I only got out twice last week and the fishing was good enough to make me wish I had gone more often. Thursday night(10-20-2016) the Chester river produced several nice Rockfish for Ange Harclerode, Dan Kilroy and myself. We caught fish many different ways including “Top-water spook type lures”, paddle-tail swim baits, X-Raps, metal jigging…
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THE YACK REPORT… FALL FISHING IN FULL SWING!
The recent drop in water temperatures has really improved the Rockfish and White Perch bite! Even managing an illness I managed to get out on the river 5 times since my last report. Each trip produced good fishing in several different rivers. The reports from customers are very good too, with reports coming in from…
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…
+THE YACK REPORT: EXOTIC SPECIES…
Even though fishing is getting better close to home, I had my mind on some exotic species that live farther down the bay. Last Saturday, I went on a fish/camp trip to Buzz’s Marina in Ridge,Maryland with my friends Jesse Rossmann and Brian Pelisek. This is one of my favorite places on Earth to fish/camp…
THE YACK REPORT: UPPER BAY ROCKFISH!
I spent 2 days on the water this week both trips were short 4 or 5 hour trips. Both days we were targeting Striped Bass by jigging under birds and both days we caught some very nice late summer Rockfish to 25″ My friend Jesse Rossmann just got a new Parker 21SE and had been…
THE YACK REPORT: SUMMER CRAB and FISH REPORT
Crabbing in the Elk and Bohemia Rivers has been very good most of the summer. With Chicken necks the preferred bait. The Chester River is producing well also and here Razor Clams have been the better choice of bait. The best crabbing of the season is yet to come and with the numbers of crab…
Yack Report: Still Landing Stripers
I met Sonny Mitchel a few months ago at the Tackle shop he was one of my first customers. Since then we have become friends and fished together several times. Today we fished around the Rock Hall area. We ran out to a few near shore structures and caught Stripers up to 24” on Shad…
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…
Yack Report: Stripers Are Still Here!
I met Phil Kerchner last spring at one of my Yellow Perch talks, a few days later I gave him the “firty centy tour” of the Cecil county’s best “truck fishing”… I showed him some of my best spots in several different rivers. Today he returned the favor and gave Ange Harclerode and I, a…
Open Season: The Fish Are Here!
Well, today is June 1st that means the entire Chesapeake Bay and it’s tributaries are open the Striped Bass fishing… including the Susquehanna River. Timothy Smith and I have been waiting on this day for several months. At 6 am we launched his “ROCK-PROOF” jet boat at Port Deposit and headed up river. Our first…
Gone Fishing!
Today this gentleman stopped by Sarge’s Bait and Tackle with this good looking Crappie! He was fishing at Howard’s pond using a Boo-Yah! Spinner Bait, when this sizeable pan fish hit the lure. While it measured up just shy of qualifying for the Maryland Fishing Challenge, it was a still a great catch! Keep bringing…
The Weather Is Nice, So Is The Bite!
Today local fisherman Billy Graham stopped Sarge’s Bait and Tackle to show this monster Crappie that he caught at his “Secret Fishing Spot”. I was unable to get an exact location from him but he did mention that he was using live shiners as his primary bait. After we measured this 15 3/4 inch citation…
Sarges Bait and Tackle Chesapeake Bay Maryland 