of which is whether to crab or fish. The Crabbing has been as good as it gets and is holding up well… I think we’ll have good crabbing until Halloween based on the amount of Crab we have now. John…
Taking The Kids Fishing
Thirty some years ago I took my sons fishing often. Usually these were after work or on the rare weekend when work did not keep me away from the house. Sunday, I had the pleasure of taking my youngest son John, his wife Yuki and their 2 children Aiden and Allison Perch fishing. This was…
April Fishing in the Upper Bay
April 2016 had some excellent fishing! The cold rainy weather has kept the fish here longer than usual. Many of our migratory fish like Shad and Stripers came to the upper bay area early and stayed late thanks to the cooler weather. Our best fishing occurs when the waters are cooler. In fact the warmer…
The Yack Report: Light Tackle Fishing
April 12th, 2016 While I was chasing Hickory Shad with Phil Kerchner, Ange Harclerode and Larry Perch were fishing near Ange’s house for White Perch and catching some good ones,too! Larry was my first customer when I started working at Sarge’s Bait and Tackle. He bought 2 of these little “Crappie rods” as he called…
The Yack Report: Last Couple of Days!
April 9th, 2016 When John Rogers and I arrived at the river the dam had just released several gates and the river was rising. The water was very dirty for 30 minutes or so. During that time I fished the current seam where the dirty water was pushed towards the bank, with no luck. Soon…
The Yack Report: Cold Weather? No Worries!
This colder weather has the fish snapping and the fishing tonight was nothing short of epic! As Ange Harclerode and I arrived at the river we could hear sirens and see the flashing lights indicating an imminent release of water from the dam. The scheduled release rate was 50,000 cfs. Our timing could not have…
Sarges Bait and Tackle Chesapeake Bay Maryland 