fished candy on tuesday caught 25 or more fish best 5 over 25lb we had 2 for about 6 3/4 or better i hope the rest of the season goes the same way just call me SUPERMAN don't have pic.but i'm not one to brag

BASS Northern Open #1
Upper Chesapeake Bay, MD
Water Temp: 44-58
Pre-Spawn


I left home on Thursday morning at 4am and drove straight to the bay. I arrived in just 3 short hours which made me happy. A short drive is nice every now and again. The bay is massive! I practiced my first day in the Elk River. It was uneventful and I was really just getting used to running around. The bay is very shallow with the only deep water in the main channel. As soon as you enter a creek arm you are either idling or running with puckered cheeks. Most of the water is less than 2 feet deep. I fished shallow most of the day with no success. At the end of the day I stopped in an area that had some deeper grass in it and caught 2 shorts, lost a good one, and had 2 more bites all on a hollow belly swimbait; it was the only action I had all day. The second day I journied into the Sassafras River, again trying to catch them shallow. Again I caught nothing. The next day was Saturday and I was planning on going home for Easter after practicing. When I walked out of my hotel room at 6:30am it was pouring rain and windy. I decided I would rather spend extra time with my family so I drove home. I had a very nice Easter with my family and ate like a pig. I left again on a not so fun filled drive down to MD. This time I hit allot of traffic, but it still wasn't too bad. I arrived at 9pm. Dusty was driving down at the same time as me, but didn't make it. I got a call from him saying his gas tank had fallen off his truck and he was going to be staying at a hotel until it could be fixed. Dusty ended up getting a rental car and coming down during the day today, leaving his car in Jersey to be fixed. I practiced until 2pm with no bites and then went and picked Dusty up at the ramp. We fished for awhile with only one non keeper. I wanted to fish one last place at the end of the day. We pulled up on an off-shore grass bed and started fishing. After about 10 minutes I had a bite on my hollowbelly and the fight was on. I battled the fish for about 5 minutes and finally landed it. It was a giant striper; the biggest one I had ever caugh. It weighed in on the digital scale at 22.5 lbs. After not catching anything for so long, it was an awesome feeling. Tomorrow is supposed to be miserable with rain, cold and wind. Maybe that will make them bite.

What the!???
how the heck does a gas tank fall off! LOL.
atleast he didnt blow up.
sounds like a tough place to fish Jess.
good luck.

Tuesday was about the same as the other days of practice, except that the weather was completely miserable. It was 42 degrees, rainy, and there was a very cold 20 mph North wind blowing. Dusty followed me to a ramp on the Bohemia River only to realize that he had left all his rods back in the room. He decided it wasn't worth it to make the 30min ride back to the room to get his rods; so he just used some of mine. We ran the whole creek looking for grass beds that were out in front of spawning pockets. We found some great looking green grass, but the fish just did not want to cooperate. Today was worse weather than yesterday. I was so frustrated not knowing how to catch a fish that I decided to take the day off and get all my rods and tackle ready. I wouldn't normally do this, but I needed to regroup. I've talked to many other pros and their stories sound allot like mine. There are very few fish being caught. I thought at first that I was missing something, but I think maybe it's just that bad. I know the areas that I fished should have fish this time of year. Tomorrow I'm going to start on the area where I had my only bites. If the fish decide to move because of the nice weather were supposed to have, they may just come right to me.

Dodge Junk, what do ya want.....! Guys A bunch of bad things will lead to a better ending,..I have a feeling!!!! Fish Hard and keep us posted!