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Today, I was invited to fish on David Policansky's boat....the Flying Fish ('89 Grady White walk-around w/ 150 HP Yamaha HPDI). Curly was the 3rd mate. We met for breakfast at the Happy Harbor restaurant in Deale MD at 7:30 and shortly thereafter, we motored out of Rockhold Creek...to be met by east winds and 2 footers....as well as a zillion birds working over breaking bluefish!



We were no more that 500 yards from the mouth of the creek and we started casting away. Interestingly, we did not hook up right away and then Curly took the skunk off the boat with this beauty.....



....that is a peanut bunker....BAIT!

A few minutes later, David took the real skunk off the boat with this bluefish (on the fly rod)!



I managed to catch a few nice ones but no one would take my picture! 

Then Curly brought in a little bigger blue fish and we were in the meat!



We then had to stop fishing (they were still breaking) to fix some pluming. When we started back up again, we decided to go across the bay towards Poplar Island where there is generally a better class of fish. By this time, it was raining hard and the wind had kicked up so the ride over was not what one would say "smooth sailing". We got beat up and soaked to the bone.

Once we got over there, we started chasing birds and David hooked into a 3+ lb blue fish.



He caught a few more but Curly and I could not buy a bite! Curly finally did catch a 3 pounder. Me? NADA!

We motored a few miles and found some fish when David hollers, "Fish On, and I think it is a striper!”



I was!

At 3 PM we decided to call it a day and we headed back across the bay (a little easier ride) in hopes of finding some breaking fish along the way.

It never happened.

Here is where David keeps his boat!



In total, we caught more than 35 bluefish and 2 stripers (David caught both). It was a great day with great friends....even though we are a bit sore from getting tossed around!

Ernie