Our Rock Fish trip

[Mr_Wolf]

Herfin Bigdog (Byran and his father Bob), Herfin One (Ben) and his friend Jack and myself went out fishing for Striped Bass aka Rock Fish, on the Chesapeake Bay on Saturday October 14th. We had a great time, and we thought we would share a few pics with everyone!! And to those who couldn't make (yes I mean you, seasick boy ), we plan on making it an annual trip!

Bryan, Bob (his dad) and Jack as we were heading out.

No, Ben was not blowing kisses!! :whistling:

Captain Brian and First mate Shawn baiting us up to catch some Spot to reuse as bait, while Bob & Jack supervised.

Sailboats enjoying the breeze.

Beautiful!!

Bob, Bryan, Jack, me and Ben with our catch. No monsters, but we had a blast! Thanks for coming, and we'll see you in the spring!!

 

[Wurm]

Mmmmm I love Striped Bass...

But you guys didn't have time for one cigar according to the pictures :sign:

I've spent many days down on the Chesapeake Bay, its one of my favorite places on this planet.

 

[Mr_Wolf]

Is Ben sleeping or dead...you make the call :sign:

 

[N2Advnture]

Those are great pics!

Did you guys have 'em for dinner?

~M

 

[Mr_Wolf]

Those are great pics!

Did you guys have 'em for dinner?

~M

No, I had chili cooking all day, and brats and tater salad and such. Here's us getting our grub on around 9pm last night.

 

[Ginseng]

Great pictures, Dan. It looks like you guys had a great time. I'm sorry to have missed it.

BTW, are you going to the Del-MD miniherf this coming Wednesday?

Wilkey

 

[Mr_Wolf]

Great pictures, Dan. It looks like you guys had a great time. I'm sorry to have missed it.

BTW, are you going to the Del-MD miniherf this coming Wednesday?

Wilkey

I hope so!

 

[boonedoggle]

Very excellent tale! Nice pics as well. Sounds like a great time!

 

[theHatguy]

Dan,
Sorry I missed this. Maybe next year.

 

[Herfin Bigdog]

We did smoke some seegars. Most of us wanted to eat lunch before we started. On top of that, the water was so rough that when we were heading to our fishing area, the waves were crashing up over the bow, and hitting the front, sides and top of the cabin. If we tried to smoke outside, we would have gotten drenched. As it was, we couldn't even take pictures of how rough it was. The cameras would have gotten soaked.

HerfinOne (Ben, Jack and Mr. Wolf.

Captain Brian and Dad.

First Mate Shawn getting the tackle ready after arriving at our fishing area.

Dad waking from a short snooze.

HerfinOne Snoozing. He can fall asleep in about two minutes, and often does on the ride home when we carpool. :laugh:

 

[Swissy]

:laugh:

Great pics gang... looks like ya had a great time

:thumbs:

 

[Herfin Bigdog]

HerfinOne, Jack, Shawn, Dan, Capt. Brian. We had just run through a school of stripers, and Ben, Jack and Dan are all realing fish in at the same time. Dad had already pulled his in by the time I got the camera ready.

Capt. Brian with the fish Ben landed.

Capt. Brian removing the hook from Jack's fish.

Dan fighting a fish that was helicoptering in as he was realing in the fish. Helicoptering is when the fish spins like a propeller blade making it very difficult to real in a fish.

That white splash is Dan's fish., creating a froth as it spins like a propeller.
After we ate dinner, we retired to Dan's back yard and gathered around his fire pit and enjoyed some cigars, and fish stories.
Dan, thanks for setting this up. And thank Ginger for putting up with us and for cooking that great dinner. I was STUFFED when we went out to enjoy the fire pit.

 

[vortex]

Sounds like you guys had a blast, Dan! I hope to see you Wed.

 

[hectortmc]

Boy Did I miss out on a good time. Been having a time of it with my mom had to put her in a nursing home plus going crazy with the estate part of it geeeeeeeeeez. Looks like you guys had some tight lines .

 

[Shooter]

Wow looks like you guys had a blast.