2023 Fish Tails

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

A great day on the river today.

[stevasaurus 22,741]

Very nice eater striped bass.  Is there a tide with that river and if so...was it going in or out.  Are you using blood worms?? 

[peter lena 8,629]

@Ed Kennell  nice fish there ed , grandson home next week , be out floating and throwing flies , pete

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

2 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

 Is there a tide with that river and if so...was it going in or out.  Are you using blood worms?? 

There is a slight tide, but the river flow is effected more by the discharge of the up stream hydro plant.     Trolling a red tube rig with a circle hook covered by a blood worm.

Md regs are a 1fish/day/fisherman  with a slot size of 19 - 31 inches.      We caught 34 till 10AM and kept our three fish limit

[ri702bill 8,323]

Them's good eatin"....

[wh500special 2,184]

Nice stripers!

 

I spy a Lund boat in those pix. Kind of looks like the “Classic” line from early 2000’s.  Maybe a Honda OB on the back?

 

A few lakes around here have stripers and hybrids (with white bass).  Really aggressive, fun to catch little beasts. 
 

Steve

 

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

5 hours ago, wh500special said:

 

 

I spy a Lund boat in those pix. Kind of looks like the “Classic” line from early 2000’s.  Maybe a Honda OB on the back?

 

Good eyes.

[Pullstart 62,887]

Thanks y’all for your identification on the species!  I was wondering if they were some type of bass!  

[wh500special 2,184]

2 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Thanks y’all for your identification on the species!  I was wondering if they were some type of bass!  

Yep, striped bass.  
 

Unless landlocked and stocked like those that exist inland, Ed’s stripers were probably spawned in the freshwater river then spent their lives in the ocean. They do well in both salt and freshwater. 
 

They are one of the “true bass” species we have in North America.  White and Yellow bass (both of which look very similar to them but are smaller) are the others.  Whereas the bass you’re probably familiar with in the mitten - smallmouth and largemouth bass - are not taxonomically bass.  They’re “black bass” and more closely related to sunfish.  You do also have whites and yellows there as native species. 

 

regardless, they can all be good to eat although most SM and LM bass fishermen tend toward catch and release. 
 

it’s a tangled web we weave…

 

steve 

Edited June 10, 2023 by wh500special

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,299]

Where my family is from (Millers Tavern, Virginia)  small place near the Rappahannock River about 60 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, Va. the species are called Rock Fish. No idea why. Rappahannock River is tidal and salt water. I remember my uncle caught one that was over 40 inches long when I was a kid.

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

1 hour ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Where my family is from (Millers Tavern, Virginia)  small place near the Rappahannock River about 60 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, Va. the species are called Rock Fish. No idea why. Rappahannock River is tidal and salt water. I remember my uncle caught one that was over 40 inches long when I was a kid.

Same here Jim.   They are "Rock Fish to us.

 

BTW, the current Chesapeake Bay record is 67 lb 8 oz caught in 1995.

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

Kids fish derby this morning at our Fish and Game club.

 

I fileted trout for 3 hours this AM.....probably close to 200 fish.

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

 

[OutdoorEnvy 1,522]

Here's a couple hybrid bass from about a week ago.  Big one tipped 8lbs, the other is 6.5lbs.  Fun to catch for sure!  They don't eat as good as walleye or catfish but they are good with the Franks Hot sauce soak and then fried up with your favorite cornmeal/flour mix.  I remove that blood line on their fillets and it's much better.  Caught about a dozen on that day so it keeps the freezer full when the walleyes aren't cooperating.   

 

 

 

Edited June 10, 2023 by OutdoorEnvy

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

3 minutes ago, OutdoorEnvy said:

I remove that blood line on their fillets

Fur sure a must do on all the fish I filet.     On the stripers it's more like fileting off the entire red side meat rather than a blood line.

I actually seperate the filets at the blood line so I can access and remove all the red meat.

[Ed Kennell 38,178]

I fried up one side of a striper for dinner.     Flour dust, egg dip and patted with Panko.